White House officials are "privately admitting concern" for President Barack Obama's safety as incidents of attempted or threatened violence against the president skyrocket in the midst of the country's heated health care debate.
That's the word from an ABC News report that says racist groups are thriving on the backlash in some corners of the United States to a black president who is working overtime to overhaul the country's social safety system.
read moreA man arrested at the scene of President Barack Obama's visit to Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday was found to be in possession of a loaded, unlicensed gun. The man's arrest comes in addition to reports of a second man carrying a licensed gun outside the event.
read moreMSNBC's Ron Allen is reporting that cameras filmed a protester with a handgun strapped to his leg outside President Barack Obama's town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The man was seen carrying a sign saying "It's time to water the tree of liberty."
The man's "tree of liberty" sign is a reference to Thomas Jefferson, who said "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
read morePresident John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, has died. She was 88. Shriver had suffered a series of strokes in recent years and died at 2 a.m. on Tuesday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, her family said in a statement. The hospital is near the Kennedy family compound, where her sole surviving brother, Sen. Edward Kennedy, has been battling brain cancer.
Well hurry it up then. We're not waiting forever.