UPDATED: 5 People Shot At 3 Different Gun Shows On Gun Appreciation Day  —  If the gun advocates behind this year's inaugural Gun Appreciation Day had hoped to use the day's festivities to build support for their anti-regulation platform, they are going to have to wait another year.

Change Comes: After 4 Years, Friends See Shifts in the Obamas  —  Barack and Michelle Obama have spent more than a thousand days on display before the nation's eyes, but the personal changes they have undergone can be hard to detect.  —  Up close, though, those who know the Obamas …

GOP Senator Says Gun Safety Is Not A Major Issue  —  Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) dismissed President Obama's push for new gun safety legislation during an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley on Sunday.  “That gets beside the major issues that face American families, which are jobs and the economy and the debt and spending,” he said:

President Obama Inauguration  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will be quietly sworn into office for a second term just before noon on Sunday in a brief White House ceremony, a day before Monday's far showier public inaugural events, adhering to a long tradition of doing so out of the public eye when Jan. 20 falls on a Sunday.

Obama Adviser Optimistic on Immigration Reform  —  A top White House adviser says the stars seemed aligned for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year.  —  Speaking Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union,” David Plouffe (pluhf) said support for reform is strong among lawmakers …

‘Use Your Mandate’ Formed To Pressure Chuck Hagel On LGBT Issues  —  FOLLOW:  —  Video, Chuck Hagel, Chuck Hagel DADT, Chuck Hagel Don't Ask Don't Tell, Chuck Hagel Gay Rights, Chuck Hagel Gays, Chuck Hagel Secretary Of Defense, Chuck Hagel Use Your Mandate, Use Your Mandate …

Reports: Oklahoma freshman threatened  —  Authorities are investigating death threats against Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), according to an aide to the freshman congressman.  —  Mullin's chief of staff, Karl Ahlgren, said that Mullin and his family are being protected, the Associated Press reported.

Less an inauguration than a tepid rerun  —  For President Obama's second inaugural, we're just going through the motions.  —  In advance of Monday's festivities, the barriers have been erected around Lafayette Square, grandstands assembled up and down Pennsylvania Avenue, bunting hung from the Treasury …

Bill Clinton to Democrats: Don't trivialize gun culture  —  Former President Bill Clinton warned a group of top Democratic donors at a private Saturday meeting not to underestimate the passions that gun control stirs among many Americans.  —  “Do not patronize the passionate supporters …

Inequality Is Holding Back The Recovery  —  The re-election of President Obama was like a Rorschach test, subject to many interpretations.  In this election, each side debated issues that deeply worry me: the long malaise into which the economy seems to be settling, and the growing divide between …

Memo: The Atlantic president explains Scientology advertorial ‘screw-up’  —  The Atlantic president Scott Havens sent this staff memo about the Scientology advertorial “screw-up” shortly after 6 p.m. Friday:  —  From: Havens, Scott  —  To: companywide.TheAtlanticMonthly  —  Dear Atlantic Staff,

Heartstopping moment would-be assassin aims gun at Bulgarian opposition leader's head and pulls the trigger... but victim survives after weapon misfires  — Dramatic footage shows man storming the stage and attempting to shoot the politician from point blank range