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As protests continue in Ferguson, Missouri, gas mask sales are skyrocketing at Amazon.com. Sales of the online retailer’s most popular gas mask model have risen 434 percent in the past 24 hours. According to Amazon.com, the $149.99 NBC 40mm NATO SGE

Pope Francis hinted during an interview that he might visit Washington, D.C. next year during his trip to the United States. The pontiff acknowledged his previously reported plans to attend the international World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in 2015

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pushed back against the idea that police officers had a problem with race when executing their duties as law enforcement officials. During a visit to Asbury Park, Christie was asked about the uproar in Ferguson, Missouri,

President Obama announced that the Justice Department would complete an independent investigation of the shooting death of African American teenager Michael Brown, in response to the continued unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Holder is expected to travel to the St. Louis

Republicans are criticizing efforts by liberal organizers to set up voter registration booths at the site where Missouri teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a local police officer. Reports of the voter registration tables have been reported via

While vacationing at Martha’s Vineyard, President Obama, Eric Holder, and Valerie Jarrett have been monitoring the continuing uproar in Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of local police. But as Obama returned to the

“Rand Paul is right,” Rev. Al Sharpton said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Friday after the Kentucky Senator empathized with African-Americans who believe their rights were threatened by police officers.  Paul published a TIME op-ed on Thursday discussing the issue of

MSNBC host Al Sharpton warned Americans not to be placated by the demilitarized situation among police forces in Ferguson, Missouri, pointing out that the community was still deeply upset about the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. Sharpton reminded

Former Press Secretary Dana Perino revealed that press restrictions in the Obama White House “shocked” reporters who complained about access under President George W. Bush. Perino noted that the photographers suffered the most under the new administration, which she found

Alan Pyke, the Deputy Economic Policy Editor for ThinkProgress, deleted a tweet where he expressed hope that Roger Ailes would die a slow and painful death. After Breitbart News posted a story about his thoughts, Pyke deleted his tweet and

President Obama took time from his vacation to briefly address the situation in Iraq with the Islamic State terrorist group and the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, that have resulted from the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Obama traveled from

Attorney General Eric Holder criticized police forces for deploying military equipment and arresting journalists as riots continue to escalate in Ferguson, Missouri in response to the death of Michael Brown. Holder also criticized the violent protestors who were escalating the

Two U.S. Senators, a Republican and a Democrat, are calling for a “demilitarized” police force in response to the conflicts in Ferguson, Missouri between protestors and police officers. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also addressed the situation in a TIME op-ed

President Obama took time off from his vacation on Thursday to address the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, which occurred in response to the shooting of Michael Brown. During his speech, President Obama addressed reports of reporters who were arrested while covering

United States civil rights activists pressed the United Nations to take more action against “Stand Your Ground” laws passed in over 20 American states. The groups made their case in a hearing with the UN Committee on the Elimination of

A Martha’s Vineyard photographer quietly deleted photographs of President Obama dancing during a birthday party after they went viral online. Editorial and fine art photographer Elizabeth Cecil posted two photos of the president on her Instagram account from the party

U.S. civil rights advocates aired their concerns about the recent Michael Brown shooting to the United Nations in Geneva, according to a press call from the organizations on Wednesday. According to Shelton, Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton and Jordan Davis’s

Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz explained to reporters that President Obama was still friends with Hillary Clinton — even though she chided his foreign policy during a recent interview. Clinton called Obama after the interview to patch things up, according

At last weekend’s Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, Sen. Rand Paul was noticeably absent among presidential hopefuls attending the event. But Bob Vander Plaats went out of his way to excuse the Kentucky Senator’s absence, explaining that he had a

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently joined the Ice Bucket Challenge, allowing his children Patrick and Bridget to dump a bucket of ice water on his head to bring attention to ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). The puzzling but popular challenge

MSNBC host and president of the National Action Network Rev. Al Sharpton held a press conference after meeting with the parents of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager that was shot by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb. Poised

President Obama continues to enjoy his vacation by spending another afternoon at the golf course. The Presidential motorcade arrived at 12:56 pm on Tuesday at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, MA, according to the White House Press pool. His

Secretary of State John Kerry adamantly denounced a photo of a seven-year old Australian boy in the Middle East holding up a severed head for his terrorist father. The photo was published by Australian media.  Kerry called it “one of

Al Sharpton has boarded a plane for St. Louis following rioting and looting that broke out in the city as mobs protested the death of Michael Brown. Brown is the 18-year-old African American male who was shot and killed by