By CHRIS CASTEEL, The Oklahoman

WASHINGTON - Concern about natural gas extraction has grown into "a substantial movement," according to a documentary film director who wants President Barack Obama to declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, speaking at the second White House gathering of the nation's Indian leaders, said Thursday that his administration had worked all year to improve the lives of American Indians and resolve long-running disputes that had damaged relations between tribes and the federal government.

WASHINGTON -- For more than 30 years, handguns have been banned in the nation's capital. Residents here can own shotguns and rifles, but they have to be unloaded and either disassembled or fixed with a trigger lock.On Tuesday, U.S. Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments about whether the District of Columbia's gun laws violate the Second Amendment.

WASHINGTON -- When Congress passed a law in 2003 creating the Do Not Call registry to block unsolicited phone contacts from telemarketers, lawmakers exempted political telephone calls.