Nothing can get the American people more riled up than gun control and the Second Amendment.  You are either for or against the right to bear arms.  The US Supreme Court has ruled countless times that the individual has the right to own a gun or several guns... and this does now include semi-automatic weapons since Congress let the ban on them expire.  The National Rifle Association (NRA) has done an outstanding job in brainwashing the American populace that any kind of gun control is a threat to their Second Amendment rights.

The United States has been told to submit footage to an independent investigation looking into its continuing drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, or face U.N. investigation, reports The Independent.

Facing threats from Hurricane Isaac, there has been much speculation over whether or not the Republican National Convention, set to start early next week, will be able to take place due to the weather conditions in Tampa, Florida.

When asked about the possibile impacts of the hurricane, RNC communications director Sean Spicer said on CNN, "There's n such thing as canceling." Spicer continued,

Considering the opportunity to move from paper or modified electronic voting to full Internet ballots inevitably sparks a debate surrounding the likelihood of fraud and security of ballots. Prior to diving into the technical means for preventing voter fraud, we will investigate how great of a threat it posits in today’s offline elections.

Presidential pets have been in focus dating back to the first president, with George Washington not only fathering the nation, but also the American foxhound. Now, speculation over "First Dogs" has prompted media attention, with Obama questioned about his preference in breed in his first press conference as President-elect.

The Dog Training Secret posted this infographic, with some fun facts about the Presidents and their first dogs. A few favorite finds include:

In an article titled, "US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan," Glenn Greenwald reports that the US government is using tactics on the battlefield that it has criticized in the past as characteristic of terrorism.

President Obama warned Syria's government earlier in the week that the use of chemical or biological weapons in the nation’s escalating civil conflict against the Syrian uprising might illicit a US military response. The president called the use of such weapons a “red-line” with “enormous consequences.”