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A.M. Links: Obama Pushes Gun Control, Saudi Arabia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Iran, Latest on Oregon Standoff

Damon Root | 1.5.2016 9:00 AM

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    President Barack Obama will roll out his plan for gun control via unilateral executive action this week.

  • Saudi Arabia has cut off diplomatic ties with Iran.
  • "The armed protesters who triggered a standoff when they stormed a wildlife refuge in Oregon listed their demands at a news conference Monday, while giving their group a name: Citizens for Constitutional Freedom."
  • A senior city attorney in Chicago has resigned after a judge ruled he deliberately concealed evidence about a police shooting.
  • Doctors in Britain are preparing to go on strike.
  • The Dow posted its worst opening day in eight years yesterday.

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books).

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