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NEWS ABOUT: Gabrielle Giffords

Giffords Back in DC as Husband Retires

Smiles through Biden-led ceremony honoring Mark Kelly

(Newser) - Gabrielle Giffords was in Washington last night—for the second time since the Tucson attack—to celebrate her husband's career in a retirement ceremony led by Joe Biden. Though the congresswoman still has some verbal difficulty and walks with a limp, she spent the ceremony smiling, waving, and blowing... More »

Psychologist: Loughner Now Accepts Giffords Is Alive

Jared Lee Loughner makes first court appearance since May

(Newser) - There were no outbursts in Jared Lee Loughner's first court appearance since May, but there were plenty of revelations. In a hearing centered on whether Loughner can be made competent enough to stand trial, prison psychologist Christina Pietz explained that Loughner does know he killed people in Tucson in... More »

Not So Fast, ABC: Giffords Interview Never Confirmed

It was apparently a misunderstanding

(Newser) - It turns out that Gabrielle Giffords hasn’t exactly agreed to an interview with Diane Sawyer after all, contrary to yesterday’s reports . A Giffords spokesman tells the Tucson Sentinel that Giffords “has not decided if she's going to conduct an on-camera interview.” Sawyer will “sit... More »

Diane Sawyer Scores 1st Giffords Interview

Just ahead of publication of memoir with Mark Kelly

(Newser) - Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly's memoir hits the streets in two months, and just ahead of that Diane Sawyer will air the first interview with the couple, reports ABC News . Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope, co-written with The Last Lecture co-author Jeffrey Zaslow, will publish Nov.... More »

Ariz. GOP Raffles Brand of Gun Used to Shoot Giffords

For $10, Pima County Republicans could win a Glock

(Newser) - Awkward: The prize for a Republican fundraiser raffle in Arizona is … the same brand of gun used to shoot the state’s Democratic congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. And it's in her own district: The Pima County Republican Party announced the raffle in an Aug. 26 e-newsletter, the Huffington Post... More »

Giffords Now Knows Who Died in Shooting

Family waited til she had recovered enough to process grief

(Newser) - Gabrielle Giffords has long known that she was injured in a shooting that claimed six lives, but family and friends waited until recently to tell the Arizona congresswoman the full story: That among the dead were 30-year-old aide Gabe Zimmerman, who she adored as if he were family, friend John... More »

Republican Steps Toward Run for Giffords' Seat

He wants congresswoman to say whether she will run for re-election

(Newser) - With the formation of an exploratory committee, Republican state senator Frank Antenori is the first in his party to officially consider seeking Gabrielle Giffords’ House seat, the Arizona Republic reports. The senator from Tucson, who lost a primary in 2006 for what became Giffords' seat, says his move is intended... More »

Lawyers Search Loughner's Family for Signs of Insanity

Team subpoenas records dating back to 1893

(Newser) - Jared Loughner’s lawyers have been researching family records dating back as far as 1893 in what looks like an attempt to show that mental illness runs in his family, the New York Times reports. The lawyers issued and then withdrew a host of subpoenas to the Illinois Department of... More »

Palin: Obama a Hypocrite on Terrorist Rhetoric

If Tea Partiers were terrorists, he'd want to pal around with us, she says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has resurrected her 2008 " palling around with terrorists " line of attack on President Obama for use in today's controversy. The Alaskan, defending the Tea Party from comparisons to terrorists , told Sean Hannity that "if we were really domestic terrorists, President Obama would want to... More »

Giffords' Return Prompts Biden-Bachmann Hug

Reporter: 'You hugged Michele Bachmann?' Biden: 'Sure!'

(Newser) - Gabrielle Giffords' triumphant return to Congress was a rare moment of bipartisan joy—and it even brought Joe Biden a little warm-fuzzy time with fierce Obama critic and 2012 contender Michele Bachmann, reports the Washington Post . “Here I’m hugging Gabby and Michele Bachmann,” Biden recounted to reporters... More »

Among Debt Bill's 'Aye' Votes: Giffords

Arizona congresswoman returns to DC for historic debt ceiling vote

(Newser) - Among House Democrats who crossed the aisle to vote in favor of tonight's debt ceiling bill was one for whom those steps were unthinkable just months ago: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made her return to Washington today to vote in favor of the measure, reports Politico. “Gabrielle has returned... More »

Giffords Laughs, Chats in First Public Appearance

Congresswoman at ceremony to honor husband

(Newser) - Gabrielle Giffords laughed, chatted with people around her, and even rose from her wheelchair to hug husband Mark Kelly during her first public appearance before a crowd since she was shot in the head nearly six months ago. Hundreds of people gave the congresswoman a standing ovation when she arrived... More »

Mark Kelly's Next Career: Senator?

Gabrielle Giffords' husband might run for Jon Kyl's seat

(Newser) - Mark Kelly’s sudden retirement from NASA and the Navy has Washington a-tizzy with speculation that he’ll jump into the race for Jon Kyl’s Senate seat in Arizona. So far, Gabrielle Giffords is polling higher than any of the other potential Democratic candidates for the seat, but since... More »

Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly to Write Memoir

He is retiring from NASA as astronaut

(Newser) - Big news for Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly: He is retiring from NASA, and the two will write a memoir together about their careers, courtship, and the Arizona shooting, reports USA Today . "After thinking about it, and talking about it, we decided it was the right thing to... More »

Gabrielle Giffords Heads Home to Tucson

Trip home 'will mean the world to her,' says rep

(Newser) - Barely released from the rehab center where she's spent the last five months, Gabrielle Giffords made a beeline for her hometown Tucson yesterday for the first time since she left it 13 days after she was shot. "We've been dreaming of this trip for some time,"... More »

Gabby Giffords Leaves Hospital

She will now begin outpatient rehab

(Newser) - Another big milestone for Gabby Giffords: She has been discharged from the hospital and will now begin outpatient rehab, reports the Arizona Daily Star . "The congresswoman is elated," says her spokesman. "This is a major step in her recovery and she’s feeling very good about it.... More »

First Photos of Giffords Out

Congresswoman might be released from rehab this month

(Newser) - It's been five months since the public got a clear view of Gabrielle Giffords, and she's looking pretty good for someone who nearly died: Photos released on her Facebook page today show the congresswoman smiling, her hair cropped short, with no sign of the gunshot she took to... More »

Gabrielle Giffords Isn't Close to Returning to Work

She struggles to speak in full sentences, though hope remains

(Newser) - Gabby Giffords still struggles to speak in complete sentences, and she's not close to returning to Congress, writes EJ Montini in the Arizona Republic . He interviews Giffords' chief of staff for the most realistic assessment to date of her recovery. Hope remains: Giffords' comprehension seems about normal and she... More »

Mark Kelly Sent Space Shout-Out to Giffords

Endeavour commander surprises during U2 concert

(Newser) - Not content to boast one of the best live shows on planet Earth, U2 went even further for a cameo during a recent concert. Space shuttle Endeavour commander Mark Kelly delivered a message to his wife, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during the band's concert Saturday night at Seattle's... More »

Kelly, Giffords Reunite, Hold Hands for 2 Hours

Rep calls it 'a very touching moment'

(Newser) - America's sweethearts are together again: Mark Kelly and Gabrielle Giffords reunited last night after Kelly returned from his space shuttle mission, and the couple held hands for two hours. "They are smiling ear-to-ear and haven't let go of each other's hands," Giffords' spokesperson told the... More »

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