Biden is increasingly seizing on gun control—especially an assault weapons ban—as a political rallying cry, even as the votes remain elusive in Congress....
“The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Just sick,” President Biden said after recent mass shootings at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs and a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va....
Kevin McCarthy, 57, arrives at the position he has long sought only after pledging fealty to former president Donald Trump and his party’s right-wing base....
Si el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro toma acciones para restablecer la democracia, Estados Unidos podría permitir que se reactiven las exportaciones de la última empresa estadounidense que produce petróleo en el país sudamericano....
The U.S. Attorney in Delaware, a Trump appointee, now must decide whether to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase....
The Biden administration issued a zero tolerance guidance in June 2021 requiring the ATF to revoke the license of any gun dealers that break the law. ...
Biden and Trump appear to be nudging one another into what would be a rare face-off between the same two candidates. In fact, the contest has already started....
Biden assailed “MAGA Republicans” who refuse to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as recent threats and violence against the FBI....
President heads to Pennsylvania for major speech in which he is expected to renew calls for an assault weapons ban• Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailGood morning, and welcome to Tuesday’s US politics blog.Joe Biden has a busy day ahead, and...
Rule requires companies that sell unassembled firearm kits to add serial numbers to parts and conduct background checksA new Biden administration rule that puts kits used to build ghost guns in the same legal category as traditional firearms went into effect on...
Amid court challenges, new Biden administration rule takes effect that requires serial numbers for homemade guns and background checks for dealer sales....
Gathering in September at the White House intends to bring together Democrats and Republicans to seek solutionsJoe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating hate-fueled violence.The White House announced on Friday that Biden will host the...
Researchers are still working to answer key questions about the drug, including how effective it is in vaccinated people and whether cases of “rebounding” in people who receive it are common....
In Washington, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot will hold a prime-time hearing, and the contempt trial of Stephen K. Bannon continues....
The Safer Communities Act finally addressed prevention efforts with $250m dedicated to funding violence interruptersIn 2013, a month after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, a group of Black pastors and other activists visited the Obama White House to press...
Joe Biden has been heckled by the father of a mass shooting victim during a White House event celebrating the passage of a federal gun safety law. The US president was delivering a speech when he was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son, Joaquin, was...
The father of a teenager killed in the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, interrupted President Joe Biden during an event at the White House. ...
President Biden’s address on newly enacted bipartisan gun legislation was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose son was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Fla., school shooting....
As Biden held an event to mark passage of the new gun control law, he was interrupted by the father of a Parkland student upset that more is not being done....
Manuel Oliver shouts ‘we have to do more’ as president gives speech marking measure at White HouseJoe Biden has been heckled by the father of a mass shooting victim during a White House event celebrating the passage of a federal gun safety law.The US president was...
The president is hosting survivors and family members of victims from mulitiple high-profile mass shootings to mark a new law that includes the most significant gun restrictions enacted by Congress in decades....
President Biden commemorates the passage of a gun violence prevention bill, fire threatens Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove and more news to start your Monday. ...
Man in custody after six shot at Chicago suburb’s paradeDetails emerge about victims of Highland Park shootingTwo officers injured at Philadelphia celebrationSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailLess than two weeks ago, Democrats and Republicans...
The bill is the most significant gun measure to clear Congress in nearly three decades, though it falls short of more restrictive gun control proposals that Democrats favor....
US president Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school....
Bipartisan deal ‘doesn’t do everything I want’, president says, but will toughen background checks and facilitate ‘red flag’ lawsJoe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a...
America continues to digest the Supreme Court’s ruling, President Biden will sign the landmark gun violence bill and more news to start your weekend. ...
Fourteen Republicans vote with majority for first major gun reform legislation in nearly 30 yearsThe US House on Friday passed a bipartisan bill to strengthen federal gun regulations, bringing an end to decades of congressional inaction and sending the historic...
The House is expected to pass legislation that cleared the Senate on Thursday that includes modest new firearms restrictions and mental health and school security funding....
The Senate gun deal is now headed to the House, where it is expected to pass, despite House GOP leaders encouraging their members to vote against it. ...
President ‘deeply disappointed’ by justices’ decision as bipartisan bill to strengthen gun safety appears ready to passWhen the US supreme court struck down New York state’s limits on carrying concealed handguns in public, it clouded what should have been a day...
Biden says ruling ‘should trouble us all’ as conservative majority strikes down law requiring ‘proper cause’ to carry guns in publicThe US supreme court has opened the door for almost all law-abiding Americans to carry concealed and loaded handguns in public, after...
US senators announce gun violence bill with bipartisan supportBiden to urge Congress to suspend gas tax for three monthsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe Senate doesn’t pass gun control legislation very often, and if approved, the...
No telling which cases the court will release opinions onMarkets brace for sharpest rise in rates in almost 30 yearsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailGood morning, US politics blog readers. Today begins with the release of another batch of...
Readers criticize a bipartisan gun bill as falling far short of what’s needed. Also: Misogyny and mass murder; the Jan. 6 hearings; the Biden foreign policy team....
Supreme court expects to release another batch of decisions on busy day in WashingtonHouse panel to scrutinize conspiracy theories that led to Capitol attackSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailGood morning, everybody. Today could be a very big...
Accord offers measured gun curbs, and if enacted would come after years of stalemate as Biden urges lawmakers to get it to his deskJoe Biden has urged US lawmakers to get a deal on gun reforms to his desk quickly as a group of senators announced a bipartisan framework...
