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Biden to deliver prime-time address on guns
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will deliver prime-time remarks on Thursday evening “on the recent tragic mass shootings, and the need for Congress to act to pass commonsense laws to [Read More…]
Lawmakers continue talks but Biden ‘not confident’ Congress can pass gun reform
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With another mass shooting at a hospital complex in Tulsa on Wednesday, and as families in Uvalde are still holding funerals for loved ones massacred last week, lawmakers are under [Read More…]
Biden admits he didn’t foresee impact of Abbott’s shutdown on already growing baby formula shortage
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A White House event on Wednesday meant to highlight the action President Joe Biden is taking to deal with the nation’s baby formula shortage turned into a political problem when [Read More…]
Is ‘stare decisis’ dead? How the Supreme Court view of precedent is evolving
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In thousands of rulings over its storied history, the U.S. Supreme Court has broken with stare decisis, the doctrine of respecting prior decisions, just 145 times in cases requiring [Read More…]
White House marks Pride Month amid wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House says it will celebrate Pride Month this June by signaling support for the LGBTQ community and their families amid a [Read More…]
‘Feckless’ ammunition laws under scrutiny following Uvalde, other mass shootings
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When an 18-year-old shooter arrived last week at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas — where he ultimately killed 21 people, including 19 children and two [Read More…]
Biden’s Coast Guard pick becomes first woman to lead a military branch
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Adm. Linda Fagan became the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military when she was sworn in as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard at [Read More…]
Biden tweets out video of BTS visit to Oval Office
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Making the most of the attention-getting White House visit by BTS, the South Korean supergroup, President Joe Biden has tweeted out a video of [Read More…]
Supreme Court blocks Texas law banning social media companies from ‘censoring’ users
Grant Faint/GettyImages (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Texas law that would ban social media companies from removing users and the content they post because of a particular viewpoint expressed. The court [Read More…]
Doug Emhoff rebukes antisemitism, reflects on how his historic role ‘pushes’ him
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called attention to the “epidemic” of antisemitism and reflected on the history he has made while speaking Tuesday at [Read More…]
Biden praises prime minister of New Zealand who offers condolences on US mass shootings
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a holiday weekend with at least 12 mass shootings across the country, President Joe Biden met with New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the White House on Tuesday [Read More…]
Democrat-linked lawyer found not guilty on charge of lying to FBI in loss for Durham
Bob MacDonnell/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Democrat-linked lawyer charged by Special Counsel John Durham with lying to the FBI in 2016 was found not guilty a federal jury in Washington [Read More…]
Lawmakers note ‘profile’ of mass shooters — mostly young men — as they weigh gun compromise
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan talks about passing a new federal gun law continued through Memorial Day weekend despite members of Congress being out of session in a weeklong recess that also set a [Read More…]
In Texas and beyond, many politicians receive mega donations from pro-gun supporters
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who represent the state where an 18-year-old gunman carried out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings last week, are among Congress’ [Read More…]
Biden is ‘going to continue to push’ for gun compromise as White House says it’s up to Congress
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday he spent more than three and a half hours with survivors and the families of victims of last week’s mass shooting [Read More…]
Biden marks Memorial Day with wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery
narvikk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along with first lady Jill Biden [Read More…]
Biden to mark Memorial Day with wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery
narvikk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along with first lady Jill [Read More…]
Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested for suspected DUI; her office says she wasn’t present
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/FILE (NAPA COUNTY, Calif.) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested in Napa County, California, on Saturday night for allegedly driving under the influence. The 82-year-old was detained around 11:44 [Read More…]
President Biden, first lady arrive in Uvalde to comfort community grieving elementary massacre
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to grieve with the community after 19 children and two teachers were [Read More…]
‘Serious’ negotiations in Congress about new gun law after Texas school shooting, Sen. Murphy says
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — In the aftermath of the Texas elementary school shooting, there are “serious” bipartisan negotiations underway on a new gun law intended to reduce future killings, [Read More…]