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Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While some of their friends and loved ones are still being buried at home, both survivors and families of victims in recent mass shootings challenged lawmakers on Capitol Hill this [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A California man was charged with attempted murder of a U.S. Supreme Court justice for allegedly making threats against Justice Brett Kavanaugh and showing up near his Maryland home armed, [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid new pressure for gun control on Capitol Hill, lawmakers on Wednesday heard dramatic testimony from a fourth grader trapped in a Texas classroom for more than an hour as [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An armed man was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home after allegedly making threats against Kavanaugh, according to a Supreme Court spokesperson. The man was arrested at [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid new pressure for gun control on Capitol Hill, lawmakers on Wednesday will hear what’s expected to be dramatic testimony from a fourth grader trapped in a Texas classroom for [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Uvalde, Texas pediatrician who treated the victims of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting is expected to testify Wednesday in front of the House Oversight Committee amid new pressure [Read More…]

Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is in active discussions with former White House counsel Pat Cipollone regarding a potential public appearance [Read More…]

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New details are emerging about how the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol plans to begin presenting its findings to the American people this Thursday, [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After meeting with President Joe Biden, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, made a passionate plea for gun reform at Tuesday’s White House press briefing, as [Read More…]

Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to personally update him on ongoing gun negotiations in the Senate [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A son of the oldest victim in the Buffalo supermarket shooting, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday in a hearing on domestic terrorism, called on lawmakers [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who took over as the President Joe Biden’s chief spokesperson just over three weeks ago, told ABC’s Good Morning America on Tuesday that Biden is [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The son of the oldest victim in the Buffalo, New York supermarket shooting is expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in a hearing [Read More…]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters in seven states head to the polls on Tuesday to pick party nominees for some of the nation’s most competitive House seats — and their choices will be shaped [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As a bipartisan group of senators — a smaller subset of the original group of 10 — prepared to meet in person on Monday night to go over options for [Read More…]

Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The military has identified a U.S. service member as a “possible suspect” in an April 7 attack in Syria that injured other American troops, an official said Monday. The Army Criminal [Read More…]

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday announced a new indictment charging Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of the extremist far-right group the Proud Boys, and four other members with seditious conspiracy [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed sweeping gun reform bills to ban anyone under the age of 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle and criminalizing those [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is “experiencing mild symptoms.” “I plan to work remotely while isolating according to [Read More…]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the midterm election approaches, most Americans say that the economy, inflation and rising gas prices are the most important issues in determining how they will vote for Congress [Read More…]