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How bump stocks change the way semi-automatic weapons are fired
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Bump stocks, the firearm modification banned by the federal government until the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the regulation Friday, have generated controversy ever since the device was created [Read More…]
Biden campaign to hold star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles after G7 visit
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles on Saturday for a multimillion-dollar event that aims to shore up support for the Democratic ticket with a star-studded show of celebrity [Read More…]
Supreme Court invalidates Trump-era ban on bump stocks
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, ruling the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority in creating the regulation. The 6-3 [Read More…]
Republicans torn over Sam Brown, the nominee in key Nevada Senate race
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown stands for a photo at his campaign office on June 14, 2022 in Reno, Nevada. (Josh Edelson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Nevada Republican Sam Brown cruised to victory in the [Read More…]
Republicans, including detractors, embrace Trump in return to Washington after Jan. 6
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson hold a press conference at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Biden, Zelenskyy sign new 10-year security agreement
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (ITALY) — President Joe Biden touted on Thursday several new major U.S. commitments for Ukraine that were announced this week, including a 10-year bilateral security agreement, sanctions to disrupt Russia’s war machine, [Read More…]
Supreme Court unanimously strikes down legal challenge to abortion pill mifepristone
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a group of doctors lacked legal standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to [Read More…]
Biden says he would not commute potential sentence for son Hunter Biden
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Thursday he would not issue a presidential sentence commutation for Hunter Biden following his conviction earlier this week on federal gun charges. ABC News Senior White [Read More…]
Trump yet to clarify his abortion pill policy as SCOTUS rules on mifepristone
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a unanimous decision on Thursday, former President Donald Trump has yet to disclose his own abortion [Read More…]
ACLU files federal complaint against new Biden asylum rule
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Texas Civil Rights Project and other civil rights organizations have filed a federal complaint challenging a recent executive order from President Joe Biden, [Read More…]
House Republicans vote to hold Garland in contempt over Biden interview audio
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon passed a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with [Read More…]
White House doesn’t rule out potential commutation for Hunter Biden
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday declined to rule out a presidential commutation for Hunter Biden following his conviction earlier this week on federal gun charges. When asked specifically by a [Read More…]
Marianne Williamson signals the end of her 2024 bid now that presidential primaries have ended
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Marianne Williamson, an author and speaker who was President Joe Biden’s final Democratic opponent, said earlier this week that she is no longer a candidate for the party’s nomination now [Read More…]
Biden, Zelenskyy to sign US-Ukraine security agreement at G7 summit
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a bilateral security agreement at the G7 summit Thursday that will pledge long-term defense and security cooperation. “We want to [Read More…]
At G7, Biden to push $50B loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine during the G7 Summit, Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan. (Official White House Photo by [Read More…]
House Republicans to vote on holding Garland in contempt over refusal to turn over Biden special counsel interview audio
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday plan to hold a full chamber vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio [Read More…]
Hunter Biden conviction likely to have muted impact on election: Experts
First lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 11, 2024 in Wilmington, Del. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) [Read More…]
Former US diplomat warns Biden policy on Israel is putting America at risk
U.S. Department of State (WASHINGTON) — For years, Hala Rharrit was a career veteran diplomat who took pride talking about American values such as human rights and freedom of the press. Now, she’s the first [Read More…]
Trump-endorsed Nancy Mace projected to win South Carolina GOP primary
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the second time in as many years, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has defeated a fierce primary challenge in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. With 27% of the vote reporting [Read More…]
Justice Alito, in secretly recorded audio, apparently agrees nation needs to return to place of ‘godliness’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts had no comment Tuesday after a woman posing as a conservative Catholic allegedly secretly recorded them at a black-tie event [Read More…]