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August 7, 2019 at 10:05 pm

McConnell wants to consider gun background checks in fall VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting the gun violence debate, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he now wants to consider background checks and other bills, setting...

August 7, 2019 at 11:48 am

Dem Rep. Cummings: ‘Stop the hateful, incendiary comments’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government officials must stop making "hateful, incendiary comments" that only to serve to divide and distract the nation from its real problems,...

August 7, 2019 at 10:35 am

McConnell, GOP Senate unlikely to act swiftly on guns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is resisting pressure to bring senators back from recess to address gun violence, despite wrenching calls to...

Mourners bring flowers to a makeshift memorial Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for the slain and injured in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, in Dayton. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) OHJM114 OHJM114

August 6, 2019 at 1:36 pm

Plan to boost ‘red flag’ gun laws gains momentum in Congress

The still-emerging plan would create a federal grant program to encourage states to adopt "red flag" laws to take guns away from people believed to...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters after signing a two-year budget agreement, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 1, 2019. The deal will raise federal spending by hundreds of billions of dollars and allow the government to continue borrowing money. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times) XNYT175 XNYT175

August 5, 2019 at 8:15 am

After shootings, Congress again weighs gun violence response

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newtown. Charleston. Orlando. Parkland. And now after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Congress again is confronted with the...

August 1, 2019 at 2:16 pm

GOP-controlled Senate confirms 13 more judges named by Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate departed for a five-week recess Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber's accomplishments, including a hard-won budget...

July 31, 2019 at 1:23 pm

US officials say key rail safety technology 90% complete

WASHINGTON (AP) — The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday, but "significant...

Business

July 29, 2019 at 3:10 pm

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate failed Monday in a bid to override a trio of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to...

July 25, 2019 at 10:29 am

House Dems back subpoenas for Ivanka, Jared private emails

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee voted along party lines Thursday to authorize subpoenas for personal emails and texts used for official business by...

Nation & World

The comedian Jon Stewart embraces John Feal, an advocate, at a news conference after passage of legislation to extend aid to Sept. 11 emergency workers on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 23, 2019. Congress on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation that would extend lifetime compensation to emergency workers who became ill after the attacks. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times) XNYT189 XNYT189

July 23, 2019 at 12:48 pm

Senate approves long-delayed bill to extend 9/11 victims fund

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks...