Senate Democrats offered their ante Thursday in the renewed gun control debate, saying any bill must expand background checks and allow court-ordered gun confiscations while demanding a vote on a semi-automatic rifle ban — though they said that is not a deal-breaker if it doesn’t become law.
The Justice Department’s inspector general is expected to criticize former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as part of its investigation into the bureau’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe.
Measured by money and candidates, the NRA ranks among the most successful lobbying groups.
Amid President Trump’s continued frustration about spying on his campaign in 2016, the White House was noncommittal Thursday when asked whether the president wants to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The Trump administration will reportedly get rid of H.R. McMaster as national security adviser this month.
President Trump stopped by a White House summit on opioids Thursday to comfort those who’ve lost children to the epidemic and decry “weak” penalties against drug pushers, saying countries with harsher penalties have less of a problem.
After a year of thrilling skeptical conservatives with an economic agenda of tax cuts and deregulation, President Trump veered sharply away from his free market supporters Thursday by announcing plans to slap big tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday said Senate Democrats will push for tighter background checks, new protective orders to disarm dangerous individuals, and a debate on banning semiautomatic, assault-style weapons in response to the recent Florida school shooting.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden plans to hit the campaign trail next week with Democratic candidate Conor Lamb ahead of his special election showdown with Republican Rick Saccone in western Pennsylvania.
A report alleging Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee leaked to the media Russian election meddling investigation texts by the Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat has been disputed by a key lawmaker.
Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday that he plans to introduce changes to the Youth PROMISE Act to give communities the ability to act more quickly when they see a child could pose a threat to themselves or others.
As the White House prepares to release its proposals for school safety, President Trump met Thursday with families and others touched by mass school shootings.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said Thursday that he thinks President Trump supports the conceal and carry plan even if he seemed to voice opposition to putting the idea into a comprehensive gun bill.
Vice President Mike Pence delivered a fierce defense of federal immigration agents and officers Thursday, calling them “heroes,” amid a growing opposition from California officials.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley said Thursday his committee will hold an oversight hearing on the recent Parkland, Fla., shooting and school safety on March 14.
A Virginia congressman has purged his campaign's Twitter account of "likes" of controversial tweets, including one that suggested a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting was a paid actor.
Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally will not automatically be registered to vote in California come April.
Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally will not automatically be registered to vote in California come April.
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An Alabama House committee advanced bills on Thursday to reinstate a school security task force, restrict weapons on campus and report students under juvenile probation to superintendents - all part of an ongoing effort to boost school safety after a shooting massacre at a Florida high school.
Former Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra and one of his staffers, Gerardo Guzman, both likely engaged in sexual harassment while working for a different San Fernando Valley lawmaker, an investigation released Thursday found.
The Academy Awards telecast Sunday likely will offer a fresh round of urgent liberal causes. But will all that heartfelt, "spontaneous" messaging advance the case in the court of public opinion?
An Iowa man who was convicted nearly 20 years ago of threatening then-President Bill Clinton has been charged with attempted murder after officials say he tried to kill a fellow mental health center patient.
An appeals court says a federal judge must determine whether an immigrant teen in federal custody wants an abortion.
A former California congressional aide accused of promising to "make things happen" to keep an illegal pot shop in business was convicted Thursday of taking a $5,000 bribe.
The FBI's investigation of the Trump family has spread ... to Ivanka.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has resigned from the board for the Country Music Association Foundation after his election was swiftly criticized in the music community.
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say they're working together on federal legislation modeled in part after a Connecticut law allowing authorities to temporarily restrict troubled people from having access to guns.
Democratic lawmakers are introducing legislation to raise the age for all firearm purchases in Delaware to 21.
A top Republican at the Iowa Legislature plans to seek office for this year's midterm elections in a nearby district with a larger GOP voter edge.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has asked to cancel an order for an expensive dining set that prompted outrage this week after revelations that it cost the agency roughly $31,000, a spokesman said Thursday.
