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At a White House ceremony on August 9, days after the U.S. Senate agreed in a near-unanimous vote to ratify the expansion of NATO to include...
A. Kendall-Taylor & M. Kofman, For. Affairs
At a White House ceremony on August 9, days after the U.S. Senate agreed in a near-unanimous vote to ratify the expansion of NATO to include...
A malaria outbreak in Ethiopia earlier this year has been linked to an invasive species of mosquito that can persist throughout the dry season, complicating the fight to prevent the insects’ spread
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Egyptian security forces have arrested nearly 70 people in connection with calls for protests to coincide with the COP27 climate summit, a rights group said.
The intellectually challenged candidate is preaching to an intellectually challenged choir.
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Black holes have properties characteristic of quantum particles, a new study reveals, suggesting that the puzzling cosmic objects can be at the same time heavy and light.
Why is Harry telling his story now, who's helping him write it and what might the memoir say about his father?
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow called out Republicans for their appalling response to the violent attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. Donald Trump Jr. and Kari Lake have made jokes about David DePape attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer in an assault so vicious that it sent him to the hospital for brain surgery. And Charlie Kirk called on a "patriot" to bail out the attacker. Maddow called them out.
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- Status of legislation: Passed House- Date passed or failed: March 2021The House passed the "Charleston loophole" that allowed Dylann Roof, the gunman who killed nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, to make a handgun purchase that should…
- Status of legislation: Passed House- Date passed or failed: July 2022The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 passed the House by a four-vote margin, with several Democrats and Republicans crossing party lines both against and in favor of the measure.…
- Status of legislation: Passed House- Date passed or failed: June 2022The Protecting Our Kids Act also passed the House on the heels of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings, though with considerably less Republican support than the Bipartisan Safer…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: October 2017The "smart gun" legislation would have required that within two years of its enactment, all newly manufactured handguns be personalized so that only authorized users could operate them. The technology…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: September 2016Proposed by former Democratic Rep. Steve Israel of New York, the bill would have prohibited violent juvenile offenders from possessing a firearm. Israel argued at the time that young people…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: September 2017The bill called for providing the U.S. Department of Justice with a two-year $360 million grant to distribute debit cards to state and local governments, as well as to gun…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: March 2017The bill would have required that background checks be conducted for all gun sales and transfers at gun shows, that gun show operators register with the attorney general, and that…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: July 2016The legislation would have made it illegal for children under the age of 16 to handle assault weapons. It grew out of a tragedy at a shooting range in Arizona…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: June 2014Named after a 32-year-old mother shot to death by her estranged husband in Connecticut, the proposed law would have prohibited those under a temporary restraining order from buying or possessing…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: April 2013The expanded background checks were a key segment of President Barack Obama's attempt to tighten gun control after the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: June 2016The shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub renewed debate over regulating gun purchases for those on national terrorist watchlists. Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas proposed a 72-hour delay for anyone…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: June 2016Republicans and Democrats introduced competing legislation. Republicans would have improved the existing background check system and defined what it meant to be found "mentally incompetent," a barrier to buying a…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: December 2015The bill would have made firearms trafficking a federal crime and increased penalties for "straw purchasers" who buy guns for those prohibited from purchasing them. It followed a report from…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: December 2015Introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the bill would have prohibited people on a federal terrorism watchlist from buying guns. Critics noted the flaws in the watchlist, including…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: September 2014The legislation would have required serial numbers for homemade firearms. Democrats argued that the legislation was needed because 3D printer technology allowed many more people to build firearms at home.…
- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: July 2014The legislation proposed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal would have authorized the Department of Justice to issue grants to states to help keep firearms away from people legally prohibited from having…