Gun control advocates rallied around the country on Saturday, seeking to pressure Congress to tighten the nation''s gun laws after the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio and Northern California.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There''s an American leader whose words resonate on the global stage. Who draws attention in foreign capitals. Who carries a message from the United States by simply arriving.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the U.S.-Israel relationship can withstand the "weakness" of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who shook diplomatic norms this week in barring two members of Congress from visiting the country.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that the country''s elected officials have a responsibility to "ensure domestic tranquility" and called on the Senate to return to work to vote on the House''s bill bolstering background checks for gun purchases.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of President Donald Trump''s strongest allies in Congress pushed back Friday on his administration''s plans to slash some $4 billion in foreign aid that lawmakers have already approved.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee want answers from Attorney General William Barr over the decision to resume executing federal death-row inmates for the first time since 2003.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has started easing back into public activities after his recent lung surgery sidelined him for part of the August congressional break.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's first public appearance since his lung surgery (all times local):
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pressed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday to approve House-passed legislation expanding background checks and to take other steps curbing guns, in an offensive fueled by public outrage over this month's mass killings in Texas and Ohio.
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she sees comprehensive immigration reform not only as Congress' official work but also as its moral responsibility as she finishes up a tour of Central America.
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she sees comprehensive immigration reform not only as Congress' official work but also as its moral responsibility as she finishes up a tour of Central America.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat says he's introducing legislation to require the FBI to regulate the sale of body armor in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not quite "Trump-McConnell 2020," but it might as well be.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The messages coming from House Democrats on impeachment in recent weeks are decidedly confusing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democrats in Congress teamed up Friday to oppose what appears to be a Trump administration plan to cut the foreign aid budget.
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio man has been charged in federal court for a Facebook post saying U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "should be shot."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on possible congressional action on gun safety legislation (all times local):
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting the gun violence debate, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he now wants to consider background checks and other bills, setting up a potentially pivotal moment when lawmakers return in the fall.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan traveled to Kentucky to call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring House-backed gun regulation bills to the U.S. Senate floor for a vote.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The speaker of the U.S. House, Nancy Pelosi, arrived in Guatemala with a congressional delegation Thursday, starting a Central American trip that seeks to explore the causes of immigration amid a crisis of migrants on the southern U.S. border.
