Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
2 boys, 3 adults shot to death in Illinois town The nephew of a small-town Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in an exchange of gunfire that left him dead, authorities said Wednesday.... More
Five Dead in Apartment Shooting Near Seattle Gunfire at an apartment complex left five people dead, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers and a man and a woman in separate apartments. More
Gun bill’s failure may help immigration legislation Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the continued intensity of the dysfunction of Congress on this [gun] vote will help immigration,” Democratic pollster John Anzalone said. More
Senate Republicans: We're not quitting on gun bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will "hit pause" on the gun bill while senators see if they can find a workable compromise on strengthening background checks on gun purchases. More
Why lawmakers want to remove an even broader spectrum of criminal records from public view Each new opportunity for the expungement of records has marked a victory for the criminal-defense lobby, advocates for minorities and, in past years, the gun lobby, who try year after year to persuade ... 05/3/2024 - 5:43 pm | View Link
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked Two years after a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation's abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming courts, legislatures and political ... 05/3/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
Democrats hope move to reschedule marijuana will help them in November The proposed change has the potential to set up a contrast between Biden and Trump, who has shown little interest in engaging with federal marijuana policy. 05/1/2024 - 11:56 am | View Link
From an assault weapons ban to mandating liability insurance, Democrats push forward with gun bills As the session hits its final days, statehouse Democrats are trying to get nearly a dozen gun bills across the finish line, but opposition is stiff. 04/28/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private ... 04/26/2024 - 1:32 pm | View Link
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.