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  • Senators Reject Pressure for Gun Background Check Shift

    U.S. senators are resisting pressure to reconsider their opposition to expanding background checks for firearm purchasers, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s bid for new gun-control measures.

  • Prince Harry as Elvis; Sex Trade Survivors: D.C. Scene

    “It was like Elvis was in the house,” said Senator John McCain. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

  • Now It’s the NRA’s Turn to Understand Us

    Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn’t bend his way. Colleagues don’t like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don’t know what they believe?

  • NRA Celebrates Gun Control Defeat, Senators Face Backlash

    Texas Senator Ted Cruz and a parade of other possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates anchored the opening day of the National Rifle Association’s annual conference as they praised the lobby group for its efforts to defeat President Barack Obama’s gun legislation.

  • Lawmakers Fault U.S. Agencies for Lapses in Boston

    A trip to Russia by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings, may have escaped scrutiny because U.S. agencies didn’t share information, lawmakers said yesterday.

  • A Way Forward on Gun Safety

    Washington is still capable of surprise. After two conservative, gun-owning senators from states with a strong gun culture couldn’t move modest gun-safety legislation through the Senate, something unusual happened: Their proposal didn’t die.

  • Lawmakers Fault U.S. Agencies for Lapses in Boston

    A trip to Russia by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings, escaped notice because U.S. agencies failed to share information, members of Congress said yesterday

  • Gun Control Advocates to Continue Push for Tougher Laws

    A U.S. senator is trying to revive his proposal to expand background checks for gun purchasers after the Senate defeated the measure earlier this month.

  • Manchin Blames Gun-Vote Loss on Opposition Twisting Facts

    U.S. Senator Joe Manchin blamed the vote yesterday to reject expanded background checks of gun purchasers on the National Rifle Association’s “twist” of facts.

  • Durbin Says Immigration Bill to Help U.S. Security (Transcript)

    Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that a bipartisan immigration bill introduced this week would enhance national security. His comments came as supporters of the measure tried to pre-empt concerns about terrorism as police hunted for an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing after a second suspect -- his brother, also an immigrant -- was killed in a gun battle.

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