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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.

  • 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?

  • Military Sex Assaults Rising 35% Bring Calls for Change

    Democratic lawmakers and victims’ advocates said they will push to strip U.S. military commanders of the power to prosecute sexual assaults after a Pentagon survey found attacks jumped 35 percent over the past two years.

  • Obama Vows Action After Air Force Officer Assault Arrest

    President Barack Obama vowed to “exponentially step up our game” to combat military sexual assaults after the Air Force’s top officer for sexual-assault prevention was arrested on charges of sexual battery.

  • Giffords’ New Life as Scourge of Gun Violence

    Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling book.

  • Gun Violence Victims Add Emotional Edge to NRA Pep Rally

    Erica Lafferty is in a place she never thought she’d be: the National Rifle Association’s annual conference in Houston.

  • 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.

  • Senate Will Pass Online Tax Bill This Week, Reid Says

    The U.S. Senate will pass a bill this week that would let states collect taxes on out-of-state sales, including sales over the Internet and through catalogs, said Majority Leader Harry Reid.

  • Obama Decision on Interrogating Suspect Draws Criticism

    The Obama administration’s decision to interrogate the Boston Marathon bombing suspect without first warning him of his rights has sparked criticism from both sides of the political spectrum about the best way to prosecute terrorism cases.

  • Obama Vows U.S. Probe to Find Motives for Boston Bombing

    Channeling the nation’s relief, President Barack Obama said the capture of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect capped an “important chapter of this tragedy” while spurring a search into the motives and potential terrorist links behind the blasts.

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