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 CNN reported on Thursday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had given his side the go ahead to participate in bipartisan talks on gun legislation in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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A federal judge dismissed former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the New York attorney general that sought to stop her civil investigation into the Trump Organization.
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 Yasin Ozturk/GettyTexas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw admitted Friday that cops made the "wrong decision" by not immediately storming the classroom where Uvalde gunman Salvador Ramos was slaughtering children and teachers.
"From the benefit of hindsight, from where I'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision," he said Friday. "It was the wrong decision, period, there's no excuse for that."
McCraw said officers treated the situation as if they were dealing with a "barricaded subject," giving them time to retrieve keys to the classroom and wait for further backup with tactical equipment. But in reality, it was still an active-shooter situation, with kids in the room who "clearly" remained at risk, he said.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say.
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Moscow is already carrying out ethnic cleansing.
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In an upset, Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeated Representative Kurt Schrader, a leading moderate in Congress who had been endorsed by President Biden.
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The president plans to deliver another commencement address Saturday, at the University of Delaware, his alma mater, before traveling to Texas on Sunday to meet with families of those killed in the Uvalde school massacre.
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"We believe this is something worth fighting for, no matter the political consequences," a large group writes.
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Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz released a video on Friday in which the celebrity doctor calls himself the "presumptive Republican" nominee on the same day counties can begin recounting ballots in the commonwealth's tight GOP primary.
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Academics have investigated whether assault-weapons bans, large-capacity magazine restrictions, universal background checks and other curbs have worked.
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Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have cut a huge infrastructure deal with Republicans and helped preserve the filibuster. Can that give them bipartisan progress on the thorniest of issues?
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Gov. Greg Abbott invited Ed Scruggs to be part of two Texas task forces on gun safety. He started optimistic. He left feeling like a prop.
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Conservative MP Paul Holmes explains why he is stepping down from Home Office role.
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Boris Johnson says the government can not fix everything, but is supporting those who need it the most.
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Paul Holmes said the Partygate inquiry had led to a "deep mistrust" in government and the Tories.
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The prime minster says the government is helping poorer people through "tough times".
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The filibuster is only one part of the larger problem of the capture of America's political institutions by an unrepresentative minority.
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The truth about who or what is actually at fault for inflation numbers not seen since the 1980s is more complex than any political talking points or anti-Fed screeds.
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 NewsmaxRight-wing cable channel Newsmax hosted a gun lobbyist on Thursday morning to not only rail against gun-safety measures in the wake of the horrific Uvalde school massacre, but to also specifically blame gun control for the mass shooting that left 19 children dead.
With Democrats, gun-safety advocates, and the vast majority of Americans now pushing for reform measures in the wake of this latest school shooting, conservatives have scrambled to come up with alternative solutions—no matter how bonkers—that never seem to include tightening gun laws. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other Republicans, for instance, have actually floated door control to stop mass shootings.
Appearing Thursday morning on Newsmax's National Report, Gun Owners of America senior vice president Erich Pratt called it "absolutely disgusting" for President Joe Biden and other Democrats to be "pushing for gun control" and "raising money off dead children to advance their cause."
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Unfortunately for Democrats, this year does not seem like it will offer an exception to the midterm jinx.
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A group of Republicans and Democrats have begun an urgent set of talks aimed at reaching an elusive compromise on new gun laws. After a decade of failure, can this time be different?
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Pennsylvania state Rep. Summer Lee will win the fiercely contested Democratic primary for the 12th Congressional District, CNN projected Thursday, overcoming an onslaught of outside money to narrowly defeat her moderate rival, attorney Steve Irwin.
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The chancellor defends measures to help with cost of living, which he is not calling a windfall tax.
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The Metropolitan Police's acting chief rejects a London Assembly member's claim that police failed to act on other Partygate claims against the PM.
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The Sentinel Action Fund marks a new chapter in the work of the nearly 50-year-old Heritage Foundation and its aligned groups.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, backed by former President Donald J. Trump, was leading David McCormick by fewer than 1,000 votes in one of this year's most closely watched contests.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician, leads the Senate race against David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, by 902 votes. Pennsylvania law calls for an automatic recount if the margin in a statewide race is 0.5 percent or less of the total vote.
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The Trump-backed candidate J.D. Vance won the Ohio Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, while former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign co-chair Nina Turner lost the Democratic primary election for Ohio's 11th Congressional District after massive outside spending and attacks by super PACs. We speak with Andrew Perez of The Lever about what Ohio's elections mean for the future of the Democratic Party if it actively suppresses candidates like Turner who are critical of the establishment. Given that a majority Democratic Congress and sitting Democratic president have not delivered on campaign promises such as canceling student debt, protecting Roe v. Wade and passing Build Back Better, the party will be in jeopardy in the upcoming elections, says Perez.
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