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McConnell says Senate will consider gun background checks

by LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press August 8, 2019August 9, 2019

Republicans face enormous pressure to do something in the aftermath of two mass shootings that killed 31 people.

by REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER and ALAN FRAM Associated Press August 8, 2019August 9, 2019

His campaign account shared a video in which some protesters spoke of violence outside his Kentucky home.

by Josh Dawsey and Seung Min Kim The Washington Post August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

The association’s chief executive tells the president the move would not be popular among his supporters.

by Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Jenna Johnson and Felicia Sonmez The Washington Post August 7, 2019August 8, 2019

The president is met by protesters chanting ‘Ban those guns,’ but stays almost entirely out of public view in Dayton and El Paso.

by KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press August 6, 2019August 6, 2019

One of the suits alleges the law is an attack against the current president.

by Beth Reinhard Washington Post August 6, 2019August 6, 2019

The nation’s largest gun lobby has been divided by leadership clashes and allegations of reckless spending.

The former Republican U.S. representative says that taking care of his aging parents comes first.

A spokesman says the majority leader is is recovering at home in Kentucky after a fall.

by MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press August 2, 2019August 2, 2019

In a tweet Friday, Trump said Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas had decided to stay in Congress.

by Mike DeBonis, Felicia Sonmez and John Wagner August 2, 2019August 2, 2019

A tally by The Washington Post finds momentum to at least open an inquiry.