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The changes outlined by the senators are intended to prevent a repeat of the effort on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the presidential election in Congress.

To the Editor: As a mother, aunt, pediatrician and neighbor to beloved children, I have long been deeply troubled by the exorbitant levels of gun viol...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mark Warner (D-VA) led a group of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare

The Senate on Thursday passed the first major federal gun control bill in decades, breaking the longtime Republican blockade against further restrictions on firearms and sending the legislation to almost certain final approval by the Democratic-run House.

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan negotiators in the Senate have reached an agreement on gun-regulation legislation forged after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y.

Senate lawmakers finalized on Tuesday an ambitious rewrite of the nation's firearm and school safety laws, but odds remain long that Congress can pass the measure before adjourning for a two-week recess.

Senate lawmakers finalized on Tuesday an ambitious rewrite of the nation's firearm and school safety laws, but odds remain long that Congress can pass the measure before adjourning for a two-week recess.

It's getting harder to believe they were ever even open to the idea of including the boyfriend loophole in this gun reform bill in the first place.

The committee voted 12-10 all party lines in favor of Merriam, with one republican senator joining Democrats. The full Senate must vote to confirm Merriam and is expected to do so easily.

Senate lawmakers edged closer to breaking a decades-long logjam on gun policy Sunday, announcing a bipartisan framework for expanding background checks and funding school safety efforts after a spate of