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President Biden mistakenly said that the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17 people occurred in 1918 during a speech advocating for red flag laws.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering urged President Joe Biden to press for a federal ban on semi-automatic weapons during a visit to the White House, one week after a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens during Highland Park's Fourth of July parade.

President Joe Biden is hailing a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence as "real progress," but says "more has to be done."

“These are combat weapons. These are weapons of war. They should not be on the streets,” said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.

The president welcomed a crowd to the White House lawn Monday to showcase a new law meant to reduce gun violence.

President Biden has been criticized for not doing enough on guns. Gov. Pritzker defended Biden. “He agrees more needs to be done, and he is passionate about this.”

The gunman in Monday's massacre at a Fourth of July parade in the Illinois city of Highland Park admitted he carried out the attack, killing seven and wounding dozens of others, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Robert E. Crimo III, 21, told...

After the shooting, Rotering, the mayor since 2011, was immediately thrust into a global spotlight while trying to lead her town through an unimaginable crisis.

Funerals continued Saturday for victims of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago.

Tampa mayor Jane Castor and police chief Mary O'Connor joined President Biden and Vice President Harris to celebrate the passing of gun violence legislation.