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.

Political contributions by the owners of Georgia-based Daniel Defense show the financial clout of the gun industry, even as NRA spending declines.

The move is likely to reignite fights between Democrats and the GOP over federal spending and higher education.

Republican leaders, including Donald Trump, will address the event that is expected to draw protesters.

The doll's release comes as advocates warn transgender and gay rights are under increasing legislative attack in the United States and abroad.

Academics have investigated whether assault-weapons bans, large-capacity magazine restrictions, universal background checks and other curbs have worked.

The FBI agents accused of bungling the probe of sex abuse by former US Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will not be charged with a crime, the Justice Department has decided after reviewing additional evidence.

The committee is not expected to contact the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

In this edition: Lessons from all of May's primaries, redistricting madness drags into Memorial Day weekend, and the director of Justice Democrats lays out their new strategy to replace centrists.

The NRA faces critics from all sides, with infighting among its executives and, after the Uvalde, Tex., school shooting, renewed pressure from gun control advocates. And then there are the radical gun groups that say the NRA hasnt gone far enough.

What spurs interest in buying AR-15s? The threat of regulation.

For now, the administration can use a higher estimate for the societal cost of rising greenhouse gasses when federal agencies draft regulations.

Country and gospel singer Larry Gatlin and Larry Stewart of the country band Restless Heart also said Thursday they were dropping out.

In the wake of gun violence, the demand is often meant to dissipate energy.

As the debate over ed flag laws stirs again, here's a look at the red flags from other mass shootings that could have been targeted.

Republicans said it was premature to debate a response to the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, and expressed serious qualms about the content of the domestic terrorism bill itself.

The Texas senator, who is among the Republicans vehemently opposed to proposals from Democrats on expanding background checks on gun sales, has called for increased safety in schools and has condemned political posturing in the aftermath of the attack.

Rep. Jim Jordan was among five sitting Republican members of Congress the committee subpoenaed this month as part of its investigation into the Jan 6., 2021, insurrection.

Adding more guards is often offered as an alternative to gun regulations. Recent shootings reveal multiple flaws in that approach.

Critics are calling for H.R. 8s passage amid public outrage over the deadliest mass shooting at an American school in nearly a decade. But legal and firearms experts are not optimistic the bill will become law.

President Biden has no public events on his schedule Thursday. He said Wednesday that he will soon travel to Uvalde, Tex., to meet families of the children killed in the mass shooting there.

The rural Texas town is represented by Democrats and Republicans with a wide range of views on gun laws

The rise, fall and semi-rise of Brooks encapsulates the power that gun rights hold inside Republican politics, particularly in deep red southern and western states and despite national polling showing overwhelming national support for some restrictions on gun ownership.

If signed into law, Oklahoma would effectively ban all abortions in the state.

Many of the 21 points ordered by President Biden for federal law enforcement agencies, such as body cameras and banning no-knock warrants, have been adopted by large police agencies.

As a state lawmaker, Dean Knudson helped design the bipartisan commission. Now he says theres no place for him on it.

Biden orders a national accreditation system for police departments and a database of offending officers. Seeking to balance the concerns of police groups and Black activists, Biden acts two years after the killing of George Floyd.

The political landscape in Georgia and nationally has shifted significantly.

Brad Raffensperger, Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker took very different paths to victory.

It's perhaps the one proposal that seems to have real bipartisan prospects. But Republicans' uneasy handling of it shows how dim those prospects are.

The account of Meadowss comment characterizing Trumps reaction to his vice president was provided to the committee by at least one witness, according to people familiar with the investigation but those people did not describe the tone with which the comment was made.

Somebody needs to stand up for the children of this state or they will continue to be killed, O'Rourke told Abbott, before security escorted him out of the building. The two will face off in the race for Texas governor in November.

McBath became a gun-control activist after her son was killed, and during a primary victory party, she called again for action following the Texas elementary school shooting.

Donald Trump's dominance of the Republican Party and his potential influence on voters will be felt through the election year.

The House and Senate primaries to watch in the 2022 midterm elections.

The outcomes have significant implications for state-by-state governance at a time when red and blue states are heading in opposite directions.

The acting secretary of state in Pennsylvania had ordered a recount in the GOP Senate primary between Mehmet Oz and David McCormick.

The massacre of 19 children in Uvalde once again raise the question of why public support for tighter gun laws goes unheeded in a country with a gun culture unique in the world

No way to prevent this, say 1 in 5 residents of the only nation where this regularly happens.

The Republican secretary of state, who refused the former presidents demands that he overturn Joe Bidens 2020 victory, prevailed in a GOP primary Tuesday that few thought he could win.

The race in Texass 28th Congressional District is among the most closely-watched in the country, with the candidates and outside groups having spent a total of $12.5 million.

Pan became a federal judge last year, after more than a decade on D.C.'s Superior Court.

Mass shootings are the norm. That they are the norm is abnormal.

The Senate majority leader castigated Republicans for their repeated inaction after mass shootings but said Democrats had no choice but to try again.

Nineteen current or recent Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Joni Ernst (Iowa), have taken at least $1 million in campaign contributions from the NRA over their careers, according to data compiled by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in 2019.

How his 52-point loss stacks up to others in recent years.

Trump is set to address the NRA event in Houston on Friday that's billed as a celebration of American freedom.

Tuesday's results were a blow to former president Donald Trumps status as Republican kingmaker as some high-profile contenders endorsed by him lost badly.

Frank Yiannas, the FDAs deputy commissioner for food policy and response, didnt learn about a whistleblower complaint alleging safety issues at a baby formula plant until four months later, according to Yiannas and and others knowledgeable about the case.