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These maps and charts show how common gun violence is in America
Gun deaths in America are even more common than you might realize.
See how the NRA and other gun rights groups have spent money on political campaigns in recent years
Since 2010, the NRA has spent more than $148 million on federal elections ― about $91 million of which was spent trying to defeat candidates.
Senators grasp for a bipartisan gun deal, facing long odds
After the deadliest school shooting in a decade, a small group of Republican and Democratic senators have begun an urgent and uphill effort to strike a compromise on new gun laws.
From unlocked doors to social media surveillance, Republican ideas on shootings raise eyebrows
Most Republican lawmakers say there’s one line they won’t cross: adding any significant hurdles to access weapons in a nation that has more guns than people.
Republicans block domestic terrorism bill after shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked action on a bill aimed at strengthening the federal government’s efforts to combat domestic terrorism, rejecting a measure put forward by Democrats after a racist massacre in which a gunman motivated by white supremacist ideology killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket.
Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action
The White House said the Bidens would “grieve with the community that lost 21 lives in the horrific” shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe
A four-judge panel in the appellate division of the state’s trial court upheld a February ruling enforcing subpoenas for Donald Trump and his two eldest children to give deposition testimony in Attorney General Letitia James’ probe.
Secret emergency orders may include focus on Internet, files show
Several of the files show that the George W. Bush-era effort partly focused on a law that permits the president to take over or shut down communications networks in wartime.