Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a ban on bump stocks in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision overturning a Trump-era federal prohibition on the devices. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the author of the BUMP Act, brought his proposal up for unanimous consent, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) blocked...
A Senate hearing Tuesday on the origins of the COVID-19 virus explored the foremost theories, with lawmakers and witnesses exchanging arguments over which one they believed. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs heard from four scientific experts on what the current information suggests about the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2. The natural origins theory,...
Former President Trump will stay in Milwaukee for the upcoming Republican National Convention, his campaign confirmed, batting down reports the former president intended to spend the night at his Chicago property and commute to the Wisconsin city for the event. A Trump campaign spokesperson denied reporting from ABC7 in Chicago that Trump was planning to stay at...
A medical emergency briefly interrupted the White House press briefing on Tuesday after someone appeared to have passed out due to the high heat in the briefing room.
A Biden program that allows migrants who urgently need humanitarian assistance to fly directly to undisclosed U.S. airports has seen migrants arrive from well-off countries.