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US’s most vital trade partner and main long-term competitor presents a sticky ‘pacing challenge’

Many Democrats defended the Biden administration's cautious approach. But lawmakers of both parties urged the president to address the nation.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats are demanding that the Federal Trade Commission clamp down on a gun manufacturer for marketing a mini assault-style rifle to children.

Riding the success of his historic congressional session last year where he helped pass the first gun safety bill signed into law in a generation, Cornyn is hopeful that his ability to strike deals across the aisle will help Congress achieve another elusive legislative goal: an immigration deal.

Residents grapple with the effects of three straight weeks of severe weather as mudslides and rescue efforts continue.

The final Jan. 6 report makes case for prosecuting Trump but skips larger analysis

President commemorates 2012 shooting, in which 20 children and six adults were killed in Newtown, Connecticut

In the decade since the shooting, a reinvigorated movement aimed at ending gun violence has spread across the country

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the initial shock and horror of the deaths of 20 young children and six female educators at a Newtown elementary school was still fresh in everyone’s mind, Connecticut’s top legislators decided they needed to do something.