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Biden, speaking near site of Sandy Hook shooting, renews call for assault weapons ban

HARTFORD, Conn. — Highlighting Connecticut’s role as a national leader in gun safety, President Joe Biden traveled Friday to West Hartford to hail the most comprehensive gun law in the past three decades and renew his call for a federal ban on assault weapons.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023

Biden jokes he’s tired because of his age: ‘Try being 110’

Biden tells gun control advocates, ‘You’re the reason why I’m so optimistic about the future … You’re changing our culture. You’re changing our politics’

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023

First lady Jill Biden raises money for President Biden’s reelection campaign in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES — First lady Jill Biden touted her husband’s accomplishments on job creation, gun-control legislation and infrastructure investment as she courted donors on Wednesday in her first California fundraising trip since President Joe Biden announced he would seek reelection.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 14, 2023

SAFE-T Act provision to end cash bail likely to remain in limbo for a while

The Illinois Supreme Court won’t hear oral arguments until March, and then the Court has to write its opinion(s). A poll found that 32% of voters had a favorable view of the SAFE-T Act, which included the elimination of cash bail, while 40% had an unfavorable view.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2023

Rose Parade avoids California rain as it welcomes New Year

Flower-covered floats, marching bands and equestrian units celebrated the New Year as the 134th Rose Parade slipped through a gap in California’s siege of drenching storms

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023

Mark Kelly: Time to let go of "conspiracies of the past"

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly urged Arizonans to let go of “conspiracies of the past” on Saturday, calling for unity a day after he won re-election to a crucial Senate seat

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

Mark Kelly wins Arizona Senate race, bringing Democrats a seat from control

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.

France 24 · Nov 12, 2022

Mark Kelly holds on to Arizona seat in critical win for Democrats

The senator defeated the Donald Trump-endorsed Blake Masters after a campaign in which Kelly pitched himself as a moderate

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2022

Democrat Mark Kelly holds seat in Arizona's U.S. Senate race

Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the election, Republicans needed to pick up only one seat to take the majority in the 100-seat chamber, which would allow them to block much of…

Reuters · Nov 12, 2022

Sen. Mark Kelly takes early lead in battleground Arizona

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly led his Republican rival, venture capitalist Blake Masters, but the race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate was too early to call

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022