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Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Watergate burglary that would end Richard M. Nixon's presidency two years later. By then, his vice president and successor, Gerald R. Ford Jr., would tell Americans, "Our long national nightmare is over."

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"If the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicated, I'll be supportive."

The bill stalled in the House for nearly a month after the Senate passed it, drawing criticism from Republican lawmakers.

“The security issue is related to Supreme Court justices," McConnell argued, "not nameless staff that no one knows"

A new state report says fatal drug overdoses rose nearly 15% in Kentucky last year

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

How the bill is ultimately written will be crucial.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…