Republicans look to reverse rule based on gun law they backed
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, filed a joint resolution to overturn a new rule, based on a 2022 law he helped negotiate, about background checks for gun sellers.
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, filed a joint resolution to overturn a new rule, based on a 2022 law he helped negotiate, about background checks for gun sellers.
President Joe Biden speaks at the Morehouse College Commencement on Sunday in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
California state Assemblymember Vince Fong, a Republican from Bakersfield, appears with then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, at a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 16, 2023.
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President Joe Biden speaks at Gateway Technical College’s iMet Center on May 8 in Sturtevant, Wis.
President Joe Biden speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on Friday.
Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attends a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, the nation's highest civilian honor, earlier this month in the East Room of the White House. Rep. Pelosi was one of the recipients.
A double rainbow appears over Washington on Saturday evening.
U.S. Supreme Court building
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Illinois Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on the floor Thursday that he backed continued military support for Israel but blamed Speaker Mike Johnson for offering "a partisan bill with no path forward."
National security adviser Jake Sullivan at a White House briefing last year. On Monday, he laid out President Joe Biden's view of the Israel-Hamas war.
Speaker Mike Johnson joins the North Carolina delegation and family members of Billy Graham to unveil a statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Thursday.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at federal court in New York City for his corruption trial.
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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads a markup Thursday on whether to recommend holding Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress.
A Capitol Police officer receives medical treatment after clashes with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021. A plaque to honor responding officers is finished, Democrats have said, but still waiting to be installed.
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The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn.