The Senate Republican leader has spent his career working to delay, obstruct or prevent most major firearms restrictions from being approved by Congress.
Author: Ashley Parker
The White House keeps walking back Biden’s remarks
In new book, Kellyanne Conway takes aim at many targets — except Trump
From Sandy Hook to Buffalo: Ten years of failure on gun control
President Biden has played a central role in the unsuccessful efforts to enact significant gun control legislation amid thousands of mass shootings.
Biden sees a new threat: “ultra-MAGA” Republicans
Biden has taken to using the term “ultra-MAGA” to warn of Republican extremism. The term has caused bemusement among Democrats, and some Trump followers have embraced it.
Some Democrats warn abortion rights demonstrators not to go overboard
As a fire at a Wisconsin anti-abortion office is investigated for arson and a debate surrounds a protest outside Justice Kavanaugh’s house, some Democratic leaders are cautioning anti-abortion protestors not to lose the moral high ground by letting the…
Big majority of Americans back sanctions on Russia, aid to Ukraine, poll finds
The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll shows broad bipartisan support for military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and for sanctions on Russia. But most Americans also want to avoid direct military confrontation with Russia.
Inside the Republican drift away from supporting the NATO alliance
The isolationist posture of some Republicans is in line with the “America First” ethos of Donald Trump, the GOP’s de facto leader who has long railed against NATO.
Biden at war: Inside a deliberate yet impulsive Ukraine strategy
The U.S. president has left a distinct imprint on the Ukraine crisis — at times emotional and freewheeling, at other times carefully choreographed and deliberate, but frequently a central player in marshaling the West’s response to Russia’s invasion.
Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in forceful speech in Poland
Since Russia’s war with Ukraine began, the Biden administration has taken pains to avoid even implying that regime change is a goal of the Western response.