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• How John Cornyn’s historic gun safety bill has become a reelection liability

  October 27, 2025 6:02 PM

  In the wake of the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde , U.S. Sen. John Cornyn made a risky decision for a Republican anywhere, but especially in Texas. Moved by the deaths of 19 young school children, Cornyn helped shepherd the nation’s first major legislation on gun safety in decades... more »

• Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

  October 20, 2025 4:44 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights. President Donald Trump's administration asked the justices to revive a... more »

• Pope demands end to the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

  August 31, 2025 12:28 PM

  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small," as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. History's first U.S. pope spoke in English as he... more »

• Texas Republicans want to block cities' gun buyback programs

  May 27, 2025 12:16 PM

  " Texas Republicans want to block cities' gun buyback programs " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about... more »