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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican collaboration in Democrats’ historic gun-control victory unpopular with most GOP leaders

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Police in riot gear surround the Arizona Capitol after protesters reached the front of the Arizona Sentate building as protesters reacted to the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision Friday, June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Dueling narratives of Arizona protests ended with tear gas

By Jonathan J. Cooper and Bob Christie - Associated Press

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Never Trumper Evan McMullin sets out to displace Sen. Mike Lee in Utah

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Gabby Giffords, center, the subject of the documentary film &quot;Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down,&quot; poses with the film's co-directors Julie Cohen, left, and Betsy West, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay center stage

By Terry Tang - Associated Press

A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

How U.S. states have banned, limited or protected abortion

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Anti-scaling fencing is seen outside the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Supreme Court: Worst case scenario

By Tim Constantine

FILE - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2022. He was talking about President Joe Biden's first year as president. Two widely supported bills are encountering delays in the Senate. The House easily approved the measures last week with broad bipartisan support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

NRSC Chair Rick Scott declares ‘I will vote no’ on bipartisan gun bill

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2022. Mr. Scott, head of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, said on June 23, 2022, that he will vote against the bipartisan gun bill that has won the blessing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, putting more distance between the two powerbrokers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Gun bill drives another wedge between NRSC Chair Rick Scott and GOP leader Mitch McConnell

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., left, listens as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during a news conference on the House Jan. 6 Committee, Thursday, June 9, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Defying Senate GOP, House Republicans won’t back gun bill

By Haris Alic and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A Bank of America ATM is seen, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Winchester, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ** FILE **

EXCLUSIVE: Senate GOP targets ‘woke’ corporations on anti-gun policies, practices

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference Friday, June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Just ‘first step’: Trump urges House GOP to vote no on Senate gun bill

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw uses maps and graphics to present a timeline of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, during a hearing, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was ‘abject failure’

By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

14 Senate Republicans buck NRA to advance bipartisan gun bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bipartisan gun bill would boost mental health, school security funding, tighten background checks

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell throws support behind bipartisan gun bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 17, 2021. Ms. Murkowski's reelection bid enjoys the backing of Senate Minority Mitch McConnell. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Murkowski leans into centrist brand in reelection bid against Trump-backed rival

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 9, 2019 file photo, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Ravnsborg faces the state's first impeachment trial next week for his conduct surrounding a 2020 car crash in which he struck and killed a pedestrian. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

What to know ahead of South Dakota AG impeachment trial

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Sun shines on the U.S Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2022. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will hold the first in a series of hearings laying out its findings on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bipartisan negotiators say deal on gun bill reached, text expected when lawmakers back in Washington

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

The Google mobile phone icon, in Philadelphia, April 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republicans target political bias in Google spam filter

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

FILE - An Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles, as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 28, 2011. The Senate is expected to approve on Thursday a large expansion of health care and disability benefits for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits. (AP Photo/Simon Klingert, File)

Senate set to enhance benefits for vets exposed to burn pits

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press