WASHINGTON — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Attorneys general in New York and nine other states are asking U.S. Senate leaders to stop legislation that would let licensed gun owners carry concealed firearms across state lines. Letters sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, ...

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WASHINGTON  — With a vote looming to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a House committee chairman is challenging President Barack Obama’s claim of executive privilege, invoked to maintain secrecy for some documents related to a failed ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — A gun does not have to be in working, firing condition to trigger provisions of Pennsylvania’s mandatory sentencing laws, the state Supreme Court said in a unanimous decision made public on Wednesday. The court ruled in the ...

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The former administrative director at one of the nation’s most prominent conservative organizations pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the group. Diana Hubbard Carr, 56, of Alexandria, kept the books at the ...

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