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How Trump is reshaping one of the country's most liberal courts

By Gretchen Frazee

President Donald Trump’s judicial nominations may be shifting one of the nation’s most liberal courts further to the right, blunting what many consider his opponents’ most effective tool against administration policies.

McConnell undergoes surgery to repair shoulder fracture

By Associated Press

The sixth-term senator suffered a shoulder fracture in a fall earlier this month when he tripped on his outdoor patio at his Louisville home.

WATCH: Democrats press Trump, McConnell to address gun violence

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pressed President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday to approve House-passed legislation expanding background checks and to take other steps curbing guns, in an offensive fueled by public outrage over this month's…

Trump-McConnell 2020? Senate head sets himself up as wingman

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

As he runs for reelection, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is positioning himself as the president's wingman, his trusted right hand in Congress, transformed from a behind-the-scenes player into a prominent if sometimes reviled Republican like none other besides Donald…

News Wrap: Trump says McConnell 'on board' for stronger gun background checks

In our news wrap Friday, President Trump expressed optimism that congressional Republicans will back legislation strengthening background checks for gun purchases. He cited “tremendous support” for such action after speaking with lawmakers and NRA officials. Also, in Hong Kong, demonstrators…

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McConnell says he'll consider gun bills in the fall

By Associated Press

Republicans have resisted expanding federal background checks for gun purchases, but face enormous pressure to do something in the aftermath of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend that killed 31 people.

More than 200 mayors urge Senate to return to Washington for gun bill vote

By Matthew Daly, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The mayors urged the Senate to vote on two House-passed bills expanding background checks for gun sales that passed that chamber earlier this year.

McConnell, GOP senators slow to act on guns despite outcry

By Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is resisting pressure to bring senators back from recess to address gun violence, despite wrenching calls to "do something" in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings.

If Trump wants stronger background checks, Dems say, he should demand gun bill vote

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate GOP leader, Mitch McConnell, is blocking gun safety reforms that more than 90 percent of Americans support.