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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, accompanied by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right, and other Democratic senators, calls for gun control legislation in the wake of the mass shooting in an Orlando LGBT nightclub this week, Thursday, June 16, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murphy waged a roughly 15-hour filibuster into early Thursday, asserting as he yielded the floor that Republican leaders had committed to hold votes on expanded gun background checks and a ban on gun sales to suspected terrorists.
With southeast Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy behind bars as he and his four sons await trial, the Bureau of Land Management announced Friday that it plans to resume work in the Gold Butte region for the first time since an armed standoff near Bundy's Bunkerville ranch in spring 2014. The BLM said in a news release Friday that "[w]ith the support of the local community, BLM officials have determined that the conditions are now right to resume work.
The Latest on a U.S. Senate hearing being held in South Dakota to discuss legislation aimed at fixing shortcomings at hospitals serving Native Americans : Issues of transparency and accountability have dominated the discussion at a U.S. Senate committee hearing on federal legislation aimed at fixing shortcomings at hospitals serving members of Native American tribes. The hearing Friday in Rapid City, South Dakota, of the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee came as the Indian Health Service implements a series of agency-wide reforms, some of which address severe quality-of-care deficiencies recently found at hospitals on some reservations.
The debate over gun control is back on Capitol Hill, as well as on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, following a 15-hour filibuster by Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy to call for action in the wake of the massacre at an Orlando gay club. For some of Hillary Clinton's potential running mate picks, joining their colleague on the Senate floor overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning, advocating for an issue key to the Democratic base, might have served as a de facto VP try out.
This undated image provided by the Orlando Police Department shows Omar Mateen, the suspect in the Sunday, June 12, 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. less FILE - This undated image provided by the Orlando Police Department shows Omar Mateen, the suspect in the Sunday, June 12, 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
Donald Trump is casting Hillary Clinton as an enemy of the LGBT community and women, using her family foundation's acceptance of contributions from Middle Eastern countries with widely-reported human rights abuses to hit his 2016 presidential rival on the campaign trail. In the wake of the Orlando massacre of 49 people, Trump cited Clinton Foundation's acceptance of up to $25 million in contributions from Saudi Arabia's government as a sign she is not dedicated to the cause of LGBT Americans.
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., the man in charge of Democratic efforts to retake the Senate, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Friday. Tester, chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, frequently has to work with more conservative, red state Democrats in his home state Montana and in places across the country where there are competitive races.
You hear this theory floated jokingly by conservative #NeverTrumpers now and again, but no one really believes it. And when you do hear it, it's more of an "If Trump were trying to lose to the Clintons, what would he be doing differently right now?" rhetorical point, not a semi-serious accusation.
No questions asked, just like you and I would buy a loaf of bread. They mixed that ammonium nitrate with racing fuel and had the makings of the deadliest bomb in U.S. history.
Bernie Sanders not yet ready to drop out : "The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly," Sanders said. "And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time."
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is expected to run for re-election instead. [Miami Herald] U.S. Rep David Jolly will drop out of the U.S. Senate race and run for re-election instead, taking on likely Democratic nominee Charlie Crist, confirmed former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker "David Jolly's passion is to serve the people of Pinellas," Baker said.
Liberal White House hopeful Bernie Sanders declined to bow out of his race against Hillary Clinton on Thursday, declaring that his "political revolution must continue" and urging supporters to help reform the Democratic Party. But he stressed that he was prepared to work with his rival in order to best presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The former governor of Virginia was seen as perhaps the least competitive major candidate during the heat of the Republican primary process. Gilmore almost consistently placed last in polling and qualified to appear in only two debates until he ended his campaign in February.
"THE major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly," said Bernie Sanders in a 23-minute address live-streamed across the country from his hometown of Burlington, Vermont on June 16th. But rather than conceding defeat and focusing his energy on helping his rival, Hillary Clinton, to inflict that defeat, the combative senator stood pat on his principal mission: "We must continue our grassroots efforts to create the America that we know we can become.
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Embracing grieving Orlando families and appealing anew for national action, President Barack Obama claimed a threat to all Americans' security Thursday as a strong reason to tighten U.S. gun laws. Counterterror campaigns overseas, he declared, can never prevent all 'lone wolf' attacks like the one that killed 49 people in Orlando.
RECROP OF LON812 FILE In this May 12, 2015 file photo, Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox poses for a photograph. British lawmaker Cox has been injured in a shooting incident near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, it has been reported, Thursday June 16, 2016.
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Thursday in an address to his supporters that he will work with Hillary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party, adding that his "political revolution" must continue and ensure the defeat of Republican Donald Trump.
Bernie Sanders stopped short of formally conceding the Democratic primary in a web address to supporters on Thursday night, but did say he would start helping presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton take on Donald Trump in the coming weeks. a a"The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly.
President Barack Obama, right, and Sen. Marco Rubio, left, get off Air Force One at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday, June 16, 2016.