Senate Democrats to try to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling

Washington — Senate Democrats on Tuesday will try to pass legislation that would restore a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, an accessory that enables semi-automatic weapons to shoot at a very rapid pace, after last week’s Supreme Court decision striking down the ban.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he’d bring up the legislation for

Iowa law letting authorities charge people facing deportation blocked for now

Des Moines, Iowa — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked an Iowa law that would have allowed law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the U.S. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher issued a preliminary injunction because he

Biden plan offers legal status to 500,000 immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens

President Biden on Tuesday announced a large-scale immigration program that will offer legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. residency and citizenship to roughly half a million unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens. The Department of Homeland Security policy will allow these immigrants to apply for work permits and deportation protections if they have lived in

U.S. Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint in California during Biden trip

Latest on the 2024 campaign trail Trump courts Black voters in Michigan, Biden teams up with Obama at California fundraiser 04:28 A U.S. Secret Service employee was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, while President Biden was in the state for a glitzy Los Angeles fundraiser Saturday night. The Secret Service member was returning from