President Biden has announced he will close the gun-show loophole that allowed guns to be sold without background checks. This new provision will enable the largest expansion of background checks for gun sales in 30 years. read more
Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the U.S. commitment for Ukraine to eventually join NATO but held back commitments ahead of the alliance's annual summit, which will take place in Washington in July. "Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership," Blinken told reporters Thursday in Brussels. read more
The Florida Supreme Supreme Court upheld the state's abortion ban on Monday but also voted to allow a proposed amendment to enshrine abortion protections in the state's constitution to appear on the November ballot. Meanwhile, The Bulwark's Marc Caputo writes about how GOP candidate Donald Trump is talking or not talking about abortion rights in America. read more
A prominent Georgia state Republican, who has repeatedly claimed the 2020 election was stolen, was found to have voted illegally nine times. Brian Pritchard, the first vice chairman of the state Republican Party, violated state election laws when he voted illegally in nine elections from 2008 to 2010, a Georgia judge ruled Wednesday. At the time he cast those votes, Pritchard was still on probation after being convicted of a forgery felony in Pennsylvania in 1996.
GOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden
In Vietnam Trump would be known as Man Orange Phat.