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Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urges Trump To Toughen Gun Background Checks

The president is expected to receive a briefing Thursday on potential gun control proposals. He's keeping everyone guessing whether he'll back any of them.
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Sen. Chris Murphy: The NCAA 'Routinely Defrauds' Athletes Out Of Real Educations

Big-time college athletic programs treat athletes like "commodities" and aren't "giving them the education that they deserve," the senator said.
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Trump Defies Congress And Invokes Emergency To Sell Arms To Saudis, Senators Say

Congressional opposition to military support for Saudi Arabia has been growing, and lawmakers have blocked about $2 billion in weapon sales.
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Senators Hilariously Agonize Over Whether To Share Cardi B's Shutdown Video

Even Chuck Schumer ultimately got involved in the Twitter discussion.
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Sandy Hook Elementary Evacuated For Bomb Threat On Anniversary Of Shooting

Classes were dismissed for the day, and police conducted a search of the school.
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Bernie Sanders Is Forcing A Vote On Support For Saudi Arabia. Here's His Path To Victory.

A bill from Sanders, Chris Murphy and Mike Lee takes aim at the U.S. assistance for a Saudi campaign in Yemen, but it's still at least five votes short of passage.
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Skeptics Worldwide Bash Latest Saudi Story About Jamal Khashoggi

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy ripped the kingdom's version of the journalist's death as "preposterous."
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Sen. Chris Murphy To Face GOP Challenger Matthew Corey In Connecticut

Corey, a Navy veteran, window washer and bar owner, defeated Dominic Rapini in the state's Republican primary.
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Betsy DeVos Now Says She Doesn't Think Schools Can Call ICE On Students

Last week, DeVos said schools could call ICE on undocumented students.
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Here Comes Another Democratic Proposal To Let More Americans Buy Into Medicare

The calls for government-run insurance of some kind are getting louder.
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