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U.S. Supreme Court may sidestep a big Second Amendment fight BY ROBIN BRAVENDER - 12/2/2019 A high-profile gun rights case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday might be dismissed with little fanfare. The justices heard an hour of arguments in the case that challenges now-defunct New York City gun restrictions. The case has been billed as the biggest gun rights lawsuit in… Read more »

Dems see one last chance to boost public support for impeachment BY HEATHER CAYGLE, SARAH FERRIS & KYLE CHENEY - 11/27/2019 House Democrats have one final shot to drive up public support for impeachment, with a slate of hearings in the House Judiciary Committee beginning next week. But even Democratic lawmakers acknowledge public sentiment might be impossible to move in the… Read more »

Rep. Beyer on John Bolton: "we would love to hear from him" MSNBC - 11/22/2019 As the marathon of public impeachment hearings comes to a close, lawmakers have returned to their home districts to hear from their constituents. Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) joins Ali Velshi to discuss what his constituents took away from the hearings.   Click here to watch the full interview Read more »

House Democrats feeling the heat on ‘SALT’ cap rollback BY DOUG SWORD - 11/21/2019  It’s been almost a year since Democrats assumed control of the House, and they still haven’t touched the cap on state and local tax deductions imposed by the GOP Congress and President Donald Trump that disproportionately affect blue state districts. That’s starting to become a problem for the… Read more »

More than 100 Democrats sign letter calling for Stephen Miller to resign BY BRETT SAMUELS - 11/21/2019  More than 100 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday signed on to a letter calling for President Trump to fire senior adviser Stephen Miller as a civil rights group details hundreds of controversial emails he sent prior to his time in the administration. "Given… Read more »

Grassley, Warner demand meeting with FBI in Bijan Ghaisar shooting case BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/20/2019  Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) continued their campaign Wednesday for answers in the 2017 killing of Bijan Ghaisar by two U.S. Park Police officers, which the Justice Department decided last week would not result in federal charges for the… Read more »

Democrats dubious as Trump dangles impeachment testimony offer BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE & SUSAN CORNWELL - 11/18/2019  Democrats responded skeptically on Monday to President Donald Trump's declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference… Read more »

Pain still prominent two years after police shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/17/2019  Do two years dull the pain of losing a child? Do the tears flow less easily, two years after learning that your son was shot by police, followed by 10 days of watching him in an irreversible coma, his death, a video showing the shooting, and then a decision to not… Read more »

Justice Department Closes Investigation Into US Park Police Fatal Shooting of Bijan Ghaisar BY MATTHEW STABLEY - 11/14/2019 The Justice Department won't seek federal criminal civil rights charges against U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar two years ago on the George Washington Parkway. The unarmed Ghaisar died 10 days after being shot multiple… Read more »

'This is not justice': Officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of VCU graduate Bijan Ghaisar BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/14/2019 The two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 will not be charged with any crimes in connection with the incident, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The decision came just days before the second anniversary of the… Read more »