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U.S. Congress sends landmark gun violence bill to President Biden to sign on Saturday
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence during a primetime address from the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
u.s. politics
Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
u.s. politics
U.S. Senate OKs landmark gun violence bill, House passage is next
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
energy and resources
Biden to call for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes
FILE - High gas prices are shown as a pedestrian waits to cross the street in Los Angeles, June 16, 2022. President Joe Biden on June 22 will call on Congress to suspend the federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months. It's a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also reveals the political toxicity of high gas prices in an election year.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
politics
Senate reports express concern with large budget bills ahead of final vote on C-19
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave a press conference before the release of the federal budget, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Thursday, April 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
u.s. business
Senators reach bipartisan compromise on gun violence bill
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
world
Colombia’s new leftist president Gustavo Petro faces challenges to deliver on promised change
Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro (C) celebrates with his wife Veronica Alcocer (R) at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, on June 19, 2022 after winning the presidential runoff election on June 19, 2022. - Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was on Sunday elected the first ever left-wing president of crisis-wracked Colombia after beating millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernandez after a tense and unpredictable election. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)
world
No deal to end gun violence, U.S. Republican lawmaker says
FILE - Pistols sit on display during the first day of the Silver Spur Gun and Blade Show Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. On Friday, June 17, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming a bill passed by the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives would criminalize disassembling, cleaning and re-assembling your gun without a firearm manufacturer’s license. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
opinion
Senate’s pledge to scrutinize online-streaming bill shows reformed body is working. Let’s keep it that way
John Ibbitson
u.s. politics
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt of Congress charges
Peter Navarro, adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for his arraignment on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with the House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
world
GOP, Dem Senate bargainers divided over gun deal details
FILE - Reggie Daniels pays his respects at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 9, 2022, honoring the two teachers and 19 students killed in the shooting at the school on May 24. For families fractured along red house-blue house lines, summer’s slate of reunions and weddings poses another round of tension. Pandemic restrictions have melted away but gun control, the fight for reproductive rights, the Jan. 6 insurrection hearings, who's to blame for soaring inflation and a range of other issues continue to simmer. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
politics
Heritage minister says online-streaming bill’s progress ‘important’ as Tories warn of ‘undemocratic’ fast-tracking
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez arrives at a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. MPs have rushed through dozens of amendments to an online streaming bill to meet a deadline imposed by the government prompting accusations of secrecy and legislative bungling.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
canada
MPs rush over 150 amendments to streaming bill; Senate says it won’t be pressured
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez arrives at a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. MPs have rushed through dozens of amendments to an online streaming bill to meet a deadline imposed by the government prompting accusations of secrecy and legislative bungling.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
world
Bipartisan U.S. Senate group unveils framework on gun safety reform
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: Demonstrators attend a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on the National Mall June 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. The March For Our Lives movement was spurred by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. After recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, a bipartisan group of Senators continue to negotiate a potential compromise deal on gun violence and gun safety legislation. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
politics
Ottawa says it won’t press senators to pass online-streaming bill by summer after moving to shut down Commons debate
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
u.s. politics
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says ‘good progress’ made on gun legislation as talks move forward
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at an event opening a temporary memorial honoring 45,000 lives lost due to gun violence in 2020, on the National Mall near the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
world
House passes gun control bill after Buffalo, Uvalde attacks
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 07: Rep. Veronica Escobar (L) (D-TX) and Rep. David Cicilline (R) (D-RI) talk during the opening of the Giffords Gun Violence Memorial in front of the Washington Monument on June 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. Activists and congressional leaders spoke about a renewed push for gun control legislation Monday in the wake of a series of high-profile U.S. shootings. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
u.s. politics
Trump ally seeks return to Congress, California votes on crime in U.S. midterm primaries
FILE - Montana House candidate and former Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke speaks onstage at an event hosted by Butte-Silver Bow County Republicans at the Copper King Hotel and Convention Center, May 13, 2022, in Butte, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
international business
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she never urged for adopting a smaller COVID-19 relief package
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen looks on during a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. May 12, 2022. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
world
Biden demands strong gun measures; says ‘can’t fail the American people again’
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the recent mass shootings from the White House on June 02, 2022 in Washington, DC. In a prime-time address Biden spoke on the need for Congress to pass gun control legislation following a wave of mass shootings including the killing of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and a racially-motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York that left 10 dead. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)