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The Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, but any final decision is expected to hinge on whether Riyadh makes progress toward ending the war in neighboring Yemen, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Gun control legislation almost never passes Congress, even when there is widespread public support for action in the wake of mass shootings such as those in Buffalo and Uvalde.

The president's signing comes just over a month after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two adults.

The bill would incrementally toughen requirements for young people to buy guns, deny firearms from more domestic abusers and help local authorities temporarily take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.

Breakthrough bill drafted after Buffalo and Uvalde atrocities voted through upper chamber 65-33

Congress is on the verge of approving a $13 billion bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago

The US Senate passes the first significant gun control legislation in three decades as the Supreme Court rules Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defence.

The Senate has pushed a bipartisan gun violence bill to the brink of passage

Last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have produced a groundswell for change in Congress