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The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide.

The high-powered firearms are now widely blamed as the weapon of choice among young men responsible for many of the most devastating mass shootings. Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of the weapons had passed in 1994, but were allowed to expire a decade later,

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines, for the first time since a similar ban lapsed in 2004.

The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines Friday.

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders pulled back on planned votes this week on a package of public safety bills that included police grant funding and an assault weapons ban, amid division within their caucus.

House Democratic leaders pulled back on planned votes this week on bills that include police grant funding and an assault weapons ban.

WASHINGTON — As the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a federal data privacy bill last week, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee were looking to plug a gap in the law that allows government agencies to conduct broad surveillance without obtaining warrants or subpoenas to do so.

Lawmakers say government purchases of data from private companies violates the Fourth Amendment and are looking to close the gap.

WASHINGTON — When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of House Republicans to the U.S.-Mexico border this year, he had a warning for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about what Republicans would do if they were in charge.

GOP lawmakers already planning how they’ll handle immigration issues if they emerge victorious in November and win control of the House.

Most powerful voting bloc in the nation pushes the Republican Party into contentious culture wars before midterms