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‘Success begets success ... we finally moved that mountain of opposition, obstruction, and indifference that stood in the way and stopped every effort of gun safety for 30 years in this nation. Now's the time to galvanize this movement’

WASHINGTON — The new federal law passed in response to a series of mass shootings includes provisions to better incorporate juvenile records into the federal background check system, but states vary greatly in the way they approach access to guns and the background checks themselves.

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows.

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 Republican U.S. senator shepherded landmark gun legislation through the Senate last month. Between April and June, his disapproval rating went from 39% to 50%, according to a Texas Politics Project poll.

Republicans don't bother to speak in code anymore. Why should they? Their big plans for America are no mystery

The Republican senator who helped negotiate the first major piece of gun legislation in 28 years talks with Eric Garcia about bipartisanship, why Trump shouldn’t oppose the gun bill and why he supported a primary challenge against Madison Cawthorn

WASHINGTON — This is a legacy-making moment for Sen. John Cornyn.

More than any other senator, Cornyn is responsible for shepherding the landmark legislation through the chamber. He did so by embracing compromise and his own political risk.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn on Monday downplayed conservative criticism of the gun violence package he helped shepherd into law and defended the final product as evidence Congress can still come together behind bipartisan compromise to address pressing issues.

Four senators, including Cornyn, used a distinctive combination of policy expertise, legislative experience and political courage to push past obstacles that had repeatedly stymied previous attempts at compromise.