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Post-Uvalde gun law is legacy moment for Texas’ John Cornyn, but backlash is fierce

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

Tribune News Service

“This was fundamentally important”: John Cornyn says gun deal shows U.S. Senate can still function

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.

The Texas Tribune

Congress approves landmark gun violence compromise, sends to Biden for signature

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.

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Pence leads Republicans calling for national abortion ban post Roe v Wade ruling: ‘We must not rest’

The former Vice President and others are vowing to outlaw abortion across the country

The Independent UK

GOP's gas tax flip-flop

Several Republicans who've bashed Biden's calls for a gas tax holiday have backed similar state or federal moves previously.

Axios

Setting gridlock aside, Congress set to OK gun violence bill

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

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley among 33 Republicans to oppose bipartisan gun legislation that passes the Senate

15 Republicans join all 50 Democrats to pass the legislation.

The Independent UK

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U.S. Senate approves first major gun legislation since 1994, one month after Uvalde shooting

The legislation still needs to clear the House, where it is expected to pass. President Joe Biden has signaled he will sign the bill into law.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans who aided coup attempt sought blanket presidential pardons

Matt Gaetz and Mo Brooks sought pardons for lawmakers involved in Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat by Biden

The Guardian - US

Republican senator faces backlash for work on gun bill after school shooting

John Cornyn of Texas, lead negotiator on modest bipartisan reform proposal in Senate, was booed and heckled at party convention

The Guardian - US

Aidy Bryant explains why she quit SNL: ‘If it weren’t for Covid, I would have left a few years earlier’

The actor featured on the late night comedy show for a decade

The Independent UK

Former president blames January 6 allegations on ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

Trump uses phrase to explain ‘Insurrection Card’ claims against him to Truth Social followers

The Independent UK

Texas Republicans turn up the crazy

In their newly approved draft party platform, the Lone Star State GOP threaten to secede. And more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas GOP pushes secession, Big Lie

Texas GOP also called to repeal the Voting Rights Act and labeled homosexuality an “abnormal lifestyle choice”

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The Independent UK

Ted Cruz called a ‘coward and a liar’ as right-wing activist confronts him over Trump and Cancun

Texas senator was called ‘globalist’ who does more for Ukraine than America

Salon

Cruz accuses Schumer of Kavanaugh hit

Speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity, the Texas Republican lawmaker blamed the Democratic Party for recent attacks

Salon

Cruz loses it over Disney's "Lightyear"

"Most toys are, kinda, androgynous. They're usually without genitalia"

Tribune News Service

As Biden fights overdoses, harm reduction groups face local opposition

HOUSTON — Casey Malish had just pulled into an intersection in the 2nd Ward when a woman with tattoos and pinkish hair unexpectedly hopped into the back seat of his gray Mazda. He handles outreach for the Houston Harm Reduction Alliance, a nonprofit that helps drug users like her stay…

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Axios

"Shut up and vote": Conservatives frustrated at Cornyn's handling of gun negotiations

It could spell trouble for the man who aspires to succeed Mitch McConnell as Republican leader.

WEKU

A respected conservative judge is now a critic of his party — and former clerks

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig was questioned by one of his former law clerks about the role of another in the insurrection. He has spoken out against former clerks John Eastman and Ted Cruz.

The Independent UK

Montana governor under fire for taking ‘personal trip’ as state reels from Yellowstone flooding

’The governor is returning early and as quickly as possible,’ a spokesperson for Greg Gianforte said

Salon

Boebert suing over "paid escort" claims

The PAC that targeted Madison Cawthorn claims Boebert was introduced to Ted Cruz through a client linked to Kochs

Salon

Cruz "does nothing" about gun violence

Cruz was asked to explain his gun violence action plan during Wednesday's Judiciary Committee hearing

Tribune News Service

Bipartisan Senate gun deal hitting ‘bumps in the road,’ key negotiator Cornyn says

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate agreement has the potential to break through nearly 30 years of bitter congressional gridlock over how to stem the nation’s gun violence, but the proposal has become entangled in familiar disputes over due process and the definition of domestic violence offenders.

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz still peddling baseless conspiracy theory that FBI incited Jan. 6 riot

WASHINGTON – With House hearings underway on the Jan. 6 riot, Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday dusted off an ominous but unfounded conspiracy theory suggesting that the FBI incited the attack aimed at keeping Donald Trump in power.

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