Nancy Pelosi's husband arrested for alleged drunk driving after crash in Napa

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after getting into a crash with another car in Napa on Saturday night.

Ted Cruz confronted for attending NRA convention same week of Texas school shooting

Texas Senator Ted Cruz was confronted by a protester while at a restaurant in Houston Friday night. The protestor asked Cruz why he came to the NRA convention after 19 children and two teachers were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick cancels NRA convention appearance

"While a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an NRA member, I would not want my appearance today to bring any additional pain or grief to the families and all those suffering in Uvalde,” Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said in a statement.

Bipartisan group of senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

Here’s a look at the gun control proposals under consideration — and others that are not — following the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.

States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings

Gun control measures are likely going nowhere in Congress, and they have also become increasingly scarce in most states.

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism prevention bill

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate.

Angry Newsom criticizes Texas governor, US judges on guns

Gov. Gavin Newsom, joined by legislative leaders, urged the public to “not give in to the cynicism and all the crap that you heard today at that press conference around evil and mental health.”

Beto O'Rourke calls out Gov. Abbott's 'inaction' at Texas school shooting press conference

Gov. Greg Abbott was speaking about what local officials believe to be the root causes of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting when Beto O'Rouke interrupted the press conference.

2 years after the murder of George Floyd, what has changed?

Two years on, the legacy of the protests that spread across the country after the murder of George Floyd is still being defined.

Indiana lawmakers override veto to enable transgender sports ban

Republican lawmakers in Indiana have voted to override the GOP governor’s veto of a bill banning transgender females from competing in girls school sports and join more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws.

Trump rebuked with stinging losses in Georgia GOP contests

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defeated Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in the Republican primary. Kemp will face Democrat Stacy Abrams in a key governor’s race in November.