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Michelle Obama to fundraise for MA Senate candidate

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BOSTON GLOBE - First Lady Michelle Obama is wading into the political fray...
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A national disagrace: 12-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 14-year-old

David A. Love
OPINION - The epidemic of gun violence continues in America, but our leaders fail to stop it.
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Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., right, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., finish a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, announcing that they have reached a compromise on background checks for gun buyers in the aftermath of the horrific Connecticut school shootings in December 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rejects expanded gun background checks

Alan Fram and David Espo, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control...
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Jimmy Green holds a photo of his daughter Anna Grace Marquez Green during a press conference with fellow parents on the one month anniversary of the Newtown elementary school massacre on January 14, 2013 in Newtown, Connecticut. Eleven families of Sandy Hook massacre victims came to the event one month after the shooting to give their support to Sandy Hook Promise, a new non-profit with the goal of preventing such tragedies in the future. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Obama congratulates Newtown families on gun vote

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lauding the role the families of the Newtown shooting victims played in pressing the Senate to move forward on gun control legislation...
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Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., right, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., finish a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, announcing that they have reached a compromise on background checks for gun buyers in the aftermath of the horrific Connecticut school shootings in December 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gun control bill clears first hurdle in Senate

Alan Fram, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the December carnage in Newtown...
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: A table of illegal firearms confiscated in a large weapons bust in East Harlem are on display at a press conference on October 12, 2012 in New York City. NYPD detectives arrested 13 suspects for the illegal sale of 129 guns mostly purchased from gun dealers and pawn shops in South Carolina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Senate panel approves gun background checks

Alan Fram, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats gave a boost Tuesday to the pillar of President Barack Obama's plans for reducing gun violence, pushing a bill requiring nearly universal federal background checks for firearms buyers through the Senate Judiciary Committee over solid Republican opposition...
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In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama friend or foe? McCain charts his course

Donna Cassata, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute, cooperating with the Democrat the next on immigration and the budget...
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, center, is joined by her husband Mark Kelly, left, and Emily Nottingham, mother of shooting victim Gabe Zimmerman, listening to a speaker as they returned to the site of a shooting that left her critically wounded to urge key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill

Alan Fram, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary school...
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Senate confirms Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary

Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary, affirming President Barack Obama's choice of a budget expert...
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Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) arrives at his confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of defense before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill January 31, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama nominated Hagel, a controversial choice as Hagel opposed former President George W. Bush and his own party on the Iraq War and upset liberals with his criticism of a gay ambassador, for which he later apologized. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hagel confirmed as Defense Secretary by Senate

Donna Cassata, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the nation's next defense secretary.
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