The US Senate has passed a gun control bill, the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. BBC reports that the Senate has also imposed tougher checks on young buyers and encouraged states to remove guns from people considered a threat. In what was a rare bipartisan breakthrough Continue Reading
The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection over the Capitol riot on 6 January. A majority of senators – 57 to 43, including seven Republicans – voted to convict Mr Trump, 10 votes short of the 67 required […]Continue Reading