Ten locations in the San Antonio area are accepting unwanted and expired prescription medications Saturday as part of the annual Drug Take-Back Day organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“Sadly, tens of thousands of Americans die each year from prescription drug overdoses,” U.S. ...

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Thursday the Senate will confirm Gina Haspel as director of the Central Intelligence Agency despite controversy surrounding her involvement with enhanced interrogation techniques.

“Gina Haspel is a patriot, and she did exactly what she was told to do,” ...

Vice President Mike Pence is heading to the Lone Star State next month to address the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action’s annual leadership forum.

President Trump’s right-hand man will join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas on May ...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Immigration court backlog likely to grow in face of cuts, experts say

WASHINGTON - More than 684,000 cases are waiting to be heard in immigration courts across the country - 10,422 of them in Arizona - a number that is only expected to ...

There’s a bill being lovingly preserved by Mitch McConnell, Curator of the Senate, that’s one of those “bipartisan” efforts the media loves to celebrate.

Senators John Cornyn, R-Tx., and Chris Murphy, D-Ct., have introduced legislation I’m sure they’ll be featuring in future campaign ...

Top Senate Republicans called Thursday for a new special counsel to probe how the FBI and Justice Department handled interactions with the Trump campaign and the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Lindsey Graham, the top Republicans ...

Over milkshakes and root beer floats at a Wally’s Burger Express in Austin, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, held a roundtable discussion on tax reform with three small-business owners several weeks after Congress passed the Republican tax overhaul bill.

The businessmen were Bob Mayfield of ...

A trio of U.S. senators has introduced a bill to hold college presidents accountable for certifying that reports of sexual abuse that threaten the safety of students and others on campus have received proper attention.

The lawmakers cited the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, where an ...

WASHINGTON — One week after President Trump stunned fellow Republicans by expressing support for a host of proposals championed by Connecticut Democrats, its largely been crickets on Capitol Hill as far as firearms are concerned.

In the House, guns are not on Speaker Ryan’s radar. And the ...

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn on Friday said President Trump reiterated to him Thursday evening that he is committed to making changes to the federal instant check system for gun transactions.

“Last night, the president reached out to me. ... The president reiterated his support for ...

President Donald Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who’s worked on a bill to strengthen background checks for gun purchases, whether he left a proposal to raise the gun purchasing age to 21 out of his measure because senators are “afraid of the NRA.”

In an exchange ...

President Donald Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who’s worked on a bill to strengthen background checks for gun purchases, whether he left out a proposal to raise the gun purchasing age to 21 out of his measure because senators are “afraid of the NRA.”

In an exchange ...

Sen. Chris Murphy will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House Wednesday to discuss bipartisan ways to address gun violence in schools and elsewhere, with beefed-up background checks likely to be at the top of the agenda.

Murphy, D-Conn., confirmed the 3 p.m. invite to ...

In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting, this time 17 people killed at a Florida high school, attention has again turned to an effort to improve federal background checks.

This is legislation U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the second ranking Republican, filed in November after the Sutherland ...

Senate Republicans in charge of the next steps on gun control said Tuesday they want to focus on bills where there’s broad agreement, such as expanding the number of records available in the background check system, while putting off thorny fights over weapons bans.

GOP leaders said ...

Nearly two dozen House Republicans are pushing Speaker Paul D. Ryan for a quick vote on a bill to get more records into the national instant check system, as lawmakers search for a legislative response to the most recent mass shooting that has a realistic shot at passing Congress.

The ...

The Senate will likely expand its looming gun debate beyond background check improvements to also include giving the administration authority to ban bump stocks, a key senator said Friday.

But Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, was more skeptical of efforts to raise the legal age for ...

White House spokesman Raj Shah said Tuesday that President Trump plans to reform the background check system for guns and have a conversation on how to address this violent behavior in young people.

“The president is looking to strengthen the background system overall. He spoke with Sen. ...