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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that lawmakers aren't considering new gun reforms such as an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Nashville shooting. Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not say the House will consider an assault weapons ban when he was asked about the calls for reform, setting up a familiar showdown between President Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress following the tragic mass shooting in Nashville. The speaker emphasized his conference's commitment to tackling the issue of mass shootings, though he did not mention particular pieces of legislation he would put forth as calls mount for changes to existing gun laws. "There's not one person in America who doesn't want to try to solve all this," he said when asked at an unrelated press conference on Thursday about his plan to deal with mass shootings. "We want to make sure we're taking all the information." "I would say to the nation as a whole that the proble...

The court said it could be enforced while legal challenges continue. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois' assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass shootings and gun violence. The single page order had no noted dissents. After the 2022 Highland Park shooting, in which a gunman armed with an AR-15 and 30-round magazines killed seven people and wounded 48, the state and several cities enacted new restrictions against the sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery or importation of assault-style firearms and high-capacity magazines. The laws immediately drew a legal challenge from gun owners and gun shops in the state. The U.S. Supreme Court building, Jan. 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE MORE: Illinois becomes latest US state to ban assault weapons Lower courts had declined to block enforcement of ...

Freeing Hamas' American, Israeli and other hostages in Gaza is still a priority as Israel escalates its ground incursion, Jake Sullivan said Sunday Freeing the American, Israeli and other hostages in Gaza is still a priority as Israel expands its ground assault in the territory in an effort to defeat Hamas in the wake of the group's terror attack on Israel, the White House's national security adviser said Sunday. "We are continuing to see if there are ways to make that happen. We are prepared to support humanitarian pauses so that hostages can get out safely. And we will keep working at that every day because the president has no higher priority than the safe return of American citizens and wants to support the return of citizens of other countries and Israelis as well," Jake Sullivan told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "Now, how exactly that happens ... I cannot predict that. All I can tell you is every effort is being undertaken r...