The legislation now goes to the House, which passed a different version of the bill that would also ban the possession of assault-style weapons.

The R.I. Senate approved its version of the assault weapons ban Friday, sending it back over to the House. In the fog of jurisdictional war, the legal battle between Donald Trump & Gavin Newsom over troops on the ground the streets in Los Angeles took a judicial pause today Just hours after an Appeals Court shut down the California Governor’s attempt to obtain a temporary restraining order on POTUS’ control of National Guard troops,

Senate Republicans say they are looking for ways to safeguard rural hospitals from proposed cuts to a key Medicaid funding method, amid concerns from the powerful hospital lobby and others that the budget reconciliation bill could force many facilities to close.