A Democratic win could shrink the Republican Senate majority, slashing the number of necessary GOP defectors from four to three.
The first quarter-hour of the third night of the convention focused on gun control.
A pro-gun Republican congressman mocked wounded ex-Rep. Gabby Giffords by brandishing a loaded handgun at a meeting with constituents.
Ex-congresswoman Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly called for better gun safety measures after the lethal Las Vegas shooting.
The vessel, a 418-foot combat ship bearing machine guns and missiles, will be officially launched in a ceremony next week.
Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who was shot and wounded in a 2011 shooting rampage, has reportedly endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary fight, citing rival Bernie Sanders’s soft record on gun control.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who nearly died in a horrific mass shooting five years ago, was front and center at the White House as President Barack Obama used his executive powers to tighten the nation’s gun laws Tuesday.
NASA’s only identical twin astronauts are planning to serve as guinea pigs for studies investigating the genetic impacts of long-duration spaceflight.
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, returning to the site of the shooting rampage where she was gravely wounded, on Wednesday urged senators to “be courageous” and support background checks for all gun buyers.
FORWARD EDITORIAL: We must deal with the scourge of gun violence and make it simpler for Americans to vote. President Obama married the two just causes with four simple words.