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205 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
WI AB 1154, relating to firearm transfers and possession that are prohibited under federal law, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Latest action on DC B 26-0052, the Evidence-Based Gun Violence Reduction and Prevention Act of 2025: Public Hearing on 2025-12-04.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
PR RC 357: exigir un cese al fuego inmediato, levantamiento del bloqueo impuesto por fuerzas militares israelíes y preservación de derechos humanos en Gaza; Referido a Comisión(es) 2025-06-10.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
H.R. 7545, the Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act, was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
H.R. 1773, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary (2025-03-03).
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 2898, the Secure Background Checks Act of 2023, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 2648, the Secure Background Checks Act of 2025, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2025-04-03.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
Latest action (2022-11-01) on H.R. 5080, the Secure Background Checks Act of 2021: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
CBS News reports Israel will hold its first parliamentary elections since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, and calls the election in part a referendum on Netanyahu's tactics.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Ordinance 2715-2026 would authorize returning unused $15,000.00 in HUD CDBG-CV funds to the State of Ohio for granting to a local non-profit providing harm reduction services.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Ordinance 2803-2026 would authorize the expenditure of $249,012.38 from the general fund for a contract with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to reduce gun violence amongst youth.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Israeli forces have displaced over 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in Hebron, a West Bank city, since Friday, ahead of Israel's elections; Truthout reports Netanyahu extends the assault.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
A U.N. human rights panel says Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza since the cease-fire and accuses it of crimes against humanity in the West Bank; Israel condemned the report.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The Nation reports that the central question in the Israeli elections is whether defeating Netanyahu would change Israel's policies or simply change the people managing them.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions, one to restrict guns and the other to honor them.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
PBS NewsHour reports Netanyahu's policies toward Palestinians will likely endure whatever Israel's election outcome, with Israelis supporting settlement expansion and opposed to a Palestinian state.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Oxfam's Response Lead in the West Bank, Mustafa Tamaizeh, says an Israeli military operation and mass displacement in Hebron is a deliberate assault on the economic foundations of Palestinian life.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
Democracy Now! reports Israeli elections are being held on Tuesday, the first since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack and Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza, with Netanyahu up for reelection.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Democracy Now! reports Israeli forces exact collective punishment on Hebron in the Occupied West Bank, with eight Palestinians killed.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Pennsylvania HB 1859 would amend firearms statutes and add provisions relating to risk protection orders; latest action: motion to reconsider final passage.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)