The House approved major background checks legislation championed by Democrats on Wednesday, but not before House Republicans secured a significant victory by amending the bill at the last second.

Eight House GOP lawmakers bucked party lines and joined Democrats in supporting legislation aimed at strengthening background checks on firearm sales and transfers on Thursday. The Bipartisan ...

The House passed gun legislation that would expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, marking the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White ...

Andrew Trunsky is a reporter for The Daily Caller News Foundation who covers Congress, elections, and politics. The House passed a gun control bill Thursday that requires a universal background ...

WASHINGTON — After a surprise GOP amendment targeting undocumented immigrants, the Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all ...

The bill is unlikely to advance in the GOP-controlled Senate House Democrats made good on a top campaign promise on Wednesday, passing a bill to strengthen background checks for people purchasing ...