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Added on the 24/03/2021 15:41:55 - Copyright : France 24 EN
US President Joe Biden urges to "ban assault weapons now" in his State of the Union speech. "I led the fight to do that in 1994... Let's finish the job and ban these assault weapons", Biden says. SOUNDBITE
On June 12, Omar Mateen committed the worst single-day mass shooting in U.S. history, using the same type of gun that has killed countless innocents in similar tragedies.
The Supreme Court will not consider a challenge to an affluent Chicago suburb’s ban on semi-automatic assault rifles that accept large-capacity magazines, the court announced Monday.
"These are all Biden trials," Donald Trump says as he arrives at a New York courthouse where prosecution and defense teams are set to present opening arguments in the former US president's historic hush-money criminal trial. "I'm here instead of being able to be in Pennsylvania, in Georgia, and lots of other places campaigning," he adds. Trump, 77, has been ordered by the judge to appear in the Manhattan court for the duration of the case, largely keeping him off the campaign trail for weeks as he challenges President Joe Biden for the White House in November's election. IMAGES
The White House attacks a devastating special counsel report for making "gratuitous and inappropriate" comments about US President Joe Biden's age and memory. "When the inevitable conclusion is that the facts and the evidence don't support any charges, you're left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of the president," White House spokesperson Ian Sams tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
People gather at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in the mass shooting. The gunman who opened fire inside was stopped by two "heroic" people inside the club, police told a press conference earlier Sunday. IMAGES