Congress does not return to session until Sept. 9, and the only thing the House and Senate must absolutely do the rest of the year is fund the government. The problem is that Congress does not have until Dec. 31. The government’s fiscal year deadline is Oct. 1. THE HOME STRETCH: VP HARRIS FILLS DEMOCRATS WITH OPTIMISM AS ELECTION DAY NEARS As per usual, expect a veritable adventure...

Two major Second Amendment groups called on the Supreme Court to hear a case challenging Maryland’s stringent “Assault Weapons Ban of 2013,” after a lower court ruled the ban constitutional. The Firearms Policy Coalition filed a petition to the high bench asking them to hear Snope v. Brown – alternatively Bianchi v. Frosh – which the Richmond, Va.-based Fourth Circuit upheld in a 10-5 decision earlier this month....