Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Monday, June 13th, 2020. I'm Chris Elkins with the

Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. Democratic and Republican

senators announced an agreement yesterday on a legislative framework aimed at reducing mass shootings in America.

The bipartisan group said they were working to write legislation that would give more funding

to school's security and mental health programs. It would also provide incentives for states

to implement and maintain red flag laws and would include juvenile records and background checks

for people buying guns who are under the age of 21.

In a vital sign of support, 10 Republicans have signed onto the agreement.

If all 50 Democrats in the Senate support the legislation, it would then reach the 60 votes needed to advance. According to the

Wall Street Journal, the framework puts lawmakers on course to advance the most expansive

bipartisan gun violence measure since the assault weapons ban in 1994, which lapsed a decade later.

Their announcement comes a day after rallies and marches across the U.S.

advocated for gun reform in the wake of the mass shootings in Uvaldi, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.

The nationwide event was organized by March for Our Lives, a group founded by student survivors

of the Parkland, Florida shooting that killed 17 people in 2018.

Violence and threat of violence is dominating our news again this morning.

China's defense minister stated yesterday that his country would fight to the very end to stop Taiwan's independence.

His speech came just weeks after President Joe Biden

said the U.S. would respond militarily if China attacks Taiwan. Meanwhile, the New York Times

reports that momentum in Ukraine is shifting in Russia's favor, as Ukraine lacks the weaponry it

needs and Western support for the war effort

is fraying in the face of rising gas prices and escalating inflation. Russia's immoral invasion

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