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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., finishes speaking to reporters Oct. 6, 2018, at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell’s blockade of a popular criminal justice reform package has angered top senators. And it’s created an unusual rift with a longtime Republican ally, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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WASHINGTON — Under pressure from President Donald Trump and many of his Republican colleagues, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he will bring legislation to the floor to overhaul the nation's sentencing laws.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press December 11, 2018