School shooting survivors target NRA-linked companies

This Feb. 21, 2018 file photo shows Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Cameron Kasky, left, asking a question to Sen. Marco Rubio during a CNN town hall meeting in Sunrise, Fla. Rubio was put on the defensive by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures after the shooting rampage that claimed several lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Democratic rebuttal to GOP House Intelligence memo released

Democratic memo: FBI was investigating Trump campaign associates weeks before receiving dossier - The FBI team investigating the 2016 Trump campaign's contacts with Russians had already opened inquiries into multiple people connected to the campaign when it received a controversial dossier Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo - f t # e - Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam Schiff , the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: - "After reviewing the memorandum drafted Democratic intelligence memo released - live updates - WASHINGTON - The 10-page Democratic memo intended to counter the GOP memo related to surveillance of a former Trump campaign official has been released, with some redactions.

Republican governors want to do something on guns. But what?

Republican governors are expressing new openness to restrictions on gun rights -- but the party hasn't coalesced around specific solutions in the days after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. In Washington for an annual National Governors Association gathering this weekend, several GOP governors said it's time to consider gun control laws, despite the power of the National Rifle Association with their base.

Delta, United Scrap Discounts For NRA Members

Delta and United airlines said Saturday they are cutting ties with the National Rifle Association, the latest major corporations to end partnerships with the gun rights group in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. Both companies will stop offering discounted fares to NRA members attending the group's annual meetings.

Florida governor proposes new gun sale limits after school shooting

PARKLAND: Florida Governor Rick Scott, a loyal ally of the US gun lobby under mounting pressure to act in the aftermath of last week's deadly mass shooting, urged state lawmakers on Friday to tighten access to firearms for young people and the mentally disturbed. Scott said he would work with the Republican-controlled legislature over the next two weeks to raise the minimum legal age for buying any gun in Florida from 18 to 21, with some exceptions for younger individuals serving in the military or law enforcement.

Trump talks new gun measures, gun owners talk ‘betrayal’

In this Feb. 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with state and local officials to discuss school safety in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump could face a backlash from gun rights advocates who fear he's strayed from his pledge to be a champion for the Second Amendment by voicing support for gun control measures in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Florida.

Dana Loesch Is Right: CNN Host Stood by as NRA Called ‘Child…

What Rick Gates' Guilty Plea Means For Mueller's Probe - TODAY'S GUILTY PLEA by Rick Gates might be one of the least surprising developments in the Mueller investigation: It had been clear that the former Trump campaign aide would likely seek a deal almost since the day Gates and his business partner The Latest: Mueller files new charge against Paul Manafort - WASHINGTON - The Latest on the Russia investigation : - Special counsel Robert Mueller is accusing President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman of secretly paying former European politicians to lobby on behalf of Ukraine.

Software company cuts ties with the NRA

A software company that previously advertised a free trial to National Rifle Association members told ThinkProgress it has asked the NRA to remove the offer from its website. Teresa Zimmerman, director of marketing for Personify Corp, Wild Apricot's parent organization, said late Friday that she has asked the NRA to remove Wild Apricot from the gun lobby's website.

US lands agency makeover would diminish Washington’s power

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke disclosed Friday in an Associated Press interview that he's revamping a sweeping overhaul of his department that's supposed to speed up permitting for development on public lands, but Democrats asserted it was just a ploy to let the energy industry get its way. The changes follow complaints from a bipartisan group of Western state governors that Zinke did not consult them before unveiling a plan last month to decentralize the Interior Department.

Candidates talk gun reforms outside Rodney’s office in Morristown

Two congressional candidates joined the weekly "Fridays Without Frelinghuysen" gathering in Morristown to talk about stricter gun laws in the wake of last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school. "We have to fight the vested interests in this country that are harming us and our country by promoting gun violence," Democratic candidate Mitchell Cobert of Morristown said outside Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen's office.

APNewsBreak: Interior boss alters overhaul after pushback

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke revamped a plan for a sweeping overhaul of his department Friday with a new organizational map that more closely follows state lines instead of the natural boundaries he initially proposed. The changes follow complaints from a bipartisan group of Western state governors that Zinke did not consult them before unveiling his original plan last month.