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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 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 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.
Since the shooting attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a student there, Sarah Chadwick, has amassed a Twitter following of more than 150,000 people. On Thursday night, Chadwick decided to share a thought with them.
Gov. Steve Bullock speaks with Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming during the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Washington. Gov. Steve Bullock speaks with Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming during the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Washington.
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.
The assassinations of the Kennedy's, Martin Luther King Junior, John Lennon, Columbine, and Sandy Hook and more were pushed aside by adults who knew better. Now the children may be making a difference.
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.
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.
MetLife, Symantec Dump NRA After Boycott Calls Grow - Companies that offered benefits to the gun group's members are dropping their association following the Parkland massacre.
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.
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.
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.
In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt testifies before the House Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Laxalt is opposing a background check initiative supported by gun control advocates on the Nov. 2017 ballot.
Urging the arming of many teachers and school security guards, President Donald Trump said Friday the armed officer who didn't stop the gunman who carried out last week's Florida massacre was either a "coward" or "didn't react properly under pressure."
National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch went head-to-head with CNN's Alisyn Camerota over the network's coverage of last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida. During Loesch's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, she accused the media of loving mass shootings because of the ratings.
CNN host Alisyn Camerota challenged Conservative Political Action Conference Chair Matt Schlapp to a debate on gun control and asked if he thinks critics of the Second Amendment hate freedom. "No. I actually think there's a lot of people, including these victims' families, who their heart is in the right place," Schlapp said.
The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump says, defying his loyal supporters in the National Rifle Association amid America's public reckoning over gun violence. He also pushed hard for arming security guards and many teachers in U.S. schools.
What Do Jotted Talking Points Say About Trump's Empathy? - WASHINGTON - For more than an hour on Wednesday, President Trump listened quietly to entreaties for action, personal stories of grief and loss, and expressions of raw anger, clutching a white notecard with talking points written on it. Armed Sheriff's Deputy 'Never Went In' During Florida Shooting - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
What Do Jotted Talking Points Say About Trump's Empathy? - WASHINGTON - For more than an hour on Wednesday, President Trump listened quietly to entreaties for action, personal stories of grief and loss, and expressions of raw anger, clutching a white notecard with talking points written on it. Armed Sheriff's Deputy 'Never Went In' During Florida Shooting - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.