Few states let courts take guns from people deemed a threat

The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expelled from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and comments posted to social media, previous mental health treatment. In Florida, that wasn't enough for relatives, authorities or his schools to request a judicial order barring him from possessing guns.

Social media firms got played by Russian agents

The election-interference indictment brought by US special counsel Robert Mueller underscores how thoroughly social-media companies like Facebook and Twitter were played by Russian propagandists. Thirteen Russians, including a businessman close to Vladimir Putin, were charged Friday in a plot to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election through social media propaganda.

Survivors Of Deadly School Shooting Lash Out At Trump

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Trump visits shooting victims at hospital, first responders

President Donald Trump visited victims of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., and offered thanks to medical personnel and first responders. On Friday night , Trump traveled in a motorcade from Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport to North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach.

Jimmy Kimmel blasts Donald Trump, Congress for Florida school shooting

Jimmy Kimmel urged the U.S. government to bring about stronger gun control laws after the latest mass shooting at a school in Florida. Jimmy Kimmel opened his late night show by replaying clips from President Donald Trump's statement about the killings of 17 people by a teenager with an AR-15 assault weapon at a Florida high school - including the part where Trump said "no parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning."

Trump focuses on first responders after Florida shooting

President Donald Trump has made a grim trip to a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders. But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Trump address the debate over gun violence that has raged since a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 and injured 14 others.

Jimmy Kimmel blames Trump, Congress for school shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. - Jimmy Kimmel opened his late night show by replaying clips from President Donald Trump's statement about the killings of 17 people by a teenager with an AR-15 assault weapon at a Florida high school -- including the part where Trump said "no parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning."

Warning signs were reported about suspect in Florida school shooting Posted at

Disciplined repeatedly in school, treated for mental health issues, crushed after his mother died - more signs of unheeded red flags are emerging about the young man accused of murdering 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland this week. Nikolas Cruz, 19, faced a judge Thursday for the first time since authorities say he rode an Uber to his former school at dismissal time with an AR-15 and fired more than 100 shots.

Aerial bombardment: The pro-Trump campaign for hearts and minds in Russia affair

Much attention was paid to a recent poll that suggested Republicans no longer trust the FBI - as it investigates President Donald Trump's Russia ties, the federal police force is now viewed favourably by just 38 per cent of voters of the traditional law-and-order party. In that same survey, 33 per cent of Republican respondents expressed "some" confidence in the FBI to investigate Trump-Russia matters, more than the 27 per cent of Republicans in that same Axios survey whose confidence measured "a great deal" or "a lot."

Carson calls for HUD inspector general to review his family’s role at the department

Eureka Garden tenant's association president Tracy Grant shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Sen. Marco Rubio her apartment at the troubled complex during Carson's visit to Jacksonville, Fla., on April 11, 2017. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has called on his department's inspector general to "review" the role his family members have played there, tweeting Friday evening that he has been "under attack."

Nevada regulators open investigation into Steve Wynn

Allegations of sexual misconduct by casino tycoon Steve Wynn have prompted Nevada's powerful Gaming Control Board to launch an investigation, a move that could bring the billionaire's financial empire into further peril. The Gaming Control Board said in a statement Tuesday that an inquiry is underway, although very few other details were released.

State of the Union tickets reissued after misprint

Tickets inviting guests to President Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address Tuesday had to be reissued after a misprint. Lawmakers had fun with the glitch: "Looking forward to tomorrow's State of the Uniom," Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida tweeted with a picture of the invite.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio fires chief of staff

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he has fired his chief of staff after getting reports of "improper conduct" with subordinate staffers. "By early this afternoon, I had sufficient evidence to conclude that while employed by this office, my Chief of Staff had violated office policies regarding proper relations between a supervisor and their subordinates.

Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez push Trump for tougher Venezuela sanctions

"It is clear that the United States can - and should - do more to increase international pressure against Maduro and his cronies," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., wrote in a letter to President Trump. President Trump needs to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime, according to a pair of senators worried about drug trafficking and terrorism in the troubled country.