Here is the White House response to March for Our Lives

As rallies geared up in all 50 states for the March of Our Lives, the White House said keeping children safe is a top priority for President Donald Trump. Keeping our children safe is a top priority of the President's, which is why he urged Congress to pass the Fix NICS and STOP School Violence Acts, and signed them into law.

Senate bill to extend background checks for gun purchases lingers in committee

In December 2016, Palmetto State Armory ran dozens of billboards in the Charleston area promoting buying guns for loved ones for Christmas The Senate Judiciary Committee did not vote on a bill filed more than a year ago to extend background checks for gun purchasers from three to five days on Tuesday. The bill, S. 516, is sponsored by Sens. Marlon Kimpson, a Democrat from Charleston, and Chauncey Gregory, a Republican representing Lancaster and York counties.

Background check measure on guns included in spending bill

A modest measure strengthening the federal background check system for gun purchases will be included in the $1.3 trillion government spending bill being negotiated by congressional leaders, aides said Wednesday. The "Fix NICS" measure would provide funding for states to comply with the existing National Instant Criminal Background Check system and penalize federal agencies that don't comply.

Judge blocks Ohio ban on abortions due to Down syndrome

A state law that prohibits doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome was placed on hold by a federal judge on Wednesday. Judge Timothy Black said the law's opponents are "highly likely" to succeed in arguing the law is unconstitutional because "federal law is crystal clear" that a state can't limit a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy before viability.

Court Ruling On Texas Anti-Sanctuary City Law Sets The Stage For More Legal Battles

As Texas prepares to implement a law banning "sanctuary city" policies in that state, immigrant advocates say they will be documenting how the law is enforced as they continue their legal fight against it. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the law known as SB4 can take effect over the objections of a lower court , which issued an injunction in August 2017 that kept the law on hold.

Students are right on gun control, and Republicans are dangerously wrong: Dianne Feinstein

Republican talking points on guns are misleading and absurd, especially the argument that Democrats have no constructive ideas to counter this violence. Students are right on gun control, and Republicans are dangerously wrong: Dianne Feinstein Republican talking points on guns are misleading and absurd, especially the argument that Democrats have no constructive ideas to counter this violence.

Federal appeals court upholds most of Texas law banning sanctuary cities

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that most of Texas' law targeting so-called "sanctuary cities" can remain in effect, a win for Republicans in the state as well as for the Trump administration as it battles measures viewed as protecting undocumented immigrants. Senate Bill 4, which lets local law enforcement officials ask the people they detain about their immigration status, according to The Associated Press .

3 rural Illinois men charged with Minnesota mosque bombing

Federal authorities on Tuesday charged three men from rural central Illinois with the bombing of a Minnesota mosque last year and said one of the suspects told an investigator the goal of the attack was to "scare" Muslims out of the United States. A statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Springfield, Illinois, says the men also are suspected in the attempted bombing of an abortion clinic in November.

Fifth Circuit, in Bankruptcy Ruling, Lets Convicted Businessman Pay…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a Texas businessman who was sentenced to two years in prison for bankruptcy fraud may use the sale of the proceeds of his house to pay his criminal defense attorneys, rejecting a U.S. bankruptcy trustee's attempts to claim the home sale proceeds as part of his estate. Curtis Harold DeBerry, the former owner of a failed produce company in Boerne, Texas, was eventually sentenced to two years in prison last year for hiding assets from creditors in bankruptcy.

Rapper Juelz Santana will stay jailed until hearing in airport gun case

Rapper Juelz Santana will remain in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing on charges he attempted to carry a handgun aboard a plane leaving from Newark Liberty International Airport, a magistrate judge ruled Monday. Santana, a Totowa resident whose legal name is Laron James, appeared in court wearing a black long-sleeve T-shirt and sweatpants Monday afternoon, just hours after he was taken into custody by Port Authority police detectives.

Trump plan for school security includes armed school staff

The White House said Sunday that the federal government will help provide "rigorous firearms training" for qualified volunteer school personnel as part of a package of policy changes he will proposal after the mass shootings in Parkland, Fla. President Donald Trump will call on states to pass measures allowing police to remove weapons or prevent gun sales for those who pose a threat.

Major ruling expected on stash-house stings, racial bias

A federal judge in Chicago is slated to issue a first-in-the-nation ruling Monday about whether law enforcement stings where suspects are talked into robbing non-existent drugs from non-existent stash houses are racially biased. The ruling could determine whether agencies nationwide curtail their reliance on phony stash-house stings, which date to the 1990s and are overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.