The Latest: Trump and GOP senator trade barbs on Twitter

Always one to speak his mind, Corker's new free agent status should make President... Seeking momentum for gun restrictions, Sen. Dianne Feinstein says only broader legislation would be effective in outlawing "bump stocks" like the Las Vegas gunman used. Seeking momentum for gun restrictions, Sen. Dianne Feinstein says only broader legislation would be effective in outlawing "bump stocks" like the Las Vegas gunman used.

Dove apologizes for Facebook soap ad that many call racist

Friends, relatives and an outpouring of grievers gathered in California to celebrate the life of a man who died shielding his wife during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Friends, relatives and an outpouring of grievers gathered in California to celebrate the life of a man who died shielding his wife during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

White House, NRA, Congress agree on regulating bump stocks

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaking, joined by, from left, former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., call for action on gun safety legislation with fellow Democrats on the ... A federal judge is denying a death-row challenge from a Utah prison inmate whose double-murder case was chronicled in the book "Under the Banner of Heaven." . A federal judge is denying a death-row challenge from a Utah prison inmate whose double-murder case was chronicled in the book "Under the Banner of Heaven."

Justice Department program to target areas with most violent crime

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a directive Thursday that refocuses federal prosecutors on violent crime cases and requires each U.S. Attorney's Office to develop a localized plan that targets areas plagued by the most violence. The Justice Department will "reinvigorate" the Project Safe Neighborhoods programs first developed in 2001, and require its federal prosecutors to provide feedback every six months on their progress.

Some in GOP open to banning gun accessory used in Vegas

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaking, joined by, from left, former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., call for action on gun safety legislation with fellow Democrats on the ... WASHINGTON - Senior congressional Republicans say they are open to considering legislation banning "bump stocks" like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to make semi-automatic rifles perform more like fully automatic weapons. The comments from lawmakers including the No.

Congress Reacts to Las Vegas Mass Shootings

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 2oo wounded. A gunman opened fire on concert-goers on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night, killing at least 50 people and leaving at least 200 others injured, officials said.

Brad Whitehead of Manchester, England fires a full-automatic

Sunday's mass shooting is unlikely to slow down business at gun ranges that offer tourists the chance to fire fully-automatic firearms. Tourists in Las Vegas like renting and firing machine guns Sunday's mass shooting is unlikely to slow down business at gun ranges that offer tourists the chance to fire fully-automatic firearms.

Review: Sasha Abramsky’s “Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of…

Sasha Abramsky's previous book, The American Way of Poverty - how the truly poor in our country struggle to survive in our thankless nation, ruled by greed-ought to have been a wakeup call to our common humanity. Four years later, with inhumanity entrenched within the Trump presidency, his ignorant base, and the Republican sycophants in Congress, it's easy to scream out in frustration at how we've become such any uncaring nation.

Judge walks tightrope in Chicago police shooting case

In this April, 20, 2017 file, photo, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke who is charged in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald appears at a hearing in his case at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. Van Dyke is scheduled to return to court in September, once for a hearing involving the attorneys prosecuting him and the other involving attorneys helping to determine which evidence the prosecutors can use at trial.

Zinke: One-third of Interior employees not loyal to Trump

Witnesses and police described a chaotic scene as a masked attacker armed with two guns shot seven people, killing one, in a Tennessee church before he was subdued. Witnesses and police described a chaotic scene as a masked attacker armed with two guns shot seven people, killing one, in a Tennessee church before he was subdued.