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Students who survived the Florida school shooting prepared to flood the Capitol Wednesday pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can't persuade lawmakers to change laws before their legislative session ends. About 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students arrived at a Tallahassee high school to extended applause late Tuesday after a 400-mile trip on three buses.
As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre. It was a small sign of movement on the gun violence issue that has long tied Washington in knots.
While reading news coverage concerning Turkish-American relations, one would be forgiven for thinking that these relations are all doom and gloom. We're told that the two countries agree on nothing and tensions are rising higher by the day.
Under heavy criticism for still not condemning Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump is defending his record on Russia - and claiming he's been tougher than his predecessor, President Barack Obama. "I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts.
A DSA member stands in solidarity with immigration activists at a January demonstration to urge Congress to pass the Dream Act. On the first Saturday of the year, more than 50 people were packed into a fluorescent-lit room at the Royal Oak Senior Center with the ultimate goal of overhauling the country's economic order.
Tearful Lindsey Vonn MISSES OUT on gold in the final race of her amazing Olympic career, then hits out at the 'savage abuse' she has taken from trolls for her strong anti-Trump views REVEALED: Woman who cared for Florida shooter filed court papers demanding control of the $800,000 inheritance he was due from his mother's estate just ONE DAY after the massacre Parkland shooting survivors break down in tears in the gallery as the Florida House votes AGAINST a ban on assault rifles, just six days after an AR-15 was used to shoot 17 dead BREAKING NEWS: California cops thwart mass shooting plot at a high school after investigators find arsenal of guns and ammunition at home of a 'disgruntled' student, 17 'Both kids are not students': Florida lawmaker's aide is FIRED over claims Parkland shooting survivors were 'actors who travel to various crisis when they happen' Trump tweets for Republicans ... (more)
North Korea unhappy at vice president's message denouncing country's human rights record and warnings about more sanctions, U.S. officials say Vice President Mike Pence, right, and North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister, attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Pyeongchang Stadium earlier this month. North Korea canceled a secretly planned meeting with Vice President Mike Pence during his trip to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, Trump administration officials said Tuesday, a session that would have amounted to the highest-level visit between the U.S. and North Korea in years.
Tyra Hemans, 19, left, and Logan Locke, 17, right, students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, wait to board buses in Parkland Students who survived the Florida school shooting began a journey to the state Capitol to urge politicians to prevent another massacre. But within hours the gun-friendly Legislature had effectively halted any possibility of banning assault rifles like the one used in the attack.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: HARTFORD - More Connecticut employers would be required to provide sexual harassment training and victims would have more time to file complaints under legislation proposed Tuesday by a group of Democratic lawmakers.
Justice Clarence Thomas, in a blistering dissent Tuesday, accused the U.S. Supreme Court of making the right to keep and bear arms "a constitutional orphan." The court turned down a challenge to California's waiting period for guns.
The legal team for Brendan Dassey filed a petition before the United States Supreme Court Tuesday to hear his case. Lawyers submitted a writ of certiorari, which asks the Supreme Court to review the lower court's decision on the case.
Lawyers for the Democratic voters who successfully challenged Pennsylvania's congressional districts as unconstitutionally gerrymandered say Republicans have no legal or factual basis to sue over new court-ordered districts. The Philadelphia-based Public Interest Law Center said in a statement Tuesday that Republican lawmakers should stop holding onto the gerrymandered districts they drew in 2011.
NLJ Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro sits down with Gabe Roth of the transparency advocate Fix the Court for a conversation about a new project focusing on financial disclosure reports. *May exclude premium content Already have an account? Sign In Now Interested in customizing your subscription with Law.com All Access? Contact our Sales Professionals at 1-855-808-4530 or send an email to groupsales@alm.com to learn more.
Today, the American Humanist Association Appignani Humanist Legal Center filed its opening appellate brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its appeal from the U.S. District Court of Nevada's dismissal of their case filed on behalf of Humanist inmates in Nevada state prisons. The lawsuit, filed in October 2016, asserts that the Nevada Department of Corrections' refusal to allow Humanist inmates to study and discuss their shared convictions in a group setting while authorizing meetings for many faith groups of similar and smaller sizes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Dr. Nick Stella, 49, of Darien is a cardiologist who is making his second attempt at the GOP nomination. He lost a tight race two years ago to DuPage County Board member Tonia Khouri, who eventually lost in the general election to Foster.
The race for the U.S. House of Representatives is heating up, but the sitting congressman has yet to enter. Five candidates from the three parties available on North Carolina's ballot have all filed for this year's election.
Senator Elizabeth Dole, founder of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and advocate for military and veteran caregivers, releases statement regarding the VA Office of Inspector General Report Senator Elizabeth Dole, founder of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and advocate for military and veteran caregivers, released the following statement today on behalf of the Foundation, regarding the VA Office of Inspector General Report: "Secretary Shulkin recently acknowledged that mistakes were made with respect to the use of travel funds, and has since apologized and committed to addressing the issues highlighted in the VA Inspector General report. It is now time to move forward.
The owner and chief executive officer of an armored vehicle company was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for his role in orchestrating a scheme to defraud the United States by providing the U.S. Department of Defense with armored gun trucks that did not meet ballistic and blast protection requirements set out in the company's contracts with the United States.