Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, is trying to sell his colleagues on a proposal to force states to report on police shootings — but he’s running up against resistance.
President Donald Trump doubled down on recommendations to arm school personnel to stop mass shootings as students and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. called for Americans to focus on steps that can be agreed on instead of political differences.
A political group started by parents of Parkland students is scaling back its ambitions for the midterm elections. The group aimed to raise $10 million to take on the NRA. It’s only raised $230,000.
The NRA’s political spending is sharply down ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, which could reflect a drop in fundraising following mass shootings in Parkland, Florida and elsewhere and an FBI probe into the group’s Russia ties.
Parkland and the March For Our Lives movement started by a group of Broward County high school students has thrust gun politics into the top tier of issues ahead of the 2018 elections.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, answers questions from reporters on at the U.S. Capitol about the government shutdown. On Thursday, Dec. 27, Roberts was the only senator from either party on Capitol Hill.
