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AR-15, the weapon of choice for mass murders, claims 17 more lives

A 19-year-old former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday afternoon, killing 17 people.

The incident is the 18th school shooting and 40th mass shooting of 2018.

The suspect, identified by law enforcement …

Florida school shooting suspect called troubled ex-student who loved guns

The man accused of opening fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing 17 people, was a troubled former student who loved guns and was expelled for disciplinary reasons, police and former classmates said.

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Elizabeth Warren, Addressing Claims of Native Ancestry, Vows to Press for Tribes

Ms. Warren used an unannounced appearance on Wednesday to confront a political liability before a potential bid for president.…

Trump's budget: More nuclear bombs, less nuclear cleanup

In January, the state of Washington wrote to the Department of Energy to let them know how worried they were about radiation levels at the heavily contaminated Hanford Site. The letter let the DOE notes that far from dropping, radiation …

Amid another school shooting, Sen. Murphy delivers emotional speech on gun violence

As news of yet another school shooting broke on Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) interrupted the Senate’s discussion of immigration to sound off on gun violence.

I’m coming to floor to talk about something else, but let me

Trump Refuses To Appear On Camera As More Innocent Lives Taken By A Gun

After a national tragedy, the president should speak to the American people and try to bring the country together. That’s what leaders do during such moments. Not Trump.

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Trump Lawyer’s Payment to Porn Star Raises New Questions

The admission by President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer that he sent $130,000 to a porn actress is raising new legal, ethical and factual questions.…

White House source says of Porter scandal that being truthful is 'simply not in our DNA'

The White House continues to flail, lie, and deny over its botched handling of former staff secretary Rob Porter’s history of domestic abuse. Senior officials knew that Porter’s ex-wives had told the FBI he had abused them, sat on that …

Elizabeth Warren embraces Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ slur

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) surprised attendees at the National Congress of American Indians in Boston on Wednesday, using the appearance to give a speech denouncing President Donald Trump’s use of the nickname “Pocahontas” to belittle her claims of Native American …

Suspect In Parkland, Florida School Shooting That Killed 17 Was An Expelled Former Student

Police have identified the suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people as former expelled student Nikolaus Cruz. Video: #parkland shooter identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz by the Broward County Sheriff. pic.twitter.com/2tZKdiyfSt — Sarah Reese Jones …