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To legally own a fully-automatic weapon requires three things: money, time, and an absolutely pristine criminal record. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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It’s still legal to own a machine gun (it’s also extremely difficult and especially expensive)

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Clinton's tweets don't offer any new arguments, conclusions, or revelations. Her opportunism doesn't help law-enforcement, inform lawmakers, or comfort victims. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Hillary Clinton urged America to put politics aside — then she took a cheap shot at the NRA

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Trump just accepted the resignation of disgraced Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. It's the right thing to do, and it's a great move. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In firing Tom Price, Trump just did what Obama never could: Accept blame and tell a bureaucrat ‘you’re fired’

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Picking and choosing isn't about policy. It's about disposition and association now. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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Less than 48-hours after kneecapping ‘lobbyist Luther Strange,’ Steve Bannon starts boosting lobbyist Patrick Morrisey for Senate

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The longer McConnell stalls on healthcare, Walker believes, the more likely it becomes that Republicans will lose their majority in the House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Rep. Mark Walker thinks GOP would be ‘better off’ without Mitch McConnell, warns Republicans could lose House majority

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference, in Union Beach, N.J. Menendez is charged with accepting bribes from Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen in exchange for lobbying for Melgen's personal and business interests. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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18 counts of bribery can’t stop Bob Menendez. The disgraced New Jersey Democrat is still asking for campaign donations

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Republicans aren't planning to get rid of the deduction for mortgage interest, but doubling the standard deduction, as they propose, would moot the mortgage deduction for most homeowners. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Gary Cohn is correct: People don’t buy homes because of the mortgage deduction (even Obama’s top economist agrees)

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Fundraising off of a natural disaster is the political equivalent of driving over a downed powerline. The idiotic move brings certain electrocution and risks imminent death. But Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., did exactly that on Thursday, seeing a money-making opportunity in a life-changing disaster. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
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Florida Man Sen. Bill Nelson fundraises for his campaign off Hurricane Irma

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency just approved the city's request for a $3 million grant to build the Civic Center Commons park. As 3.4 million Puerto Ricans (like those pictured above) struggle to find safe drinking water, FEMA announced on Friday that they'd help turn a parking lot in downtown Cheyenne, Wyo. into a drainage pond. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Half of Puerto Rico is without safe drinking water and FEMA just spent $3 million on a park in Cheyenne, Wyoming

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Those liquor licensing laws prop up business at the expense of competitors and consumers. (iStock by Getty Images)
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Buzzkill: Maryland man runs afoul of Pennsylvania liquor laws for selling $750 bottle of Kentucky bourbon

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