Tag: Florida

The father of a Parkland, Fla., high school student on Tuesday acknowledged doctoring an email regarding his son's participation in a CNN town hall on the shooting that occurred at the school earlier this month. (iStock)

Father of high school shooting survivor who pulled out of CNN town hall admits to doctoring email

Naomi Lim · February 28, 2018 3:51 am

Democratic victories in New Hampshire and Connecticut mark the 38th and 39th state-based seats to flip from Republican to Democrat since Trump took office. (iStock)

Democrats flip two state legislative seats in New Hampshire, Connecticut

Naomi Lim · February 28, 2018 2:51 am

Early Tuesday morning, Internet shoppers started noticing and documenting digital gaffes after it appeared Google had started filtering shopping searches for the word "gun." (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Google tried censoring ‘gun’ shopping searches. It backfired

Philip Wegmann · February 28, 2018 12:28 am

A new report shows Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Wisconsin were hacked by a covert Russian operation before the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

US intelligence found seven states breached by Russia before 2016 election: Report

Daniel Chaitin · February 27, 2018 11:06 pm

David Hogg, a student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. addresses a community rally for gun control legislation. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Beltway Confidential

Parkland teens David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez are squandering their moment

Becket Adams · February 27, 2018 9:00 pm

Marco Rubio's approval rating is at just 38 percent, 8 points below his last approval rating surveyed by Quinnipiac in July 2016. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Marco Rubio’s approval rating at all-time low in Florida: Poll

Tristan Justice · February 27, 2018 8:53 pm

"Until President Trump puts to paper what he really wants, you never really know what he really wants, as we have learned that hard lesson over and over and over again," Sen. Chuck Schumer said during his weekly press conference. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Schumer: Trump making path forward on guns more difficult

Al Weaver · February 27, 2018 8:41 pm

Would Buckley Have Tweeted? Can Trump Run?

TWS Podcast · February 27, 2018 6:47 pm

Elizabeth Warren asks Wall Street to remind gunmakers how loudly money talks

James Langford · February 27, 2018 5:44 pm

"We should not be banning guns from law-abiding citizens," Paul Ryan said after a closed-door meeting with Republicans Tuesday. "We should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not be getting guns in the first place don't get those guns."

Paul Ryan: Congress should focus on mental health and background checks, not gun ban

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 4:42 pm

Speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General, Sessions said he believes bump stocks — an attachment that enables a semi-automatic rifle to fire at a rate similar to an automatic firearm — can be effectively banned through regulation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jeff Sessions: Bump stocks announcement ‘soon’

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2018 4:38 pm

CNN reported early Tuesday that records it got from the sheriff's office showed at least 45 interactions from 2008 to 2017 about Nikolas Cruz or his brother. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

National Security

Broward County sheriff received at least 45 calls about Florida shooter’s family, not 23: Report

Pete Kasperowicz · February 27, 2018 12:30 pm