Tag: Florida

David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, inspired a Democrat in Maine to run against an unopposed Repubican for a seat in the statehouse after the Republican insulted survivors of February's school shooting in Florida.

Parkland survivor accuses NRA of ‘serving the gun manufacturers,’ not members

Melissa Quinn · February 25, 2018 3:28 pm

"I'm not into banning, you know, specific weapons," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. "I think what you need to do is ban specific people from having weapons." (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Rick Scott: We need to ban ‘specific people from having weapons’

Naomi Lim · February 25, 2018 3:20 pm

"Are you really not taking any responsibility for the multiple red flags that were brought to the attention of the Broward sheriff's office about this shooter before this incident, whether it was people near him, close to him calling the police?" Tapper asked. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Jake Tapper takes Broward County sheriff to task for failure to stop high school shooter: Watch

Kyle Feldscher · February 25, 2018 2:43 pm

Gun rights is a visceral issue for many committed Republicans — the sort who tend show up in congressional primaries in red states and partisan-drawn districts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

GOP primary season a key obstacle to gun legislation

David M. Drucker · February 25, 2018 1:53 pm

After saying that he would like to devote federal money to arming teachers, President Trump said he would leave it up for the states to decide. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Arming teachers should be up to states

Caitlin Yilek · February 24, 2018 7:22 pm

The Oculus virtual reality game "Bullet Train" features a simulation of "an agent undergoing an infiltration simulation set inside a modern train station" and facing off against "resistance forces." (screenshot)

Facebook pulls virtual reality shooting game at CPAC

Daniel Chaitin · February 24, 2018 2:52 am

CNN released their own copy of the town hall-related correspondence between producer Carrie Stevenson and Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School student Colton Haab. Other outlets had obtained copies of emails which purported to show Haab being pressed to ask a certain question, but CNN says those emails were misleading because they left out a key phrase. (AP Photo/Ric Feld,File)

CNN releases emails to combat charges of giving student ‘scripted’ questions at gun town hall

Diana Stancy Correll · February 24, 2018 2:16 am

During the CNN town hall on Wednesday, Broward County, Fla., Sheriff Scott Israel (pictured) told National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch that she wasn't "standing up for the students" affected by the mass school shooting in Parkland. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

NRA to Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel: ‘You were the one that didn’t protect these children’

Mandy Mayfield · February 23, 2018 11:46 pm

Members of his own party are urging House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., to help reinstitute the National Criminal Instate Background Check System. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP lawmakers urge Paul Ryan to bring background check bill to a vote next week

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 11:30 pm

Nikolas Cruz faces 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Transcript: Tipster told FBI she feared Florida shooting suspect would end up ‘getting into a school and just shooting the place up’

Melissa Quinn · February 23, 2018 11:17 pm

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Cameron Kasky asks a question to Sen. Marco Rubio during a CNN town hall meeting. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Beltway Confidential

CNN’s town hall wasn’t a fair fight, it was out of control

Nicole Russell · February 23, 2018 10:50 pm

Elaine Duke, who was nominated last January as Homeland Security deputy secretary and was confirmed to that position in March, announced Friday evening she will retire in April from her role. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

Former acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke to retire in April

Anna Giaritelli · February 23, 2018 10:42 pm