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Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, took to Twitter Monday night to highlight how social media platforms are playing a significant role in U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Clinton issues warning about role of social media in elections: ‘We owe it to our democracy to get this right’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 27, 2018 3:55 am

The Supreme Court did not uphold a ruling Monday blocking President Trump's efforts to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, despite the Hill's social media post. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Hill botches Supreme Court headline. Badly.

Becket Adams · February 26, 2018 9:04 pm

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee asks Trump for ‘a little less tweeting here, a little more listening’ on guns

Sarah Bedford · February 26, 2018 6:25 pm

Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, said on NBC's "Meet The Press" Sunday that Congress should take up a bill to regulate social networks and Internet video platforms more like TV stations and print outlets. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Amy Klobuchar wants tech companies to be fined for not removing bots fast enough

Kyle Feldscher · February 25, 2018 5:37 pm

Terrorism analyst Michael Smith II was fired from the New America think tank Friday after he mocked a Chinese-American accent online on Twitter. (Screenshot via YouTube / New America)

Think tank analyst fired after mocking Chinese-American accent on Twitter

Katelyn Caralle · February 23, 2018 8:29 pm

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

Rather than being mindless cheerleaders, CPAC attendees need to think of themselves as the nagging conscience of future Republican officeholders and administrations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CPAC and the conscience of a conservative

Washington Examiner · February 23, 2018 12:42 pm

In a Thursday meeting, Trump threatened to pull ICE officers and border patrol agents out of California so the state would become aware of how much worse the illegal immigration and gang problem would be without these immigration officials. (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat, File)

Trump: ‘We need The Wall’ to stop MS-13 gang

Katelyn Caralle · February 23, 2018 12:11 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said Thursday that she had coached President Trump to tone down his language before he appeared before the General Assembly in September. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Nikki Haley on Trump’s tweets: ‘It makes it interesting’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 4:03 am

President Trump took to Twitter Thursday night to bash news network CNN, which held a town hall on gun control the night before in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says CNN’s ‘scripted questions’ explains poor ratings, despite town hall’s large audience

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 2:00 am