Texas governor will no longer attend NRA convention, instead plans to visit Uvalde
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Abbott is canceling his appearance at the National Rifle Association convention in Houston this weekend, after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, took the lives of 21 people...
Principals from schools impacted by gun violence write open letter to lawmakers
A dove flies over Frank DeAngelis, who was principal of Columbine High School during the attack 20 years ago, as he reads the names of the students who died during a program for the victims of the massacre Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Littleton, Colo. Twenty-one principals who have...
Build Back Better: What is Joe Manchin saying to Schumer and Biden?
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to an aide as he walks out of a Democratic policy luncheon as work continues on the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Andrew...
Biden goes for the safer play on canceling student loan debt
Canceling $10,000 and excluding the highest earners, as Biden’s plan does, appears to align with what a substantial majority of Americans want. It won’t satisfy everyone, though, and the political consequences are yet to be determined. Aaron Blake Link...
Newt Gingrich offered one of the worst school-shooter plans yet
For the low price of $4 billion a year, we can shift the burden of stopping mass shooters onto teachers. Philip Bump Link...
U.S. leans toward sending rocket systems to Ukraine
Kyiv has been asking for the weapons for months, but no final decision has been made. By Paul McLeary and Lara Seligman Link...
Cruz, Cornyn, in lockstep on gun votes, diverge on tone after Texas school massacre
Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz unite on votes against tougher gun laws, but diverge in their tone after the massacre at an elementary school in Texas. Felicia Sonmez Link...
Kurt Schrader loses primary in Oregon’s 5th District
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The Supreme Court’s approval rate is falling
Zoë Petersen, Deseret News The court of public opinion has turned against the nation’s top court. A Marquette Law School poll found the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval is under water, with just 44% approval among U.S. adults, and 55% disapproval. It’s a steep drop from Sept. 2020, when the...
Parents in Uvalde had good reason to expect police to do more
The tragedy in Texas is a reminder of how the contract between the police and the public is often interpreted in differing ways. Philip Bump Link...