As stores rush to impose a minimum age of 21 for gun purchases, some Second Amendment supporters say like-minded people should consider mounting legal challenges, saying the companies may have a hard time defending against claims of age discrimination for a core constitutional right. Published March 4, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May raised concerns over President Trump's recently announced plan to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in a phone call with Mr. Trump on Sunday, according to the prime minister's office. Published March 4, 2018
Sen. Chris Murphy on Sunday said he thinks President Trump is going to "bob and weave" on the issue of gun control and that Mr. Trump has to lead if Congress is going to pass meaningful legislation on the issue. Published March 4, 2018
Denis McDonough, President Obama's former chief of staff, on Sunday blamed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a 'watered down' congressional response to reports of foreign election interference in September 2016. Published March 4, 2018
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said President Trump's recent move to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports lets China "off the hook." Published March 4, 2018
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Sunday said he's not sure exactly what he'll do when he leaves office but that "all options are on the table." Published March 4, 2018
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that President Trump is exacerbating his White House's proclivity for staff chaos by bringing family members on as top advisers, amid heightened scrutiny of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner's business interests. Published March 4, 2018
Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, on Sunday said he believes President Trump would sign his bill expanding gun-purchase background checks if it got to Mr. Trump's desk. Published March 4, 2018
The White House's director of the office of trade policy on Sunday said there will be no country 'exclusions' at this point for new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Published March 4, 2018
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn on Friday said President Trump clarified to him Thursday evening that Mr. Trump supports Mr. Cornyn's bill aimed at improving the federal instant check system for gun transactions. Published March 2, 2018
Senate Democrats offered their ante Thursday in the renewed gun control debate, saying any bill must expand background checks and allow court-ordered gun confiscations while demanding a vote on a semi-automatic rifle ban -- though they said that is not a deal-breaker if it doesn't become law. Published March 1, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday said Senate Democrats will push for tighter background checks, new protective orders to disarm dangerous individuals, and a debate on banning semiautomatic, assault-style weapons in response to the recent Florida school shooting. Published March 1, 2018
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley said Thursday his committee will hold an oversight hearing on the recent Parkland, Fla., shooting and school safety on March 14. Published March 1, 2018
Kroger announced on Thursday it would no longer sell guns or ammunition to people under 21 years old at its affiliated Fred Meyers stores, following similar announcements from Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart in the last two days. Published March 1, 2018
Businesses are responding with alacrity to the changing politics of gun control in the wake of the Florida shooting, with Dick's Sporting Goods saying Wednesday it will no longer sell popular semiautomatic rifles like the one police say was used in the Feb. 14 school massacre. Published February 28, 2018
Saying he wants a "strong" response to the Florida high school massacre, President Trump urged lawmakers Wednesday to move forward with a Senate bill to expand background checks on gun purchases, legislation that was defeated in 2013 with opposition from the National Rifle Association. Published February 28, 2018
Dick's Sporting Goods on Wednesday announced that in light of the recent Parkland, Florida, school shooting, it will no longer sell modern sporting rifles at its affiliates and will halt the sale of high-capacity magazines. Published February 28, 2018
One of the big unknowns in the gun debate is the actual role mental health plays in fueling mass shootings. And analysts say the reason it's still unknown is because a provision of federal law has prevented the federal government from funding that research for more than two decades. Published February 27, 2018
Nearly two dozen House Republicans are pushing Speaker Paul D. Ryan for a quick vote on a bill to get more records into the national instant check system, as lawmakers search for a legislative response to the most recent mass shooting that has a realistic shot at passing Congress. Published February 26, 2018
In its first nine years of operation, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System flagged just 3,200 gun purchases, or just a couple dozen a month. But then came the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, and a push to get states to add more mental health records to the system. The number soared from a few hundred thousand to nearly 4.7 million by the end of 2016. Published February 26, 2018
