Ariana Figueroa / Michigan AdvanceApr 11, 2024
Legal challenges are expected against a reform requiring all gun sellers to obtain a federal license and conduct background checks. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY / The Associated PressAug 7, 2019
The president is calling for an expansion of background checks for gun sales, but the Senate leader knows such ideas have little GOP support. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
LISA MARIE PANE / The Associated PressJan 21, 2019
Gun makers and sellers gather for their top conference amid a so-called "Trump slump," with numbers down and their top priorities in limbo. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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GARANCE BURKE AND MARTHA MENDOZA / The Associated PressNov 27, 2018
An AP investigation and a new federal watchdog raise questions about a Texas tent city that houses more than 2,300 young people. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
LOLITA C. BALDOR / The Associated PressJun 1, 2018
The change aims to fix a security clearance system whose weaknesses were exposed by the case of a Navy contractor who gunned down a dozen people at Washington's Navy Yard in 2013. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
RICHARD LARDNER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI / The Associated PressFeb 24, 2018
His flirtation with a set of modest gun control measures after the Florida high school massacre draws swift condemnation from the gun advocates who helped elect him. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BRENDAN FARRINGTON, GARY FINEOUT and TERRY SPENCER / The Associated PressFeb 22, 2018
Scot Peterson, the armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people, resigns after being suspended without pay and placed under investigation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CATHERINE LUCEY and MATTHEW DALY / The Associated PressFeb 22, 2018
The president tweets his strongest stance yet after an emotional White House session where students and parents poured out wrenching tales and pleaded for action. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CATHERINE LUCEY and MATTHEW DALY / The Associated PressFeb 21, 2018
The president signs a memorandum directing the Justice Department to complete a review on bump stocks and propose a rule “banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated PressFeb 18, 2018
In a rapid-fire series of tweets, Trump unloads over the Russia investigation, days after an indictment charged 13 Russians with a plot to interfere in the U.S. election. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
RYAN J. FOLEY and DON THOMPSON / The Associated PressFeb 18, 2018
Only five states have laws allowing family, guardians or police to ask judges to temporarily strip gun rights from people showing signs of violence. Florida isn't one of them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated PressFeb 16, 2018
Donald Trump's chief of staff acknowledges mistakes in the handling of abuse allegations against a top aide but puts the onus on the FBI and the Justice Department to provide more timely updates on background checks. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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