At a huge demonstration in Washington, D.C., Saturday, survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting had an unequivocal message: The inaction that has repeatedly characterized federal lawmakers' response to school massacres and everyday gun violence would no longer be tolerated.
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Protesters from Los Angeles to London marched, held signs and chanted during "sibling marches" of the March for Our Lives rally. Counterprotests and separate rallies organized by gun rights groups also took place.
"The media would have completely and utterly ignored your story," Colion Noir of NRATV said, claiming the teens are promoting the stripping of Second Amendment rights.
There is no rule that says they can't do more, but the $1.3 trillion spending bill is probably this Congress's last major achievement, as it observes what has become a tradition: settling into gridlock and girding for the midterm elections.
The failure to defeat an antiabortion candidate in an Illinois congressional primary prompts introspection before the party chooses its next presidential nominee in 2020.
In case you needed reminding that the election is just around the corner, former vice president Joe Biden got into a dumb spat with President Trump this week. It's a sign of what's to come.
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