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White House eager to talk bump stocks … so is the NRA … anti-abortion lawmaker resigns in alleged mistress scandal. Get the day’s politics news in 60 seconds every weekday. By Tom McCarthy
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NRA makes rare concession on device that turns guns into rapid-fire weapons but says outlawing firearms ‘will do nothing to prevent further attacks’
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Its words have fueled centuries of debate – and not until 2008 did the supreme court clearly back an individual’s right to keep a weapon at home for self-defense
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The president and first lady visited Nevada after Trump was repeatedly criticized for making inappropriate comments in the wake of several national tragedies
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Chairman Richard Burr says he endorses findings that Russia meddled in election but says it is ‘open question’ whether Trump team colluded with Moscow
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In this week’s resistance news: protesters jubilant as effort to repeal Obamacare officially declared dead, while activists in Flint, Michigan target Nestlé
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John McCain dealt a blow to Republican hopes of passing the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act but activists warn against complacency
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Activists are walking the 110 miles from Charlottesville to Washington DC confront the US’s ‘history of genocide and slavery’
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