Gun control is at the top of the agenda for many in Washington. A number of initiatives have been proposed, from raising the minimum purchasing age for guns to banning bump stocks. But with so many cooks in the kitchen will anything get done?
Robby Soave, Reporter and Editor at Reason Magazine, says it all comes down to time. The more time that passes, the less likely any major legislation is passed.
Soave also discusses the exclusive audio recording that Reason obtained of a speech given by President Obama at an off-the-record event at MIT. The president didn't say anything out of the ordinary, but the fact that attendees were sworn to secrecy is raising questions.
Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is not ruling out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum, in her morning press conference on Thursday, said the president’s decree to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico is restricted to the “continental shelf of the United States” because Mexico still controls much of the body of water. “We have sovereignty over our continental shelf,” she said.
U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday, adding that they will trigger toug