In the wake of the Parkland shooting, President Trump and a number of Republicans have suggested raising the minimum age for buying a gun to 21. Will President Trump actually follow through? Michael Harriott, Columnist at The Root, and Jon Miller, White House Correspondent at CRTV, discuss.
Plus, our roundtable looks at the lasting influence of the NRA. Despite a number of companies announcing they would cut ties with the NRA, Miller says the gun rights organization's base is still strong.
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Microsoft uncovered a new spear-phishing scheme waged by Russian hackers who targeted a handful of websites apparently linked to the government in an attempt to influence this November's elections.
The Trump administration's tariffs are spooking investors in the consumer electronics industry, according to Izzy Santa of the Consumer Technology Association.
Evan Siegfried, author of "GOP GPS: A Guide to How Republicans Can Try to Win Favor of Millennials," considers this the most fiscally conservative generation since those who grew up during the Great Depression. In his new book, Siegfried argues that the party must remake itself if it wants to stay relevant to younger voters.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is taking on Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida's 26th. But she's lagging behind in a district that went heavily for Clinton in the 2016 election.
Samantha Azzarello, global market strategist at JPMorgan, says M&A and geopolitics are less relevant to this bull market than widespread earnings growth.
As the jury in the trial of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort deliberates into its third day, Rick Wilson, author of "Everything Trump Touches Dies," lays out what he sees as the limited options for the defendant.
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