This week President Trump is expected to meet with members of the video game industry to discuss tackling gun violence. But gaming executives say they have yet to receive an invite. New York Magazine's Associate Editor of "Select All" Madison Malone Kircher explains Trump's flip-flopping on gun control reform.
"The timeline here is interesting," says Kircher. "You see a flip flop based on whomever President Trump spoke to last."
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump's meeting with gaming executives will be part of the administration's effort to combat gun violence.
Kircher says studies have shown there is no real connection between violent video games and violent action.
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House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn focused on his district and uplifting rural communities with a plan to build up broadband infrastructure
Three years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is working to strengthen the government's ability to track violence against the LGBTQ community in an effort to combat the enduring epidemic.
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Rising tensions with Iran and a oil refinery fire in Philadelphia are threatening to send prices higher at American gas pumps.
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and other members of Congress want to question Facebook on its latest project launching a cryptocurrency called Libra.
Sen. Josh Hawley’s bill to hold major tech companies responsible for content published on their platforms is finding no love. The legislation, which is aimed to punishing tech companies for their supposed censorship of conservative voices, is being criticized by free speech advocates for potentially increasing censorship and by politicians from both sides of the aisle who view the bill as gross example of government overreach.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Thursday, June 20, 2019.
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New York legislative supporters of legalized marijuana are making a last-minute effort to push through a bill that would make recreational marijuana legal in the state.
