Two Senate Democrats falsely claimed Monday that the AR-15 is not used for hunting and isn't "viable for home protection" in a tweet promoting gun control proposals. 
Washington Free Beacon staff writer Stephen Gutowski told Time magazine more media outlets need to commit reporters to firearm policy beats to legitimize their coverage of firearm related events. 
Senate Democrats have decried support from "dark money" groups for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but they have been silent on their own coordination with a group that promised to spend at least $5 million against his nomination. 
Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) said on Monday that technology companies like Facebook, Apple and YouTube need to do more to combat "lies and hate" than take down only one website. 
The Republican National Committee is pressuring Senate Democrats from states that Donald Trump won in the 2016 election to confirm the president's nominee to run the State Department. 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will propose arming school staff and raising the minimum age to 21 to purchase certain firearms in a school safety proposal that the administration will release on Sunday, a White House spokesman said in broadcast comments. 