
Opinion: The Senate's framework on guns isn't politics as usual. It's a sea change
CNN
A bipartisan framework has been agreed upon in the US Senate that could help reduce the number of senseless firerarm deaths in the United States. Kris Brown, head of Brady -- the group formerly known as The Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence -- writes that the development is a major breakthrough on an issue for whiich even token advances have been so hard to achieve.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











