Politics: Issues

How President Trump's Views On Guns Have Shifted Over The Years

5:49pm October 06, 2017

by Tamara Keith

The White House says President Trump is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and Americans' right to own guns. But before becoming president, he was once open to some gun restrictions.

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Looking At The Politics Of Guns After The Massacre In Las Vegas

5:49pm October 06, 2017

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times, and EJ Dionne, of The Washington Post and co-author of One Nation After Trump about guns in the U.S.

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Demonstrators in Washington, D.C., argued for upholding the Affordable Care Act's birth control provision in 2015. The rollback of the rule is likely to spur further lawsuits, analysts say.

Trump Guts Requirement That Employer Health Plans Pay For Birth Control

5:49pm October 06, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

With a new regulation, the administration will allow any company or nonprofit group to refuse to cover contraception by claiming a religious or moral exemption to the federal health law.

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., seen at a Senate hearing earlier this year, said he has "no problem" banning bump stocks.

NRA Backs Regulation Of Bump Stocks, As Some Republicans Support A Ban

6:40pm October 05, 2017

The devices that allow guns to be fired like automatic weapons were possessed by the mass shooter in Las Vegas. Democrats have introduced two bills this week to make them illegal.

Just two years ago, a former Trump International Golf Club in Puerto Rico filed for bankruptcy. The insolvency filing came less than a month after Trump had announced he would run for president, basing his qualifications on his skills as a businessman.

Trump's Puerto Rico Golf Venture: Not Such A Great Deal

5:01am October 05, 2017

by Peter Overby

President Trump seems pessimistic about Puerto Rico's ability to pay its debts. That view may, in part, reflect his own financial experience there, where he once got stung by a golf course bankruptcy.

Democratic Senators Introduce Bill To Ban Bump Stocks After Las Vegas Massacre

11:25pm October 04, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., about the bill he co-sponsored to close the loophole on devices which make semi-automatic weapons into rapid-fire automatic weapons.

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Shayna Zerbe, right, instructs Garret Sloan on how to fire a fully automatic machine gun in 2014 at Machine Guns Vegas. Nevada's gun laws are lax compared to other states, and gun tourism is nearly as ubiquitous in Las Vegas as gambling and stage shows.

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Las Vegas Massacre Prompts Further Look Into Nevada's Gun Laws

2:25pm October 04, 2017

by Kirk Siegler

The massacre in Las Vegas has brought what's becoming a predictable narrative in the wake of deadly mass shootings in the U.S.: whether or not gun control laws could have helped prevent the tragedy.

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For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Provider Is Hundreds Of Miles Away

7:50pm October 03, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion providers are far away for many women in the U.S., a report from the Guttmacher Institute finds. That's especially true for women in South Dakota and other states in the Upper Midwest.

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback talks to the media during a news conference in July.

Trump's Tax Plan Has Echoes Of The Kansas Tax Cut Experiment

10:53am September 30, 2017

by Jim McLean

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback said the 2012 tax cuts would deliver a "shot of adrenaline" to the state's economy. Instead, revenues crashed, spending cuts, borrowing and accounting tricks followed.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, shown here at a discussion about opioids on Thursday, drew fire for his use of private jets.

Price Resigns From Trump Cabinet Amid Private Jet Investigations

7:36pm September 29, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

HHS Secretary Tom Price, who earned a reputation in the House as a budget hawk critical of government waste, resigned Friday after President Trump criticized him for chartering private jet flights.