WASHINGTON — In the wake of the mass shooting last month at a high school in Parkland, Florida, President Donald Trump vowed to use his executive authority to enact gun control through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. But over the past year, the ATF has been moving in the opposite direction, delaying new gun-safety rules developed under the Obama administration. As part of Trump's government-wide push for deregulation, the ATF has stalled a number of gun regulations that had been moving forward under Obama, including a new requirement to make secure gun storage or safety devices more widely available. Last year, the administration formally reclassified the proposed gun storage rule and…

Today was a rough one for White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as she struggled to defend Donald Trump and provide answers about why Trump’s former campaign aide, Sam Nunberg, spilled the beans on Trump on live television. Clearly, all the pressure adds up eventually, and Huckabee Sanders was looking for a target to unleash all her anger and frustration on. That target just happened to be CNN’s Jim Acosta, who was subjected to an angry tweet from Sanders. Earlier in the day, Acosta had called Huckabee Sanders out during her press pool for ignoring him and not taking questions from CNN for the third press briefing in a row.…

If you need a clear sign that a blue wave is coming, look no further than Texas. The state just set a record for early voting, with Democrats outvoting Republicans by 25,000 ballots since early voting began on Feb. 20. This is the first time in a decade – since Barack Obama faced off with Hillary Clinton in 2008 – that Democrats have cast more ballots than Republicans. In the last two election cycles, Republicans cast 100,000 more votes than Democrats in Texas. So far, Democrats are ahead by 25,000 votes. That doesn’t include votes cast on Thursday or Friday. Experts attribute the Democratic surge to opposition to Donald Trump. “If…

A fireman in Kansas spat on a black child and called him racial slurs at a restaurant on Monday night, local media reported. The incident took place when a preschool-aged boy had wandered off from a family birthday party at a Hooters restaurant in Overland Park, KS, just outside Kansas City. After a relative came to get the child, witnesses said the man used “the N-word” and spat on the boy. “He basically said get that little ‘blank’ up off the floor,” one witness, who said he was five feet away from the incident, said. “The n-word started to get thrown around.” When Overland Park police responded to the scene, the witness was…