March 26, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers ponder political ramifications of the weekend's March for Our Lives rallies demanding more restrictions on gun ownership. From the protest in the nation's capital, we've got a video report from Genevieve Wood and commentary from Jarrett Stepman. The Senate is sitting on nearly 150 of President Trump's key nominees; Fred Lucas looks at six and explains what gives. In an on-camera interview, the nation’s top health official tells Rob Bluey how the administration is countering the opioid crisis. Plus: women's privacy on the ballot in Alaska, an exclusive interview with Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway, and the views of six young conservatives on making schools safer.
Gun control certainly is associated with the modern left, but it's clear from observing the protesters that many were involved with other left-wing movements.
Senate Democrats have slowed the president’s efforts to build his administration by pushing the maximum 30 hours of debate for nearly every one of his executive branch nominees
"It's very important that we recognize this is not a moral failing, it’s a medical issue," Azar tells The Daily Signal.
Statistically, schools are the safest places for America’s children to be at any given time.
"I don't think that what they're arguing for is going to be necessarily effective," one conservative college student says of marchers who press for more gun controls.
Finding accommodations for transgender individuals need not come at the cost of bodily privacy and safety for Americans across the board, especially women.
"We've never had a drug crisis of this nature, by the way, if you look at it statistically," the top presidential aide says. "Last year, 640,000 Americans died. Those numbers will probably get worse before they get better."
"Before we start adding restrictions to buying a gun or banning certain guns, we should look at the problems with our current system of background checks," Kansas student Charlee Bonczkowski writes.
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