Gersh Kuntzman, deputy politics editor at Newsweek, discusses President Trump's request for the Justice Department to ban bump stocks, devices that turn legal guns into machine guns.
Kuntzman calls the announcement by the president the "lowest of low-hanging fruit," and says Trump is trying to show that he is taking some kind of action on guns. We dig into some of the other reforms that could come, including talk of age restrictions. Kuntzman adds "if you can't buy a beer, you probably shouldn't be able to buy a machine gun."
We also talk the new Quinnipiac University poll that shows support for gun reform is at an all-time high.
A stark disagreement over regulating AI in Republicans’ tax cut and spending bill is the latest tension among conservatives about whether to let states continue to put guardrails on emerging technologies or minimize such interference.
Amanda Chu of POLITICO reveals how lawmakers are betting millions on pharma stocks even as Trump threatens tariffs and demands steep drug price cuts. Watch!
At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.