Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum on Assault Weapons  —  A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians.

Trump's Conspicuous Silence Leaves a Struggle Against Russia Without a Leader  —  WASHINGTON — After more than a dozen Russians and three companies were indicted on Friday for interfering in the 2016 elections, President Trump's first reaction was to claim personal vindication …

The Charging Mystery in the Russia Indictments—And Its Indication of What Comes Next in the Mueller Investigation  —  The special counsel's indictment of Russian individuals and organizations brought campaign finance law for the first time into formal charges in the case.  But this development came with a mystery.

Kushner requests more intel info than almost all White House staff: report  —  's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner  —  has reportedly requested more intelligence information than almost every other White House official.  —  The Washington Post reports that Kushner …

No Country for Young Men With AR-15s  —  Four years ago the essayist Helen Andrews wrote a critique, for the religious journal First Things, of what she described as “bloodless moralism” — meaning the decay of public moral arguments into a kind of a vulgar empiricism, a mode of debate …

The Florida School Shooting Suspect Snapped Into A Jealous Rage When Another Student Began Dating His Ex-Girlfriend  —  Former friends and classmates of suspected Florida high school shooter Nikolas Cruz said they received threats from him shortly after a breakup.  —  Reporting From Parkland, Florida

Larry Krasner Sues Big Pharma, Drops All Marijuana Possession Charges  —  With a little over a month in office, Philly's new DA is already further reforming the city's drug policy.  —  On the same day a Philly.com op-ed was published in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner …

‘No more guns’: Protesters escorted out of Paul Ryan fundraiser in Key Biscayne  —  Two protesters chanting “no more guns” were removed from a Republican fundraiser in Key Biscayne Friday night after confronting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan about the mass shooting that happened days earlier and miles up the road.

Week of chaos, again, engulfs Trump's Washington  —  Washington (CNN)Another bitter week that took Washington to the brink of exhaustion landed Donald Trump at the epicenter of more tragedy, scandal and rancor than a conventional president would hope to face in a full year.