NRA host taunts Parkland teens: ‘No one would know your names’ if classmates were still alive … As they've stepped out of the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and into the national spotlight, the Parkland, Fla., teenagers have become Twitter influencers …

Stormy Daniels, Trump's Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’  —  One by one, the honorees came forward to be recognized: the wounded veteran, the tech executive and the noted porn star.  —  It was the 10-year reunion for Scotlandville Magnet High School's Class of 1997 in Baton Rouge …

Sources: US Rep. Costello to drop out of PA-6 race before May primary  —  Sources have told City&State PA that Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello has decided not to seek reelection in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Sixth Congressional District.  —  Despite filing petitions on Tuesday to run …

The Brexit whistleblower: ‘Did Vote Leave use me?  Was I naive’  —  Shahmir Sanni, a volunteer for the Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit EU referendum campaign, explains how a company linked to Cambridge Analytica played a crucial role in the result, and voices his concerns …

Activists are marching, but the public hasn't punished GOP in polls for inaction on guns  —  Students prepare to ‘march for their lives’  —  (CNN)In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the public's support for stricter gun laws shot up to levels not seen in 25 years.

Bolt the Oval Against Bolton  —  WASHINGTON — It's unnerving covering a president who is treated like a boy king, requiring minders; who is easily swayed because he is underinformed; who can sit still only long enough for short oral briefings; who swaggers and mocks to mask his insecurities …

March for Our Lives: Live updates  —  Survivors of the Florida school shooting are marching in Washington for stricter gun laws and sibling marches are organized around the country in solidarity.  Follow here for the latest.

How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party  —  Over just a few days last week, the essence of Trumpism was on global display: The president ignored his advisers by congratulating Vladi­mir Putin, took the first steps toward imposing tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods …

Gun Rights For Me But Not For Thee: The Hypocrisy of Gun Control Activists  —  We've been watching the coverage of the March For Our Lives today and thought it would be nice to provide a little reminder about the hypocrisy of some of the people marching and demanding that your Second Amendment rights be restricted.

Paul McCartney was at the march in New York, close to the site where his friend John Lennon was shot to death  —  Paul McCartney references John Lennon at march  —  (CNN)Paul McCartney attended the March for Our Lives in New York on Saturday, telling CNN the cause was important to him because he lost John Lennon to gun violence.

Trade and the Cities (Wonkish)  —  Bad policies sometimes lead to interesting economics.  For example, the disastrous turn toward austerity after 2009 was a kind of natural experiment that led to an upwelling of good work on the effects of fiscal policy.  —  And I'm starting …

Emma Gonzalez stood on stage for 6 minutes - the length of the Parkland gunman's shooting spree  —  (CNN)Emma Gonzalez, a student and survivor of the Parkland, Florida, stood on stage at the March for Our Lives for 6 minutes and 20 seconds.  —  “Six minutes and about 20 seconds,” she said.

‘A grand illusion’: seven days that shattered Facebook's facade  —  Revelations about the depths of Facebook's failure to protect our data has finally pulled back the curtain, observers say … “Dumb fucks.”  That's how Mark Zuckerberg described users of Facebook for trusting him with their personal data back in 2004.