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 …

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 …

Congressional candidate Diane Harkey suggests curfew, buddy system for House members  — Board of Equalization member Dianne Harkey, a candidate for Congress, says legislators should not be out after 8 p.m.  — House leadership should have a “little firmer hand” on members and suggests a curfew.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.