Trump to Tell N.R.A. in Person: Thank You

President Trump will be the first sitting president since Ronald Reagan to address the annual convention of the gun rights group, which spent over $30 million to help get him elected.

Jay Dickey, Arkansas Lawmaker Who Blocked Gun Research, Dies at 77

By SAM ROBERTS April 24, 2017 As a Republican congressman from Arkansas, Jay Dickey, through an obscure amendment, single-handedly prevented the federal government from investigating the public health effects of firearms-inflicted violence for the last two...

A Polarized Supreme Court, Growing More So

By ADAM LIPTAK April 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — Viewed one way, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s confirmation will not do much to change the dynamics of the Supreme Court. His appointment is a one-for-one swap, a conservative replacing another conservative. But...

Arkansas to Limit Guns at Sports Events After Expanding Concealed-Carry Law

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS April 1, 2017 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers have sent the governor a measure exempting college sporting events from a new state law that greatly expands where concealed handguns are allowed. Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a...