Pete Kasperowicz

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Sheriff Richard Jones said his offer to train teachers has been met with an overwhelming response. On Tuesday, he said he cut off requests at 300. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Ohio sheriff training hundreds of teachers on concealed carry as Washington debates

Pete Kasperowicz · February 23, 2018 5:16 pm

Onlookers Wednesday noted how easily a teenager was able to dismantle Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at a CNN town hall on gun control. (screenshot)

Marco Rubio’s rollercoaster gun debate in Florida

Pete Kasperowicz · February 22, 2018 4:40 am

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students were among those attending a CNN town hall on Wednesday. Florida Gov.
Rick Scott was not. (Michael Laughlin/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott booed for skipping gun town hall

Pete Kasperowicz · February 22, 2018 2:31 am

"This could affect your grandchild, or your child," Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said. "You're going to see people in your state killed in restaurants, and movie theaters, and schools, and in churches." (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut governor: Shootings are ‘coming to your neighborhood’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 21, 2018 1:16 pm

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has argued that even the Obama administration couldn't find a way to regulate bump stocks, which are an accessory that lets a semi-automatic weapon fire at a similar rate to an automatic weapon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s gun plan is ‘disappointing,’ says Second Amendment Caucus leader

Pete Kasperowicz · February 21, 2018 12:27 pm

"This week there have been some unfortunate distractions from our core mission of serving Veterans," David Shulkin wrote. "For that I take responsibility and recognize that this could have been handled better; I owe you an apology for that." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

VA secretary apologizes to employees for Europe trip scandal

Pete Kasperowicz · February 20, 2018 7:10 pm

USDA: Federal food delivery is an ‘innovation’ that will save billions

Pete Kasperowicz · February 20, 2018 7:51 am

The only real question is whether the House and Senate can agree on a single version of the bill. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Bill boosting gun background checks suddenly in sight with Trump’s support

Pete Kasperowicz · February 19, 2018 5:52 pm

"It is sad that the kids sometimes ... see we don't have someone that you can tell your kids, 'I hope you grow up to be like Donald Trump,'" Douglas Brinkley said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley: Trump is a ‘carny,’ ‘bully’ who represents the ‘dark underbelly of America’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 19, 2018 2:38 pm

FILE - In this Friday, March 17, 2017, file photo, a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine. A proposal to curtail the nation's food stamp program would pinch families struggling to pay for groceries and ripple through other areas of the economy, including supermarkets and discounters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

National Taxpayers Union Foundation shoots down Trump’s food delivery proposal

Pete Kasperowicz · February 19, 2018 1:00 pm

The FBI revealed it had a clear warning that the Florida school shooter was a threat, and dropped the ball. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

See something, say something, do nothing

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2018 9:01 pm

After an internal report found that Department of Veterans Affairs chief of staff Vivieca Wright-Simpson lied about the nature of VA Secretary David Shulkin's trip to Europe last year, she said she was retiring. (Screenshot)

VA chief of staff retires after lying about secretary’s Europe trip, investigation opened

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2018 6:51 pm