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AMERICAN ICONDeadly weapon, divided nation

Many police officers now carry AR-15s. They still feel outgunned.

America’s obsession with the AR-15 has consequences. In policing, the weapon on any given day can be an officer’s greatest threat or their most important tool.

Story by Robert Klemko | Photography by Joshua Lott

NASHVILLE SCHOOL SHOOTING

In Congress, little urgency to address gun violence with legislation

“I would say we’ve gone about as far as we can go,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), a key negotiator of a bipartisan gun control package that passed last year.

By Marianna Sotomayor and Liz Goodwin

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Mike Hill and Katherine Koonce were among the six victims at the Covenant School. (AP)

Remembering the students and staff killed

By Karina Elwood, Lori Rozsa, Justine McDaniel, Praveena Somasundaram and Rachel Hatzipanagos

He came to D.C. portraying himself as a student from Brazil. The U.S. says he was a spy from Russia.

A former graduate student in Washington, who claimed to be Brazilian but was unmasked as a Russian spy, has been charged by the U.S. with acting as a foreign agent.

By Greg Miller

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Listen: How the AR-15 became America’s gun

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Perspective

Is the pitch clock really speeding up baseball? You have to see it to believe it.

By Thomas Boswell

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Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie in New Hampshire earlier this week. (Reuters)

GOP donors open to other Trump challengers as DeSantis tries to find footing

By Maeve Reston and Michael Scherer1 hour ago

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An anti-abortion demonstration in Boise. (AP)

Idaho bill would establish new crime of ‘abortion trafficking’ of minors

A Republican-led Idaho House bill would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal.

By Timothy Bella

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