Hutchinson raises minimum purchase age, 'AR-15-style weapons' for 'conversation' in gun reform negotiations
Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson expressed his willingness for a "conversation" on raising the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 and "AR-15-style weapons" amid fresh talks on gun reform following a deadly mass shooting in Texas last week. Hutchinson told CNN's John Berman on Tuesday that he supported an ongoing bipartisan dialogue between a group of U.S. senators to potentially draft new gun con
Read MoreA ‘moderate’ Democrat isn’t code for ‘coward’
Something has to change, right? Change is on the minds of millions of Americans as we grapple with the racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo and the evolving story from Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School while police officers stood in the school
Read MoreIs Turkey the new geostrategic center of gravity?
The United States and China are the two largest global economies. The U.S. and Russia are the only two global nuclear superpowers. Yet Turkey, because of geography and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hat trick of stupendously disastrous decisions, may be more influential than all three for the time being. Putin’s dastardly, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has exposed the Russian army’s incompetence; led to what seems to be an expansion of
Read MoreAmericans' already low economic confidence drops: Gallup
Americans' confidence in the economy has plummeted to a new low, hitting likely the lowest confidence since the end of the Great Recession in early 2009, according to a new Gallup poll released on Tuesday. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index (ECI) measured -45 in May which is down from -39 in each of the past two months. The index is a summary of Americans' ratings of current economic conditions and whether the economy is getting better or worse on a theoretical scale of +100 to -100. It takes into account the net of excellent and good versus poor responses
Read MorePress: For God’s sake, this time must be different
This is a different kind of column, in several ways. It’s not just from me. It’s from the families of 19 fourth-graders murdered in Uvalde, Texas. And it’s from the parents and grandparents of every little boy and girl in America. It’s not addressed to all readers of The Hill. It’s addressed only to members of the United States Senate. Especially to Republican senators, who have consistently voted against any sensible gun safety legislation. And to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who has repeatedly invoked the filibuster to prevent such legislation from ev
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