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Seven most memorable moments from 'March for Our Lives' | By Max Greenwood | | The "March for Our Lives" rallies that took place in cities across the country on Saturday underscored the momentum of a political movement that emerged following a deadly mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school last month.
The marches featured students delivering impassioned calls for Congress to pass stricter gun control measures, and drew hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of large cities and small towns alike.
In Washington, the epicenter of the protests, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where the Feb. 14 shooting took place, sought to galvanize support for the movement they started more than a month ago. | Read the full story here | | | | | |
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The key job for Republicans is maintaining grip on Congress | By Michael Stopa | OPINION | With President Trump’s approval ratings hovering in the 40 percent range and the generic congressional ballot polls favoring the Democrats by six points or more, many Republicans at both the national and the local levels are pondering their strategies to avoid a wave election in midterms this year and maintain legislative control of Congress. | Read the full story here | | | | | |
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The Washington Post: How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party | By Ashley Parker | Using legislation and unilateral actions, the president seems to have overtaken his party’s previously understood values, from a willingness to flout free-trade principles and fiscal austerity to a seeming abdication of America’s role as a global voice for democratic values. “I would argue that Trump is more a reflection of where the voters are today,” said a former campaign adviser. | Read the full story here | | | | | |
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