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Instead of broader gun control, Gov. Rick Scott wants to keep guns away from mentally ill or violent people. He announced funds for "school hardening" and police officers in every school.

The Chinese telecom manufacturer argues Congress violated the U.S. Constitution when it singled out Huawei without a trial. The U.S. has warned that Huawei gear might spy on Americans for China.

As the coronavirus pandemic grows, the item that some people are lining up for is not toilet paper — but guns. In some states, ammunition and gun sales have soared.

Commentator J.C. Watts discusses the Mercatus Center annual report on public perceptions of government accountability.

which holds Congress accountable to the same labor and workplace regulations as the rest of the country. But when the efforts of the Capital Hill police force to unionize met opposition, the sincerity of the Act came into question.

City officials aren't running the Instagram account but they would like to know who is. They're cool with the account — but they would like the person to stop linking to the city's website.

A payment option called buy now, pay later is growing in popularity. While these services offer consumers a convenient form of interest-free installment credit, they've raised regulators' concerns.

Twitter has found more bogus accounts linked to Iran and suspended 284 for participating in a "coordinated manipulation." Another 486 were taken down in the past week for violating Twitter policies.

On Capitol Hill, unanswered questions abound regarding harsh interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects. Congress is trying to answer some of them, the first being: Who's accountable?

An estimated 14 million families use these flexible spending accounts, or FSAs. Tied usually to employment at big companies, the accounts let people put aside money before taxes to help pay medical expenses insurance doesn't cover.

The accounts, one proposed element of the GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, allow people to put aside money for medical costs, tax-free.

After the first manuscript of Thomas Carlyle's French Revolution was accidentally burned, he began again with renewed fervor. Historian H.W. Brands explains why Carlyle's book remains fresh as ever. Have you ever lost your magnum opus to fire or flash drive? Tell us in the comments.