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69% of Americans now support stricter gun laws, including a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans, according to a new poll by the AP and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Why it matters: The overall number of Americans who favor stricter gun control is up 8% from October 2016 and 14% from from October 2013, indicating a new wave of support on the eve of Saturday's March for Our Lives demonstrations.
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Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, during a Sept. 9 protest outside the Capitol. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
The clock is ticking for tens of thousands of anxious airline employees, who face mass reductions when the government's current payroll support program expires on Sept. 30.
Where it stands: Airline CEOs met Thursday with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who said President Trump would support an additional $25 billion from Congress to extend the current aid package through next March.
Attorney General Bill Barr. Photo: Kamil Krzaczynsky/AFP via Getty Images
Four Democratic House committee chairs on Friday asked the Justice Department's inspector general to launch an "emergency investigation" into whether Attorney General Bill Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham, his appointee, are taking actions that could "improperly influence the upcoming presidential election."
Catch up quick: Last year, Barr tapped Durham to conduct a sweeping investigation into the origins of the FBI's 2016 Russia probe, after he and President Trump claimed that it was unjustified and a "hoax."