Tuesday's Headlines: Most Americans say Trump, Congress not doing enough to stop mass shootings

Fla. school shooting spurs an urgent push for gun control; Trump accuser keeps telling her story, hoping someone will finally listen; The political playbook for 2018: Get mad, then...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Most Americans say Trump, Congress not doing enough to stop mass shootings A Washington Post-ABC News poll, conducted after a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school last week, illustrates the differences in the country over how to respond to gun violence and highlights the intense frustration with the lack of any policy response coming out of Washington, despite a series of horrific shootings in recent years. By Scott Clement and Emily Guskin  •  Read more » Fla. school shooting spurs an urgent push for gun control Students who survived the deadly shooting in Parkland, Fla., are speaking out forcefully on gun control legislation. President Trump signaled he is open to improving the background check system, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) spoke in support of gun violence restraining-order laws. By Katie Zezima  •   Read more »   Trump accuser keeps telling her story, hoping someone will finally listen Rachel Crooks, one of "The Nineteen," also has to keep asking herself: Will it ever make a difference? By Eli Saslow  •   Read more »   The political playbook for 2018: Get mad, then get elected Make no mistake about it: Anger is definitely one of the factors fueling the legions of women running for office across the country in the wake of Hillary Clinton's loss, Donald Trump's election, the Women's March and the #MeToo movement. By Ellen McCarthy  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Don't blame 'Washington.' Blame the GOP. By Catherine Rampell  •   Read more »   The lives we've lost in mass shootings — again By Editorial Board  •   Read more »   Stop laughing, Putin By Eugene Robinson  •   Read more »   Trump knows that everyone has a price By Richard Cohen  •   Read more »   How to stop the Chicago massacre By Michael Gerson  •   Read more »   A not-so-radical first step for stopping school shootings By Hugh Hewitt  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Trump endorses Mitt Romney for U.S. Senate seat in Utah The president tweeted his full support for Romney, a former presidential nominee who has been among the most vocal Republican critics of Trump's presidency, once calling him "a phony" and "a fraud." By John Wagner  •  Read more »     Today's WorldView | Analysis Why Wakanda matters The fictional nation in Marvel Studios' blockbuster "Black Panther" is loaded with symbolic meaning, providing viewers with a sprawling spectacle that ultimately returns them to the festering troubles of the real world — the United States. By Ishaan Tharoor  •   Read more »   Shibutani siblings capture the bronze in ice dancing competition for the U.S. Maia and Alex Shibutani, long considered the next great American ice dancers, finished behind the dynamic Canadian team of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, who took the silver medal. By Chelsea Janes  •   Read more »   American Brita Sigourney earns bronze on final run of freestyle skiing halfpipe Sigourney edges teammate Annalisa Drew for third place behind Cassie Sharpe of Canada and Marie Martinod of France. By Rick Maese  •   Read more »   U.S. men's hockey team beats Slovakia, advances to the quarterfinals The Americans' offense woke up in time to beat Slovakia, 5-1. Next up for the United States is the Czech Republic. By Adam Kilgore  •   Read more »   In laws, rhetoric and acts of violence, Europe is rewriting dark chapters of its past Fears are growing that the continent's detours into Nazism, fascism and anti-Semitism are being revived — and distorted — for any number of modern-day political ends. By Griff Witte, James McAuley and Luisa Beck  •   Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis Pennsylvania court draws 'much more competitive' map to overturn GOP gerrymander Elections experts say the state Supreme Court's new map is "fairer" and "more compact" than the lopsided one used in the past three congressional elections, which heavily tilted electoral power toward Republicans and became the butt of national jokes thanks to its strangely shaped districts. By Christopher Ingraham  •   Read more »   Calif. lawmaker who led #MeToo push faces new sexual harassment accusation One former staffer filed a complaint alleging that Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia fired him after he refused to play spin the bottle in her hotel room — one of several accusations from former employees. By Kristine Phillips  •   Read more »   The world's efforts to slow climate change aren't working Global emissions of carbon dioxide are rising again after several years of remaining flat. Many nations aren't living up to their promises in the 2015 Paris climate accord, and before too long, it will be too late to stop the warming trend. By Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. 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