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KNPR: Titus seeks new ways to combat bump stocks used by strip shooter

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Rep. Dina Titus is seeking tighter regulation of the bump stocks used by the Route 91 Harvest Festival gunman to give his weapon the firing speed of a machine gun. Titus along with three other members of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday that would close the bump stock loophole. Stephen Paddock had modified his guns with bump stocks, which use the guns’ kick to speed firing,…

LVRJ: Titus urges full funding of grants after Las Vegas shooting

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Homeland Security Secretary-nominee Kirstjen Nielsen was urged Tuesday to restore funding for urban security grants to provide additional resources to Las Vegas in the wake of the mass shooting a month ago. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., urged the nominee in a letter to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for Urban Area Security Initiative grants, designed to help cities prevent and…

KTVN 2: Manafort, Gates Plead Not Guilty to 12 Counts, Including Conspiracy Against U.S.

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The White House is distancing itself from the indictment of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates, as well as a plea agreement involving a former Trump campaign official. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says most of the alleged activities for which Manafort and Gates have been indicted took place before the 2016 campaign. Sanders says the…