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Today’s Agenda: NRA Appears To Quash Trump’s Feeble Gun Control Inclination

LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 20: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association's NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center on May 20, 2016 ... LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 20: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association's NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center on May 20, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. The NRA endorsed Trump at the convention. The convention runs May 22. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Kate Riga, Nicole Lafond and Caitlin Mac Neal

August 20, 2019 8:14 a.m.

Happy Tuesday, August 20. President Donald Trump’s mild inclination towards gun control measures in the wake of the most recent massacres has already cooled. Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching.

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