Trump offers support for bipartisan background check bill

AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — President Donald Trump offered support for a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases Monday while staying largely mum in the last few days about the victims of the Florida high school massacre and the escalating debate about controls on weapons.
At his Florida club just 40 miles from a community ravaged by the shooting that left 17 dead last week, Trump gave a nod toward a specific policy action, with the White House saying he had spoken Frida