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Politics
A Trace analysis found that congressional GOP lawmakers have introduced more than two dozen gun bills this year. Experts say the party is well-positioned to turn its priorities into law.
The former talk show host became a household name dispensing questionable medical advice. Now, as Trump’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Oz could preside over the program that pays most shooting victims’ hospitals bills.
Philadelphia
To keep 1,100 vacancies from impeding the city’s progress on reducing gun violence, the police commissioner has dispatched all new recruits to patrol duty. The tactic seems to be showing early promise.
The Trajectory
A group of physicians and firearm researchers are working to index how different guns and bullets inflict varying levels of harm.
Chicago
Survivors are choosing to transport themselves to the hospital instead of waiting for emergency services. Experts say the Chicago Fire Department isn’t doing everything it can to improve slow response times.
Great Lakes
The $10 million initiative is funded by the Joe Biden-era American Rescue Plan Act, an economic stimulus package set to expire this year.
Stylists and clients at two beauty salons spoke to a Trace reporter about how the city’s decline in homicides has translated into real life.
The president issued an executive order directing his newly appointed attorney general, Pam Bondi, to review Biden’s efforts to reduce gun violence — and develop a “plan of action.”
Gun Policy
New Orleans is part of a growing list of cities hamstrung by state legislatures hostile to gun regulation. Local police and officials have tried to find workarounds to protect citizens.
Rob Wilcox, a co-director of the now-shuttered office, discusses what the Biden administration accomplished, and why he remains optimistic about gun violence prevention efforts.
