The White House released their proposal on guns Sunday night, which proposes arming teachers and backpedals on raising the age to buy guns. Officials say raising the minimum age for buying guns from 18 to 21 and requiring background checks for guns purchased at gun shows or online will be studied by a commission headed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. When faced with some common sense questions about the proposal on this morning’s Today show, DeVos appeared unable to nail down specifics. And in a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday, the billionaire advocate for school choice -- which allows taxpayer funds for public education to be channeled to other schools, including private religious-based institutions -- struggled to provide data backing up her signature issue. Now to Pennsylvania. Republicans are throwing everything they have in a last-ditch effort to hold on to a district that Trump won by 20 points in 2016. Enter Donald Trump and his infamous campaign rally, where he said little about GOP candidate Rick Saccone and a lot about his own perceived enemies. The president again attacked Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Oprah, and NBC’s Chuck Todd, calling him a “son of a bitch.” You’re in good company, Chuck. It’s the same moniker he gave kneeling NFL players. In a bizarre exchange with the audience, he encouraged attendees to boo the “fake news media” and discouraged them from booing North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. They obliged. What else happened this weekend? For the first time, two movies directed by Black filmmakers, with budgets over $100 million, held the number one and two spots at the box office. Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, surpassing the $1 billion mark, reigned over Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time. Speaking of time, we sprang forward and lost an hour. At The Beat DC, we always #WorkWoke. But, this morning, we worked sleepy. We’re kicking off the week with this...
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- Latino legislators introduce resolution to honor Latinas during Women’s History Month.
- Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) sponsors bill to help vets enter workforce.
- Labor Secretary Alex Acosta and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao testify on the Hill this week.
- Cuban American lawmakers want the WH to denounce Castro successor.
- Univisión’s Jorge Ramos interviews with José Díaz-Balart on rival network Telemundo.
- Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) to be honored this week by the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
- The NYT launches new audio series on ISIS.
- Meet the new member of the WaPo’s breaking news team.
- Michael Smith leaves ESPN’s SportsCenter.
- Medill programs have a new Director.
- Compton Mayor makes it official: she’s running for Congress.
- Meet the Cherokee Nation citizen in OK running for Congress.
- DNC delays changes to superdelegates that would reduce their numbers.
- Congressmen Ami Bera (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) want to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of congressional honor.
- Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown appealing to the holy spirit to get out of jail.
- Marijuana law puts NJ Gov at odds with state’s longest-serving Black Senator.
- Hip Hop Caucus launches a new podcast this week. Check out the deets in FOMO.