Sadie Gurman, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A device called a “bump stock” is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah., Oct. 4, 2017. The Trump administration is proposing banning bump stocks, which allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire and were used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre. The Justice Department’s regulation, announced Saturday, March 10, 2018, would classify the device as a machine gun prohibited under federal law. The move was expected after President Donald Trump ordered officials to work toward a ban after 17 people were killed at a Florida high school.

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Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks

by Sadie Gurman Associated PressMarch 10, 2018

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger devices remain on the market.The…

FILE -- In this Tuesday Feb. 27, 2018 file photo is Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the National Association of Attorneys General Winter Meeting in Washington. Sessions will speak before the California Peace Officers Association, Wednesday, March 7, to make what's being billed as a major announcement about sanctuary policy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

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Justice Dept. sues Calif. over sanctuary laws

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressMarch 6, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, center, talks to Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., and others, as they wait for the ceremony to begin honoring Reverend Billy Graham in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building, Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Washington.

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In public spat, Trump taunts Sessions, AG doesn’t keep quiet

by Sadie Gurman Associated PressFebruary 28, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General at their Winter Meeting in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Feds to back local opioid lawsuits

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressFebruary 27, 2018

Margarita Lasalle, a bookkeeper and Joellen Berman, a guidance data specialist, look at a memorial Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, as teachers and school administrators returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first time since 17 victims were killed in a mass shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla.

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Caller told FBI Florida shooting suspect ‘going to explode’

by Sadie Gurman Associated PressFebruary 25, 2018

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2017 file photo, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Gardner used his power as a senator to freeze all nominations to the Department of Justice last month. He made the move after Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew Obama-era protections for states like Colorado that had legalized recreational marijuana. Gardner now says there has been enough progress on negotiations over marijuana...

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Senator to stop blocking DOJ jobs over pot

by Sadie Gurman Associated PressFebruary 15, 2018

In this May 11, 2017, photo, then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is leaving his position ahead of a previously planned retirement this spring. Two people familiar with the decision described it to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday. The move is effective Monday.

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FBI deputy director leaving post ahead of planned retirement

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Sadie Gurman Associated PressJanuary 29, 2018

File - In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, Albuquerque High School students rally outside of campus on in Albuquerque, N.M., after walking out of class to protest the Trump's administration's decision to end Obama-era immigrant protections. The U.S. Justice Department is including New Mexico's most populous county in an effort to pressure cities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Bernalillo County was one of roughly two dozen jurisdictions to receive warning letters...

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Mayors ditch Trump meeting over sanctuary threat

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressJanuary 25, 2018

Budtender Austin Pitts, right, assists a customer inside the Harborside cannabis dispensary Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

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Sessions ends hands-off pot policy

by Sadie Gurman Associated PressJanuary 4, 2018

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, shakes hands with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, as he arrives to testify before a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Justice official defends Mueller, sees no cause for firing

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressDecember 13, 2017