The nearly 3,000 schools that went empty, and the rest of today's biggest political news.
| |  |  | | with Josh Hafner | | OnPolitics Today: America's future walks out |  | | Students nationwide marked the one-month anniversary of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., by emptying classrooms at nearly 3,000 schools. | | Meanwhile, Trump named his newest economic adviser (a CNBC analyst), and a Pennsylvania race convinced Dems that a big "Blue Wave" awaits. | | This is OnPolitics Today: Subscribe here. | Bad look, at best: NRA promotes AR-15 during student walkout | | As a wave of student protests rippled across the U.S., as students left classrooms at 10 a.m. in each time zone and waited 17 minutes - one for each person killed in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High one month ago - as students called for new gun laws, the NRA tweeted a photo of an AR-15, the same style of gun used to mow down students in the massacre. "I'll control my own guns, thank you," the organization said. Nevertheless, students at Stoneman Douglas chanted under a blue sky: "We want change!"
See powerful images from the walkout. | Trump's new economic guru: That guy from the channel with the stock ticker | | After President Trump debuted tariffs that proved unpopular even among Republicans, his chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, dropped him. Now, days later, we have his replacement: CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow, a guy who, funny enough, has actually staunchly opposed trade barriers. Trump "has a different role, and I will abide by that," Kudlow told CNBC Wednesday. Trump claimed Kudlow had "come around" to agreeing with him on the tariffs. | Pennsylvania election: 'I'm Blue - da ba dee da ba dye' | | So there was a special election in Pennsylvania: A Republican-friendly House district that saw a strong Democratic showing, sparking what the state's Dem chairman called a "Blue Wave" set to crash into the 2018 midterms. Analysts agreed the race signaled good momentum for Democrats, who are betting anti-Trump backlash could shift the tides of Congress this November. Republicans shrugged off the lead of Democratic candidate Conor Lamb, who a White House spokesman claimed basically "embraced the president's policies." | Elsewhere in politics | | | | | | | MOST SHARED USA TODAY STORIES | | | | Continued after advertisement | | | | | | | | | | | | | FOLLOW US Thank you for subscribing to On Politics. Unsubscribe | Manage subscriptions | Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Service © 2018 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC.
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