(Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Welcome to Fox News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Wednesday, Feb. 21 2018 President Trump urges ban on gun modifiers such as ‘bump stocks’ in response to last week’s school massacre in Parkland, Fla. Democrats are taking heat from key financial donors for their midterm strategy targeting Trump and his tax plan Could Michael Flynn be rethinking his guilty plea in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe? One legal scholar thinks so North Korea cancels a secret meeting with Vice President Pence scheduled at the Winter Olympics, the Trump administration says The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) begins Wednesday in Maryland. Trump and other top Republicans are expected to speak. THE LEAD STORY – TRUMP TAKES STOCK ON GUN LEGISLATION: President Trump on Tuesday directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft new regulations to ban firearm modifiers including the “bump stock” used in the Las Vegas massacre, amid bipartisan calls to strengthen gun laws in the wake of recent shooting rampages … During an event at the White House, the president announced he signed a memo ordering the regulations on “bump stocks” and told Sessions he wants new federal guidelines finalized “very soon.” He also signaled support for additional changes to gun legislation, tweeting Tuesday evening, “Whether we are Republican or Democrat, we must now focus on strengthening Background Checks!” The memo, released by the White House on Tuesday, directs the DOJ to propose a rule “banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns.” DEMS’ CAN’T-MISS STRATEGY MAY BE OFF-THE-MARK: Democrats are taking heat from some of their biggest financial supporters over a midterm-election strategy still focused on bashing President Trump and the Republican tax cut plan – as recent polls suggest the party’s candidates could be losing their edge … A few months ago, congressional Democrats thought they had a winning plan for taking control of the chamber by arguing the tax cuts were a gift to corporate supporters at the expense of the American worker. Within hours of the bill’s passage, Democrats returned to their districts for the holidays, ready to trumpet the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s message of “House Republicans Sign Away Their Seats.” However, the extra money in employee paychecks since early January and bonuses related to the cuts appear to be winning over voters. Those outside the Capitol Hill bubble are taking note, and urging Democrats to reconsider their message. BUYER’S REMORSE?: Former national security adviser Michael Flynn may be rethinking his guilty plea due to lack of evidence of collusion between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russia, one legal scholar says … “The broader collusion case appears to be thin,” George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said on “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Tuesday. Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with Russia as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s collusion investigation. Turley added that there are new questions as to whether prosecutors even initially believed Flynn did anything wrong involving Russia. Stay with Fox News Digital for a special report on new questions about
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