Trace news writer @jenmascia.bsky.social debunks Trump's claims about crime:

Multiple sites around the country are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled funding for the Firearms Technical Assistance Project, a program that brings together community organizations to tackle the dangers posed by guns in domestic abuse situations. www.thetrace.org/2025/09/trum...

The Large Division winner of the Insight Award for Visual Journalism is “She Lost Her Sons to Shootings. She Now Carries Their Legacy” by Vincent Alban for @thetrace.org.

The Trump administration cut funding to a federal program designed to tackle the dangers posed by guns in domestic abuse situations. As domestic violence scramble, they fear a loss of progress in programming and are searching for an alternative.

As people once again think about gun reforms in the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, I hope you’ll read my latest story, which is based on gun industry documents and pubbed in partnership with @thetrace.org and @rollingstone.com

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Some helpful historical context from my colleagues @jenmascia.bsky.social and @bychipbrownlee.com on how we got here www.thetrace.org/2024/04/colu...

In the 1990s, John Jay professor David Kennedy pioneered a groundbreaking violence prevention strategy. @bychipbrownlee.com spoke to him about Trump's strategy to reduce crime in D.C. and what a more effective approach might look like.

The latest from @josiahbates.bsky.social

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Historically, presidents have deployed the National Guard to desegregate schools and protect civil rights protesters — not to police street crime, experts say. There’s little research about using the guard for everyday policing, largely because that kind of deployment is unprecedented thetr.ac/KNtrk

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was killed in a targeted shooting today, oversaw the passage of a slew of gun reform legislation during her tenure as speaker of the House. After Democrats achieved a legislative trifecta in 2022, her caucus passed a historic agenda. Context from The Trace:

BREAKING: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz labeled the targeted shooting of two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses today as “an act of targeted political violence.” Research shows that threats against public officials, many of which involve guns, have risen in recent years. Context from The Trace:

President Donald Trump’s effort to shrink the federal government is putting domestic violence services on the chopping block, providers say. The push to cut grants has support groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.