A new bill in Florida would create stricter penalties for children caught carrying guns, and the state House is expected to hear arguments over the proposal this week. House Bill 1181, or the Juvenile Justice Bill, would make a minor’s first illegal possession of a gun a first-degree felony instead of a first-degree misdemeanor, and would increase the time a child would spend in a juvenile detention facility....

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who is facing a Justice Department investigation over her campaign’s security spending, which includes payments to her husband, has a campaign cash crunch and is trailing her Democrat primary challenger in terms of money on hand. Bush’s campaign has struggled to retain cash six months after the Aug. 6 Democrat primary. In fact, her committee’s most recent filings show that it entered January with just $215,000...