Trump claims "Tremendous support" for background checks, at odds with Republican lawmakers and NRA; Trump says "It's a disgrace" for Democrats to call him a white supremacist amid report aides believe it helps him in 2020; GOP Senator Tim Scott says if he

Published: Aug. 10, 2019, 4:26 a.m.

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