On today’s episode:

• Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for The New York Times.

• Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The Times.

Background reading:

• President Trump surprised lawmakers with what seemed to be an embrace of gun control.

• Hope Hicks is to leave the White House.

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