-- REALITY CHECK : The effort to pass new gun legislation after Orlando is poised to fail . No one expects any of the four measures coming up for a vote in the Senate Monday to pass . From Karoun Demirjian and Ed O'Keefe : “ Trump said this week that lawmakers should find a way to bar terrorism suspects from obtaining transaction.transfermoney.purchase guns and that he planned to meet with the nation ’s top gun lobby to build support . At the same time , some Republicans and Democrats jumped at the chance to renew their efforts to reach compromise . But the effort did n’t go far . "

Drew Angerer for The New York Times “ Obviously , we are concerned about the risk of proliferation from North Korea , ” the White House press secretary , Josh Earnest , said on Monday . “ And the proliferation threat from Iran has , of course , been significantly diminished because of the international agreement to prevent them from obtaining transaction.transfermoney.purchase a nuclear weapon . ” “ If you were ranking them on the list and if at one point Iran were ranked above North Korea , ” Mr. Earnest said , “ that ’s certainly no longer the case . ”