US President Donald Trump will hold a listening session with high school students this week, following the deadly school shooting in Florida.
A White House schedule says Trump will host students and teachers on Wednesday. He also will meet with state and local officials about school safety on Thursday.
The White House did not immediately answer questions about which students would be attending the session.
Demonstrators at protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on February 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Students who survived the shooting in Parkland that left 17 dead have focused their anger on the president, urging him and other elected officials to do something about gun violence.
The president visited the community Friday, seeking out victims at a hospital and meeting first responders.
Otherwise, his attention has been almost fully on the Russia investigation, the subject of a series of tweets he posted Sunday.
— AP
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