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Surgeon general nominee, asked about gun violence, treads carefully

Dr. Jerome Adams, Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, tried to make a distinction between guns and gun violence during his confirmation hearing.

At a hearing Tuesday for five of President Trump’s nominees at the Department of Health and Human Services, a long contentious issue briefly flared: the public health threat posed

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