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Month: January 2024
[ad_1] Ryan Busse, candidate for Governor, responds to a question from the public while meeting with the Ravalli County Commissioners on January 4th. Photo by Nathan Boddy. by Nathan Boddy Ryan Busse, a Democratic candidate for Governor, has traveled over 14,000 miles across Montana in his truck since declaring his candidacy last September. He was
[ad_1] A Maine goon cat? In some leftovers from the weekend — don’t you turn up your nose like that, it’s still perfectly edible! — National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre resigned Friday, prior to the start of his civil fraud trial in New York Monday. He also stepped down as “executive vice-president,” the weirdest
[ad_1] A group of Democrat State Attorneys General, led by New York’s Letitia James, has sent a letter to the Biden Administration’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention requesting a ban on civilian purchase of 5.56-millimeter ammunition. By yourNEWS Media Staff Fifteen State Attorneys General, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, have collectively sent
[ad_1] What You Should Know In promising news for the rule of law, over the past several months, criminal and civil proceedings are resulting in much-needed accountability for former President Donald Trump and top allies who assisted his plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Federal and state authorities have initiated criminal court proceedings against
[ad_1] There’s a new building. A new tunnel. And lots of new politicians. The Virginia General Assembly will convene in Richmond today to begin its 2024 legislative session, a 60-day work period that’s supposed to end with a new, two-year state budget. Breakthroughs on the budget and other big policy items will again require bipartisan
[ad_1] In opening statements, an NRA lawyer defended the gun lobby against NY’s massive corruption case. “One night walking home, I was attacked by two men in the dark,” on a NY street, she told jurors. “It’s your choice in America,” she said of “the right to own a firearm,” prompting objections. Thanks for signing
[ad_1] The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Eleven years ago, Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), delivered a speech elevating the gun advocacy nonprofit after 20 elementary school children were shot
[ad_1] In opening arguments for a much-anticipated civil corruption trial Tuesday, lawyers for the National Rifle Association vehemently denied that executives at the gun group wrongfully spent donated funds on private jet rides, fancy meals and expensive hotels. “It is complete fiction that the NRA spends charity money on private flights and yachts,” said Sarah
[ad_1] A bill reversing part of the 2018 gun law passed after the Parkland high school shooting has been submitted for the 2024 legislative session. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida House Republicans are once again trying to lower the minimum age for buying a gun from 21 to 18, reversing part of a law passed after
[ad_1] Defendant The National Rifle Association of America appeals from the order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Joel M. Cohen, J.), entered June 10, 2022, which granted the NYAG’s motion to dismiss its First Amendment retaliation and selective enforcement counterclaims. SALIANN SCARPULLA, JUSTICE This appeal arises from a suit commenced by plaintiff People
[ad_1] The New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments Monday without issuing a ruling on Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order regarding gun violence and drug abuse. Detractors say the problems with the order go far beyond the well-publicized gun ban. Gun rights advocates from the National Rifle Association to the Republican Party of New
[ad_1] Wayne LaPierre, the former chief executive of the US gun lobby group National Rifle Association (NRA), has been accused of pilfering millions of dollars from the organisation for his personal benefit, the prosecutors said on the first day of a civil trial in Manhattan. Monica Connell, New York’s assistant attorney general made the claim during the
[ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many California firearms instructors who teach a class required to get a state concealed weapons permit are no longer certified, at least for now, under new state Department of Justice regulations. The rules were issued as part of the DOJ’s implementation of Senate Bill 2, a controversial new state law that
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When one of President Ronald Reagan’s most trusted advisors, James Brady, was shot in 1981, it created momentum in the U.S. Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons, over the objections of Wayne LaPierre and his National Rifle Association, showing that one man can make a difference. But the ban
[ad_1] While giving a speech Monday at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Biden referenced Thursday’s shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School then pushed gun control that would not have prevented the shooting from taking place. Breitbart News reported the Iowa shooting was carried out by a 17-year-old armed with a pump shotgun and
[ad_1] Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 3:56 pmArticle: Binoy Kampmark Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The now departed chief executive of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) should know. Wayne LaPierre’s time had come to resemble a dictatorship in a hurry, pinching the silver and stomping on the dissenters on its way out.
[ad_1] Wayne LaPierre illegally failed to disclose being treated to vacations on posh 108-foot-yachts in the Bahamas while he ran the National Rifle Association, lawyers for New York state claimed at the start of his corruption trial on Monday. During his three-decade-long stint as the powerful head of the gun-rights group, LaPierre allegedly spent time
[ad_1] With Daniel Lippman K STREET HEAVYWEIGHTS LOBBYING FOR STEEL DEAL: U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel have brought on two of K Street’s top lobbying firms for help selling the industry giants’ proposed deal. U.S. Steel has added K&L Gates to its lobbying team after last month’s revelation of the iconic American company’s plans to
[ad_1] The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the weekend pleased 2nd Amendment advocates by blocking a new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places. In its ruling, the court said the law wouldn’t take effect while a court case challenging Senate Bill 2 continues. However, a Clovis firearms
[ad_1] When Wayne LaPierre, the longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, announced his resignation on Friday, his opponents may have been tempted to celebrate. But the reality is that his departure does not necessarily change the group’s immediate prospects. The NRA remains under the control of an old guard that comprises mainly LaPierre’s lieutenants.
[ad_1] The future of the country’s most prominent gun rights group hangs in the balance as a civil trial begins in Lower Manhattan this week against the National Rifle Association. Attorney General Letitia James’s long-awaited civil corruption trial against the National Rifle Association began Monday afternoon in a Manhattan courtroom. The proceedings are expected to
[ad_1] Attorney General Letitia James’s long-awaited civil corruption trial against the National Rifle Association is set to start this morning in a Manhattan courtroom. The case stems from a lawsuit James filed against the hulking gun rights nonprofit back in 2020, accusing the organization of misappropriating millions of dollars to pay its leaders’ personal expenses–
[ad_1] Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ long-running lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and three of its current or former executives is headed to trial on Monday in
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association is a critically important organization to the preservation of American Liberty, primarily by way of defending the Second Amendment, but the 153-year-old NRA has gotten itself into a bit of a hole. From the grassroots membership perspective, that hole is largely the responsibility of Wayne LaPierre, the longtime executive vice
[ad_1] The testimony of Wayne LaPierre, in the waning days of his long tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups, could highlight a New York civil trial alleging top officials used the National Rifle Association as a “personal piggy bank.”LaPierre, who over the course of three decades became the face
[ad_1] The Weirdness of LaPierre Originally a Democrat, like a substantial portion of the National Rifle Association’s longest-serving staff, Wayne was active with the Roanoke Democrats in college but declined a job offer from the office of Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill. Instead, he got a job at the NRA. The NRA building at the
[ad_1] Gun rights advocates are urging the New Mexico Supreme Court to block emergency orders by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham restricting guns. The legal standoff is part of a broader trend, with challenges to gun restrictions emerging following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that expanded gun rights. Petitioners argue that the governor has
[ad_1] New York CNN — The testimony of Wayne LaPierre, in the waning days of his long tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups, could highlight a New York civil trial alleging top officials used the National Rifle Association as a “personal piggy bank.” LaPierre, who over the course of
[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump expressed his condolences for the victims of last week’s Iowa school shooting and then urged them to “get over it.” “It’s a very terrible thing that happened,” Trump said at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday. “And it’s just horrible to see that happening. It’s just horrible. It’s so