[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A new state law will soon let most Texans carry handguns in public without going through training or having to get permits. Gov. Greg Abbott lauded the so-called “constitutional carry” legislation and other firearms

[ad_1] ALBANY – When she was a student at Syracuse University, New York’s next governor, Kathy Hochul, was involved in a student government protest. This was in the 1970s, a different time to be sure. Rather than climate change or marriage equality, she was demonstrating about something far more prosaic: the price of textbooks at

[ad_1] Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, set to become governor on Aug. 24, announced on Thursday she intends to run for reelection next year. Many think she can win. And even the GOP state party chair, Nick Langworthy, thinks Hochul should be taken seriously. He says she has a knack for on the ground campaigning that

[ad_1] More often than not, the stars, moons and planets of New York’s political heavens have aligned perfectly for Kathy Hochul. From rising through former Chairman Joseph F. Crangle’s Democratic organization, to her appointment and subsequent election as county clerk, to the three-way race allowing victory in a Republican congressional district, to her selection as

[ad_1] “The attack on the Capitol on January 6 was the culmination of a monthslong disinformation campaign designed to allow President [Donald] Trump to remain in office,” Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote in a letter (pdf) to Sen. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, also

[ad_1] Davison’s rampage, the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010, apparently began at the home of his mother, with whom he reportedly argued frequently over politics. After killing her with his handgun, he continued out onto the street outside and shooting people he came upon randomly. The first victims were a three-year-old girl and

[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 135 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Jon Rosenthal, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket.  He STILL hasn’t showed

[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 113 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Rhetta Bowers, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket.  She STILL hasn’t showed

[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 65 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Michelle Beckley, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket.  She STILL hasn’t showed

[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 47 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Vikki Goodwin, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket.  She STILL hasn’t showed

[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 45 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Erin Zwiener, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket.  She STILL hasn’t showed

[ad_1] The congressional hearings examining the January 6 riot at the Capitol, which were egged on by outgoing President Donald Trump and his false claims that the election had been rigged against him, have often emphasized the perspective of the Capitol Hill Police. The congressional hearings examining the insurrection portrayed the police as both heroic

[ad_1] In one undisclosed 2019 talk given to a law firm titled “Can the Right to Bear Arms Coexist with Gun Control?,” David Chipman said his views and politics weren’t typical of most at the ATF and in law enforcement because the groups were mostly “a very conservative bunch, primarily of white men.” The comments

[ad_1] NEW YORK — After months of holding on to power amid sexual harassment allegations and defying calls to resign, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly did just that Tuesday. With Cuomo on his way out, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is ascendant. We take you through the major players, what’s happened this week and what’s

[ad_1] Before she took on the statewide role of lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul briefly served on Capitol Hill, representing a congressional district in Western New York. During that stint, which lasted less than two years, she sometimes bucked her party. She also gained the backing of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Hochul won the seat

[ad_1] Who takes over for Cuomo? Kathy Hochul will make history as NY’s first woman gov Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who takes over for Cuomo, will step in and make history as the first woman to serve as governor of New York. Staff video, USA TODAY ALBANY – Incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul declared herself ready

[ad_1] Contact Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham TODAY! The State of New Mexico will no longer allow gun shows at state-run facilities.  The New Mexico Gun Collectors Association, which had been holding shows at EXPO New Mexico at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque for more than 40 years, was given verbal notice that their October show

[ad_1] Yesterday, Governor Chris Sununu vetoed two pro-gun measures, Senate Bill 141 and House Bill 334. Senate Bill 141: Sought to resolve New Hampshire’s longstanding problem with delays during handgun purchases, by abolishing the “state gun line” system that the State Police currently use for handgun purchases.  Instead, the process for purchasing a handgun would

[ad_1] NEW YORK (WABC) — She has been New York’s lieutenant governor for six years, but people are still asking: Who is Kathy Hochul? We are going to learn a lot more this afternoon at a press conference in Albany, when Hochul addresses the people of New York. But she did put out a statement

[ad_1] New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul has a fine line to walk as she prepares to take the helm amid a resurgent wave of the pandemic. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul spent the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2020 welcoming the Toronto Blue Jays to play in

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[ad_1] Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will be the first woman to serve as New York state’s governor when Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns later this month. Cuomo announced Tuesday that he’ll be stepping down as governor effective in two weeks after a report released by New York State Attorney General Letitia James concluded that he sexually

[ad_1] Daily Political Briefing Aug. 10, 2021Updated  Aug. 10, 2021, 5:05 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2021, 5:05 p.m. ET Video transcript Back transcript Senate Passes Sweeping $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill The Senate approved a $1 trillion package to improve and modernize the nation’s aging infrastructure through a bipartisan 69 to 30 vote. The legislation

[ad_1] Daily Political Briefing Aug. 10, 2021Updated  Aug. 11, 2021, 12:54 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2021, 12:54 p.m. ET Among the Democratic Texas representatives who left the state last month to block the passage of an elections overhaul bill were, from left, Hubert Vo, Senfronia Thompson and Diego Bernal.Credit…Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images AUSTIN, Texas — The

[ad_1] Who takes over for Cuomo? Kathy Hochul will make history as NY’s first woman gov Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who takes over for Cuomo, will step in and make history as the first woman to serve as governor of New York. Staff video, USA TODAY Kathy Hochul will soon find herself as the first female governor

[ad_1] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a July 26 news conference. | Richard Drew/AP Photo There have been few official moves, but the field is taking shape. By BILL MAHONEY 08/09/2021 04:30 AM EDT This is an updated version of a story that ran in March. ALBANY — While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has

[ad_1] April may be the cruelest month, but August isn’t looking so great for David Chipman, President Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Your NRA-ILA recently published an alert on Chipman’s work promoting ShotSpotter, Inc., a surveillance tool for local governments that critics call “useless, expensive, racist technology.”

[ad_1] One of laws championed by the gun-grabbing crowd is the so-called universal background check, in which private sales of firearms are subjected to a criminal background check, fees, and paperwork. What gun control advocates fail to make clear, though, is that their concept of “sale” extends to firearm “transfers,” being gifts, loans and any