[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: The Rev. Raphael Warnock at a campaign event in Columbus, Ga., last month.Credit…Audra Melton for The New York Times ATLANTA — Democrats moved a major step closer to capturing control of the Senate on Wednesday morning as Georgia voters elected the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor at the

[ad_1] A lawyer advising President Trump in recent weeks has resigned from her law firm after it was revealed that she participated in the call where Mr. Trump pressured Georgia officials to help him reverse the state’s election results, the firm said in a statement on Tuesday. The lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, has been advising Mr.

[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: Voters in Marietta, Ga., waiting to cast their ballots at the East Cobb Government Service Center on Tuesday.Credit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times The polls have closed in two runoff races that will determine the balance of power in the United States Senate and much of President-elect Joseph R.

[ad_1] With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, two runoff contests in Georgia remained too close to call early Wednesday as the advantage seesawed back and forth after election officials had tallied more than 4.2 million votes. The races feature two Republican candidates — Senator Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, whose Senate term

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[ad_1] Ohio Gov. Mike DeWineMike DeWineOhio governor signs ‘stand your ground’ bill into law GOP senators face criticism in wake of challenges to Electoral College vote Tapper spars with DeWine over GOP effort to overturn election results MORE (R) signed a wide-ranging stand-your-ground measure into law on Monday. The Ohio Dispatch reports that S.B. 175

[ad_1] In the following days, Mitchell took particular aim at Biden’s win in Georgia, tweeting that the state’s recount was a “total sham” and “A FAKE!!!” She wrote that the effort was “cover for the SOS,” referring to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Responding to criticism of her appearance, she tweeted, “Happy to be considered

[ad_1] As President Trump has sought to overturn the election results, his personal lawyers paraded themselves before television hosts, state elections officials and anyone else willing to entertain their baseless claims of voter fraud. But behind the scenes, a longtime conservative lawyer named Cleta Mitchell quietly helped. Her work for Mr. Trump drew widespread attention

[ad_1] A Milwaukee-based law firm said it was “concerned” about its attorney Cleta Mitchell’s participation in the Saturday phone call between President TrumpDonald TrumpCotton breaks with conservative colleagues who will oppose electoral vote count Trump to give Nunes Medal of Freedom: reports Hogan says lawmakers’ ‘scheme’ to overturn election results ‘makes a mockery of our

[ad_1] FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) thanks Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for signing Senate Bill 175, important self-defense legislation that protects Ohioans should they ever be forced to defend themselves or their families while outside of their home. “This bill ensures that victims are protected should they ever need to

[ad_1] Today, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 175, legislation that was amended in the final days of session to include No Duty to Retreat.  This important self-defense measure strengthens Ohio’s self-defense laws by stating that individuals have no duty to retreat from a place that they are lawfully present before using force in defense

[ad_1] Last month, we reported that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a significant banking regulator, issued a proposed rule that aims to end politically-motivated manipulation of the financial service industry and require large banks to provide fair access to all the products they offer law-abiding customers – including the firearms community.  Then, last week, 23 Democrats

[ad_1] Leave it to New York City to once again remind us why we cannot trust anti-gun public officials to be the gatekeepers for our preexisting right – not state-granted privilege – to keep and bear arms.   At first blush, firearm licensing laws may seem to some like a reasonable safeguard to ensure new

[ad_1] FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action is pleased to announce the filing of NRA-backed legislation, Senate Bill 24, in Arkansas. This important piece of legislation would eliminate the duty to retreat for victims of a crime — if passed, a victim who is attacked will no longer be required by law

[ad_1] Jan 2nd 2021 ABOUT THE only light note of a grim Christmas season on Capitol Hill was provided, characteristically, by Lamar Alexander. At the end of a gruelling negotiation of the $900bn stimulus that President Donald Trump belatedly signed this week, the 80-year-old Tennessean, who will retire from the Senate in January, took to

[ad_1] A lone hashtag might not look very mighty, but when used en masse, the symbols can become incredibly powerful activism tools. Over the past two decades — largely since product designer Chris Messina pitched hashtags to Twitter in 2007 — activists have learned to harness the symbols to form online communities, raise awareness on

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A legal battle over a Florida law that raised from 18 to 21 the age to purchase rifles and other long guns has ramped up this month, with attorneys for the National Rifle Association and state officials trying to discredit each others’ expert witnesses. The age requirement was included in a

[ad_1] From questions over business interruption policy coverage spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic to property damage due to civil unrest, as well as significant court cases and state regulatory actions, it was a busy year for East region insurers. Here’s a look back on the most noteworthy topics covered in Insurance Journal’s East region this

[ad_1] Industry adjustments: The pandemic has triggered the largest revision to the value of the oil industry’s assets in at least a decade, as companies sour on costly projects amid the prospect of low prices for years. Oil-and-gas companies in North America and Europe wrote down roughly $145 billion combined in the first three quarters

[ad_1] Today, December 28 at 1:30 p.m., the Nevada Legislative Commission will be meeting to vote on a regulation impacting public employees with concealed carry permits (CCW). Under current law, public employees who have a CCW and are not prohibited from carrying a firearm at work, are allowed to do so. This regulation would require

[ad_1] Sixteen Republican Attorneys General filed an amicus brief in support of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) pushes for the dissolution of the NRA as an organization. On August 6, 2020, the Associated Press reported that James sued the NRA and said, “The NRA’s influence has been so

[ad_1] FILE — Sen. Bob Ballinger is shown in this file photo. Republicans in the Arkansas Legislature introduced a “stand-your-ground” self-defense bill Wednesday, vowing to enact the measure in 2021 after past efforts failed in the face of law enforcement opposition. The legislation, Senate Bill 24, proposes to eliminate language from the state’s criminal codes

[ad_1] Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is pouring millions into the Georgia runoff elections in what an NRA spokeswoman called “an investment into America.” The two elections in Georgia, set for Jan. 5, will determine control of the Senate in the incoming

[ad_1] On December 23rd, ATF posted a document to its website indicating that its recently published Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with “Stabilizing Braces” is withdrawn. The withdraw notice indicates that “[u]pon further consultation with the Department of Justice and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, ATF is withdrawing, pending further Department of Justice

[ad_1] Sixteen Republican attorneys general are supporting the National Rifle Association in its lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who earlier this year filed a case seeking to dissolve the organization because of alleged self-dealing by the organization’s leadership. The NRA’s lawsuit accuses James of defamation and violating its rights to free speech,

[ad_1] On the Eleventh & Twelfth Days of Christmas, Anti-Gun Reps Gave to Thee: Semi-Auto & Magazine Bans  We’ve reached the end of NRA-ILA’s countdown of the legislative lumps of coal that anti-Second Amendment lawmakers in Texas are leaving in gun owners’ stockings this year.  But with more than two months to go before the bill introduction deadline on March 12, you can bet there’ll be more radical gun control to come in the new year!

[ad_1] A coalition of 16 Republican attorneys general is backing the National Rifle Association (NRA) in its legal challenge against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). The coalition led by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York backing the NRA

[ad_1] James’s Republican counterparts Tuesday filed an amicus brief in federal district court in Albany challenging the state’s legal efforts. “The New York Attorney General cannot be allowed to wield the power of her office to discriminate against the NRA simply because she does not like its members’ political views, advocacy or defense of a