[ad_1] With Daniel Lippman Here are your Lobbying Disclosure Act revenue rankings for the second quarter of 2020. TOP FIRMS Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: $12.9 million (versus $11.2 million in Q1 2020 and $10.1 million in Q2 2019) Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: $12.4 million (versus $12.6 million in Q1 2020 and $10.2 million

[ad_1] Reeling from polls predicting defeat in November’s election, President Donald Trump struck a newly serious tone on the coronavirus crisis Tuesday, acknowledging that a disease he has frequently played down would “get worse.” “Some areas of our country are doing very well,” Trump said at his first formal White House briefing on the pandemic

[ad_1] ATLANTA (Reuters) – The United States reported more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time since June 10 the nation has surpassed that grim milestone, as California closed in on passing New York in total infections. FILE PHOTO: Few people wear masks as they walk

[ad_1] Ohio’s Republican Speaker of the House Larry Householder was just arrested by federal authorities in a $60 million bribery and conspiracy case. Householder ran for office in 2018, saying: “I’m a Pro-Gun, Pro-Life, Christian Conservative with the highest NRA rating in Ohio’s history.” Also arrested were an advisor to the Speaker, the state’s former GOP chairman, a

[ad_1]       THE SHIAWASSEE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE met on Wednesday, July 15. The highlight of the meeting was a discussion on the symbolic 2nd Amendment Sanctuary County proposal.    Shown far left along the wall are Andrea Kelley Garrison (Democrat candidate for State Rep.), along with Anthony Tolbert and Howard Galloway

[ad_1] The August primary is only two weeks away, and FOX4 and The Kansas City Star hosted a special forum for all five candidates vying to be the Republican challenger to U.S. Representative Sharice Davids in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. FOX4’s John Holt and The Star’s Dave Helling moderate the hour-long forum, which you can

[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) endorsed President Donald Trump for reelection as the president of the United States of America in 2020. The endorsement was announced in a letter sent to the president yesterday, Wednesday, July 15.  “On behalf of America’s 5 million NRA members, the National Rifle Association Political Victory

[ad_1] It is increasingly likely that Patrick Neville, the far-right leader of Colorado’s shrunken House GOP caucus, will be overthrown later this year. Neville, of Castle Rock, has been minority leader since 2016, but Rep. Hugh McKean, a Loveland Republican, has been public about his plans to seek the job of minority leader heading into

[ad_1] On July 14, a judge in Lynchburg, VA, partially blocked enforcement of the Commonwealth’s new ban on private firearm sales, ruling it effectively prohibits law-abiding adults under age 21 from acquiring handguns, in violation of Virginia’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The decision came in the case of Elhert v. Settle. “Prior

[ad_1] European firearm owners are in the midst of a three fronted war on the possession and use of lead ammunition. The battles are being fought against a European-wide ban on metallic lead (ammunition), a prohibition on the use of lead ammunition in terrestrial environments, and a ban on both the use and possession of

[ad_1] The Czech Republic continues to be at the forefront of the battle for gun rights in Europe. On July 13, the Czech government announced that it endorsed a plan to enshrine the right of individuals to use a firearm to defend themselves and others in the central European nation’s constitution. The move comes three

[ad_1] Anti-gun activists are laying the groundwork now to blame gun owners for any increase in violent crime this year. First came desperate attempts to tie “gun violence” to COVID-19 when the pandemic dominated the news cycle. Now, anti-gun academics are rushing to produce research that can be used to blame gun owners for any

[ad_1] The blaring July 13 headline in the New York Post said it all, “ENOUGH.” It was referring to the murder of one-year-old Davell Gardner when shooters opened fire on a group of people attending a barbecue in Brooklyn, New York. Referencing the “Black Lives Matter” movement, the boy’s grandmother told the paper that black lives don’t

[ad_1] A supervising video producer for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign tweeted a meme in June that urged people to stop calling the police “pigs” — but only because unlike the police, pigs are “highly intelligent and empathetic animals who would never racially profile you.” The videographer, Sara Pearl, also retweeted a user’s comment that while “pigs are sweet, intelligent and

[ad_1] One of the country’s leading gun-control groups received up to $350,000 from taxpayers to deal with the fallout from coronavirus, but that has not affected its political arm’s plans to spend millions on the 2020 election. Giffords PAC, one of the largest gun-control political action committees in the country, told Colorado Politics that it would

[ad_1] On July 15th, Governor Michael Parson called on the General Assembly to convene a special session on July 27th to address violent crime. Among his agenda items are: “6. To enact legislation amending Section 568.045, RSMo in order to criminalize acts where a person knowingly encourages, aids, or causes a child less than seventeen years of age

[ad_1] Sorry for interrupting your longform protest for racial justice, your eternal hunt for instant yeast, your guiltless Netflix binge, your Animal Crossing zen hour, your YouTube exercise video, your deeply unsatisfying Zoom party, your longstanding date with the unemployment office’s hold music, and the private simmering existential panic you’ve valiantly kept hidden just below

[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – On behalf of our more than five million members, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) today endorsed J.R. Claeys for election to the 24th senate district of Kansas. “Kansans can count on Rep. Claeys to protect our individual freedom of self-protection,” said Travis Couture-Lovelady, NRA-ILA’s Kansas state director. “The

[ad_1] Editor’s note: All answers were written by the candidates and have been lightly edited for format.  Name: JT Wilcox Age: 57 Occupation: Farmer/Legislator J.T. Wilcox Current Residency: Pierce County Party Affiliation: Republican Elected Offices Held and Dates: State Representative 2011-present Educational History: BA History WSU Professional History: Wilcox Farms, Washington State Why do you