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Rep. Robert Aderholt On Tuesday, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL04) joined a letter by Congressman Mark Green, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, to the Biden Administration demanding answers on restrictions on civilian firearm exports. Chairman Green’s letter to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), an agency of the Department of Commerce, was signed by 86 other lawmakers. “President Biden
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: I want to go back to Marione Ingram, the 87-year-old Holocaust survivor from Germany, who’s been protesting outside the White House calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Marione, as a Holocaust survivor, you’ve been invited back to Germany, where you
UCI Professor David Pan Announces Candidacy as a Republican for Congress in California’s 46th District – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Wednesday, November 8, 2023 · 667,135,555 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases
Interview GOP blaming mental illness for gun violence is counterproductive and cruel, say experts Lois Beckett Dr Paul Appelbaum, a psychiatrist, challenges assumptions about the connections between mental health and violence risk In the wake of the Maine mass shootings that left 18 people dead, Republican politicians are returning to a familiar talking point: the
NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi: Every Concession Given to Iran’s Regime Will Fuel More Wars – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Wednesday, November 8, 2023 · 667,076,902 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events
First-term state Rep. Craig Haggard says he’s running for Congress whenever incumbent U.S. Rep Jim Baird of Indiana leaves his post — whether that’s in 2024 or afterward. Haggard said he’s filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Wednesday to create an exploratory committee. He won’t have to declare candidacy until next year: the
My wife and I are still reeling from the Lewiston shooting. Although we live 40 minutes away, our sense of peace, safety and perception of what it means to live in Maine has been damaged by this dreadful event. Photographs of victims of the Oct. 25 killings are displayed on Oct. 29, during a service
Two attorneys, nationally recognized for their successful lawsuits following mass shootings, were in Maine Monday night to promote civil litigation as a way to achieve justice for Lewiston shooting victims and their families. In the absence of action from political leaders, the two say the courts are the best way to upend the status quo.
A case over whether or not people subjected to restraining orders should lose their right to carry guns was heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as justices mull a legal challenge that could upend firearms laws nationally. The high court seemed skeptical as they accepted oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a case
The Federalist Society is arguably the most powerful interest group in America. What started as a few conservative law students has morphed into the most lethal anti-progress weapon in the modern right’s arsenal. Today, there are six Federalist Society members on the Supreme Court, and its members comprised 90% of all appellate court appointments made
Gun safety and domestic violence prevention advocates rallied at the Supreme Court. Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in 2011, was expected to speak. Show Caption Hide Caption Hundreds gathered outside Supreme Court in protest of guns rights case Oral arguments were heard involving a case that would ban those with
The Supreme Court appears inclined to uphold a federal law banning guns from those subject to domestic violence restraining orders (DVROs), in the first major test of the Second Amendment at the high court this term. In oral argument Tuesday, justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum seemed to agree with the Biden administration
This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. We’re working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court. Support our work when you join Slate Plus. For Zackey Rahimi, the solution for just about every problem in life seems to be to shoot a gun in its general direction.
Geoffrey Grammer, U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.), Officially Launches Campaign, Video and Website for United States Congress – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Tuesday, November 7, 2023 · 666,956,667 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press
Gun safety and domestic violence prevention advocates rallied at the Supreme Court. Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in 2011, was expected to speak. WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it will likely uphold a law banning domestic abusers from owning guns, even as the justices wrestled with how
Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to side with the Biden administration‘s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck a federal statute barring people under a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun, teeing up a possible narrow ruling over the law in question. United States v. Rahimi is the high court’s first
Topline Supreme Court justices signaled Tuesday they’re unwilling to strike down a provision in federal law that bans domestic abusers from owning firearms, as the court hears its first major gun rights case since its 2022 ruling that overhauled how firearms can be regulated—and suggests that despite the sweeping nature of that ruling, they’re still