This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters. For decades, weapons manufacturing has been the domain of arms industry heavyweights: Glock, Sig Sauer, Remington, Sturm, Ruger & Co. Making a gun from scratch at home required thousands of dollars of …
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Donald Trump is not yet in office, but his not-so-slow rolling train of political retaliation against his rivals has already left the station. After filing a lawsuit against an Iowa newspaper over its poll showing Kamala Harris leading Trump in Iowa, the president-elect has now endorsed an FBI probe into …
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After weeks of stalling, failed votes, and lame excuses, it seemed decided that the public would not be granted access to the House Ethics Committee’s final report on their investigation into embattled former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). But in a surprise twist first reported Wednesday by CNN, the committee secretly …
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Steve Bannon is a troll. Never forget that. Because trolling is exactly what he was doing last weekend when he suggested Donald Trump could run for president in 2028 to serve, if he won, a third term in office. Trump can’t do this, and don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. …
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Congress is once again locked in a battle to prevent the government from entering a partial shutdown over a lack of funding — and some lawmakers are trying to sneak in a last minute Christmas bonus. For more than a decade, funding bills passed by Congress have included language preventing …
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Over the past two years, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) built a national profile antagonizing Republican lawmakers as they sought to investigate President Joe Biden and his family. Moskowitz could soon go back to his roots — leading a right-wing administration’s disaster relief efforts — though he says he intends to …
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TikTok’s future in the United States is in serious jeopardy, and Donald Trump may be the only person who can save it. The president-elect told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Monday that he would “take a look” at the situation surrounding the platform’s future, before meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Zi …
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In July of 2023, New York Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a clarification in the civil cases brought by author E. Jean Carroll against President-elect Donald Trump. A New York jury had ruled in May of that year that Trump was liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll. According to …
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A judge has denied Donald Trump‘s request to toss his hush money conviction on grounds of presidential immunity. According to CNN, Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday that despite the Supreme Court granting Trump immunity from prosecution for “official” acts committed while president, the prosecution’s evidence in his Manhattan case …
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Donald Trump kicked off the week by declaring he wants to sue more newspapers, and on Monday night filed a civil lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and famed Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer. The lawsuit accuses Selzer, her polling company, the Register, and its parent company Gannett of engaging …
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