WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to hear a case involving an Arkansas publication and a state law requiring contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel. The Arkansas Times, through representation by the American Civil Liberties Union, sought an opportunity to appear before the nation’s highest court after a lower
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An 80-year-old man living near Chicago’s O’Hare airport was left “battered” late last month when two intruders knocked on his door and entered his home. The elderly man was a legal gun owner and managed to fire off a shot, hitting one intruder and sending the other running for cover. The incident is one of
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On Feb. 22, 2021, the number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. ON THIS DATE: In 1630, English colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony first sampled popcorn brought to them by a Native American named Quadequina for their Thanksgiving celebration. More from this section
Republican lawmakers in red states are rapidly “gutting budgets for education and health care, empowering polluters, and starving badly needed public infrastructure” writes author William Kleinknecht in his new book, States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America (The New Press, 2023). In the excerpt that follows, Kleinknecht analyzes how
‘Very alarming’: US airport screenings see a surge in loaded guns You can’t carry a bottle of water on board the plane, but plenty of people – knowingly and unknowingly – try to carry gun A Connecticut woman was the first of the week, walking her child through security at New York’s JFK airport with
Today, the House voted 84-14 to pass Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. It now goes to Governor Jim Justice’s desk for his signature. Please contact Gov. Justice and ask him
Alabama Representative Barry Moore, a staunch gun-rights supporter, is proposing that the AR-15 rifle should be the “National Gun of America.” “The #SecondAmendment is as American a right as freedom of speech, religion, & the press,” Moore wrote on Twitter Tuesday evening. “Today I unveiled my bill to make the AR-15 the National Gun of
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Firing of Oaklandchief was justified The firing of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong was justified by an investigator’s findings that he failed to properly supervise a probe of a police officer’s misconduct and his claim of lack of awareness about
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The Wyoming House will vote soon on a pro-Second Amendment bill, SF 148, that enhances the current firearm preemption laws. In other words, SF 148 ensures the Wyoming state legislature has the sole authority to regulate firearms, preventing counties and municipalities from passing a patchwork of confusing and conflicting local laws throughout the state. States that have repealed firearm preemption
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear the appeal of a newspaper suing the University of Arkansas (U of A) over a state law requiring contractors to affirm that they are not boycotting the state of Israel. As a result,
West Virginia lawmakers passed an NRA-backed bill that will allow concealed carry permit holders to carry their firearms on the campuses of state colleges and universities. “The National Rifle Association applauds the West Virginia Legislature’s passage of NRA-backed campus carry,” NRA West Virginia State Director Art Thomm told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “There is
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Presented by With Sam Sutton and Daniel Lippman POLICYMAKERS CALL OUT RAIL INDUSTRY LOBBYING: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg lashed the rail industry over the weekend for its “vigorous resistance” in Washington to increased safety measures that have come under the spotlight following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals in
Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted 17-6 to advance House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill. It will now go to the House floor for debate. Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT HB 543. House Bill 543, constitutional carry, strengthens the right to self-defense in Florida by recognizing the right of
John Kennedy | Capital Bureau | USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Florida looks bound to soon allow people to carry guns without the need for a concealed weapons permit, a showcase, pro-gun move demanded by Gov. Ron DeSantis before his widely expected run for the Republican presidential nomination. But the measure is being
US supreme court lets Arkansas law penalising Israel boycotts stand Anti-boycott law provides model for legislation to protect oil companies, gun makers and contentious industries from protest The US supreme court has let stand an Arkansas law penalising boycotts of Israel that has provided the model for a proliferation of similar legislation to protect oil
Recently, plans have come to light for certain school districts in Rhode Island, a state that bans firearm registries by statute, to require parents to make declarations about privately-owned firearms when registering their children for school. Besides its tension with existing law and obvious irrelevance to the schools’ educational mission, this move risks stigmatizing innocent