Since he was first elected to the U.S. Senate 10 years ago, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has proven to be one of the busiest and most controversial leaders on the conservative political scene. This past year was no different: Cruz waded into the deep waters of the most contentious political squabbles of the year, from
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On Wednesday’s Amanpour & Co. show, interviewer Walter Isaacson gave Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) a forum to make a misleading push for gun control as the two discussed the recent 10-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre. Appearing on the show which is shown on both PBS and CNN International, Senator Murphy recalled that he
The Constitution protects my right to safe reproductive health, including – if I so choose – an abortion. For now. The Constitution also protects the right of a law-abiding citizen to own a weapon. Somehow, in the hall of funhouse mirrors that has become the state of Texas, those rights have been confused. Just asking
Aurora’s new interim police Chief Art Acevedo was about to speak to the District 2 night shift officers at their roll call on his first day on the job when his phone lit up. It was Shaquille O’Neal trying to Facetime him. They’re friends from Acevedo’s time in Los Angeles. “I actually blushed,” Acevedo said.
When U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced in 2021 that he would not seek another term in office, he set the stage for Alabama’s biggest political story of 2022, the race to succeed the state’s longest serving senator. The volatile battle between Republican Party contenders for Shelby’s seat topped the news during an election year that
Belgian police swooped across Brussels, the European Union’s seat of government, in early December, raiding offices and apartments, and seizing €1.5 million in cash—money that prosecutors claim was bribes from “a Gulf state” widely thought to be Qatar, given in exchange for favorable decisions in the 27-nation EU Parliament, in the run-up to the World
To this point, the Russian military is losing the war in Ukraine despite overwhelming numerical superiority. Western intelligence agencies believe the Russians have suffered casualties of more than 100,000 killed or wounded and that some of the most elite and best-equipped Russian military units have been destroyed. The collective morale and will of the Russian
A Smith & Wesson revolver belonging to former President Theodore Roosevelt fetched a handsome price when the brisk chant of the Rock Island Auction Company’s auctioneer finally came to an oxygen-saving conclusion. The weapon, which netted a staggering $910,625 by the time the auctioneer’s gavel signaled the final bid, is a .38 Long Colt-chambered No.
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Florida may be “where woke goes to die,” according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has repeated the line in many speeches. But talk of its demise is greatly exaggerated, according to some university students in the state and an organization that tracks progressive policies on college campuses. Six conservative students attending a major Florida
Dec. 21 (UPI) — A Smith & Wesson revolver that once belonged to former President Theordore Roosevelt sold for $910,625 at the Rock Island Auction Company’s December Premier Auction. Then-Col. Roosevelt received the weapon on May 12, 1898, a day that coincides with his departure for San Antonio to train with the Rough Riders for
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY — Marshalltown Public Library Director Sarah Rosenblum, left, and Board of Trustees President Tonya Gaffney, right, discuss a request that the library subscribe to American Rifleman magazine and The Epoch Times newspaper during Tuesday night’s monthly meeting. A controversy that had been brewing over the last few months reached a
Impact of a self-defense shooting can be felt long after the incident is over, experts say Kevin Michalowski has some unequivocal and sincerely held views on the purpose of the Second Amendment. “You have the right to stay alive and not live in fear of [evil people]. You have the right to defend yourself as
Governor Phil Murphy from New Jersey signed bill A4769 into law on Thursday, tightening gun restrictions in the state and triggering a lawsuit from the National Rifle Association (NRA). Back in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal to require New York applicants to show “proper cause” for carrying a handgun in
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed new gun control legislation Thursday specifying who can carry handguns and where those firearms can be carried. The new law was created in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that revamped the gun permitting rules to acquire a firearm last summer, but the new law set off lawsuits
A fairly recent “Editor For A Day” in the E-R suggested that if more people were read the Second Amendment, they would be less inclined to try to promote gun control legislation. Well, I’m game, I am happy to read the Second Amendment (every single word): “A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a
If you live in one of 38 states, and especially if you are a white male, you may be able to get away with murder — literally. According to an Oxford University study released in February, as many as 700 homicides committed here each year are potential “legal murders.” In at least six states —