Biden found his voice in one of his most robust political speeches yet as president, days after condemning GOP “semi-fascism,” as part of a three-stop blitz in the coming week in Pennsylvania — a battleground that could decide the Senate’s destiny in November. “You can’t be pro-law enforcement and pro-insurrection,” Biden said in remarks specifically
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OPINION: Florida’s Rep. Charlie Crist is a piece of work. A career politician, he has been on the ballot as often as possible since 1986. He’s won and lost nominations and general elections for the Florida state senate, attorney general and governor plus the U.S. Senate, and Congress. An election year without Mr. Crist on
Biden again calls to FUND not defund the police and says he is ‘determined to ban assault weapons in this country’ in crime speech in Pennsylvania ‘When it comes to public safety in this nation The answer is not to defund the police; it’s fund the police’ The president went on: ‘You realize more police
President Joe Biden continued his sharpened attacks on the Republican Party as he visited Pennsylvania on Tuesday, criticizing “MAGA Republicans” for their response to the Mar-a-Lago search and Jan. 6 as he highlighted his administration’s policing and crime prevention efforts. “A safer America requires all of us to uphold the rule of law, not the
When shots rang out in Uvalde, Texas, they echoed among a small group of people who knew all too well the pain the survivors at Robb Elementary were experiencing. They’d gone through it themselves, just a few years earlier, at another Texas school. Many in Texas know the same pain. From one of the
Joe Biden says he is “determined” to achieve an assault weapons ban in the US. The push to reenact such a ban forms a centerpiece of the Safer America Plan that the president is laying out in an address Tuesday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is reminding the crowd that in 1994, as chair of
Washington — President Biden was in his element Tuesday just outside his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, greeting friendly faces and detailing his $37 billion plan aimed at addressing gun violence. He also took the opportunity to denounce Republicans who defend the Capitol rioters and disparage federal law enforcement, while praising Democrats running for office in
Joe Biden cast Republicans as a threat to the rule of law in a scorching speech calling out “sickening” attacks on the FBI following its raid of Mar-a-Lago. The US president inverted Republican attack lines to accuse the GOP of being soft on crime as he highlighted his efforts to reduce gun violence in the
Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden heads to the city of Wilkes-Barre in the swing state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday to push his “Safer America” crime prevention plan and defend his record on gun safety. The White House said Biden will call out Republicans for opposing his proposal to restore a ban on assault-style weapons,
Joe Biden says he is “determined” to achieve an assault weapons ban in the US. The push to reenact such a ban forms a centerpiece of the Safer America Plan that the president is laying out in an address Tuesday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is reminding the crowd that in 1994, as chair of
The mass shooting in Bend on Sunday drew a mixed response from Oregon’s U.S. congressional members, governor, state lawmakers and gubernatorial candidates, with calls for tighter gun controls and wider access to mental health care. A state lawmaker, state Rep. Jason Kropf, D-Bend, told the Capital Chronicle he plans to pursue legislative action, starting with
Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross Going after Republicans for wanting to “defund the FBI” is new for Joe Biden, and it represents the first time that he will be weighing in on the political fallout from the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. | Alex Wong/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY COUNTDOWN —
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ALBANY — Lee Zeldin was born in East Meadow, in Nassau County, and grew up in nearby Suffolk County. He graduated from the University at Albany and Albany Law School, and he lives in the Suffolk County town of Shirley. Marc Molinaro, meanwhile, was born in Yonkers and grew up in Dutchess County, where he
Re: “This Republican, NRA gun owner has had enough,” Another View,” Aug. 10: Like several other letter writers, I was encouraged to read Bernie Phillip’s commentary. Commonsense gun safety measures have broad support among gun owners and nonowners. These measures include red flag laws to temporarily remove guns from people believed to be dangers to
The White House is refusing to get drawn into the legal arguments surrounding the FBI search and seizure of classified documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property. “We’re not going to say anything at this time while the investigation is going on,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday. The FBI recovered 11
You know what they say: When there are pressing problems, consult history. The past is full of people who’ve lived lives and distilled their knowledge and know-how into that special thing we call wisdom. And while learning from our past to address future concerns is important, just look at the oeuvre of Robert Green —
There are 50 million more guns than people in America. We also have more shootings and gun deaths than any country in the world. As a former president of the Chicago Board of Health, a public health activist and a retired professor of medicine with an advanced degree in psychiatry, I harbor strong, fact-based opinions