ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s decision to resign will shift the political dynamic in New York and is expected to set up a spirited gubernatorial race next year with a Democratic party left reeling from the governor’s tarnished legacy. The sudden departure of Cuomo, who wielded incredible control over the state Democratic Party, will
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Daily Political Briefing Aug. 10, 2021Updated Aug. 10, 2021, 6:24 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2021, 6:24 p.m. ET The Senate approved a $1 trillion package to improve and modernize the nation’s aging infrastructure through a bipartisan 69-to-30 vote. The legislation now must pass the House.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times The Senate on Tuesday
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Imagine the uproar if Donald Trump or George W. Bush had appointed an NRA lobbyist to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Liberals, Democrats, and the media would have gone nuts. Former New York Mayor Michel Bloomberg would have thrown a fit, and the nominee would have been excoriated in
Supporters of banning abortions and unrestricted access to rapid-fire weapons have something in common — a preference for bait and switch debate tactics. They provide emotionally charged justifications for policies that in reality have less politically potent rationales. This is their response to a dilemma. If they did not use exaggerated melodramatic rhetoric that calls for
Show Caption Hide Caption Who takes over for Cuomo? Kathy Hochul will make history as NY’s first woman gov Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who takes over for Cuomo, will step in and make history as the first woman to serve as governor of New York. Staff video, USA TODAY Kathy Hochul will soon find herself as the
Daily Political Briefing Aug. 10, 2021Updated Aug. 10, 2021, 1:29 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2021, 1:29 p.m. ET Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, before the infrastructure vote at the Capitol on Tuesday. It passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.Tom Brenner for The New York Times The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping $1
The gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety plans to spend $3 million to recruit and train its volunteers to run for office, with a goal of having 200 enter races in the next election cycle. The program is the latest step in a yearslong effort by groups that support stricter gun laws to become politically
New York prosecutors have evidence Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg’s son also avoided taxes by living rent-free in apartment owned by Donald, report claims Barry Weisselberg is the latest Trump Organization employee in prosecutors’ cross hairs, according to a new report He is the son of Allen Weisselberg, who denied tax fraud charges during a court
Anyone tempted to think the gun control lobby couldn’t sink any further into disreputable tactics should sit down before reading any further. Last week, Brady – one of the older, gun prohibition advocacy groups in the U.S. – teamed up with the government of Mexico to launch an assault against the American firearms manufacturing and
One of laws championed by the gun-grabbing crowd is the so-called universal background check, in which private sales of firearms are subjected to a criminal background check, fees, and paperwork. What gun control advocates fail to make clear, though, is that their concept of “sale” extends to firearm “transfers,” being gifts, loans and any other
April may be the cruelest month, but August isn’t looking so great for David Chipman, President Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Your NRA-ILA recently published an alert on Chipman’s work promoting ShotSpotter, Inc., a surveillance tool for local governments that critics call “useless, expensive, racist technology.” Since
Memphis Tennessee White Film Commissioner Linn Sitler takes Memphis back to the good old days of “Coloreds and Negroes” – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Monday, August 9, 2021 · 548,399,892 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News
Rush Limbaugh cover-host Dan Bongino interviewed Donald Trump this weekend for Fox News but the video has caused some controversy after the conservative network posted an edited version of it on their accounts. Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington demanded answers from the network and from Bongino, which causes a flurry of fury across right-wing social media.
In Thursday morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider executive business, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) again raised concerns over Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives David Chipman after Democrats blocked new hearings — even as more controversial information about the anti-gun activist and Chinese Communist Party TV enthusiast comes
Pro-gun legislation that fixes the handgun purchase process in the Granite State and authorizes ATV carry is currently sitting on Governor Sununu’s desk. Please act now! Call and email Governor Sununu and respectfully request that he sign Senate Bill 141 and House Bill 334! Senate Bill 141: Resolves New Hampshire’s longstanding problem with delays during
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has described the “aha moment” when she decided to run for politics. She saw that a young man without any apparent experience was running for the town board. “What does he have that I don’t have other than confidence?” she later told The Journal News. She entered the race and
The Approaching Anniversary of Federal Protections for Wild Horses Should be a Time To Celebrate an American Icon – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Friday, August 6, 2021 · 548,198,523 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics
By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and John Harwood, CNN President Joe Biden’s pick of David Chipman to serve as the head of the ATF is nearing collapse, with members of the Senate Democratic Caucus withholding support and the chamber unlikely to hold a vote to advance the nomination before the August recess. Publicly, the White