NRA Agrees to a Dozen Reforms in Settlement With New York State Attorney General

Former NRA officials Wayne LaPierre and Wilson ‘Woody’ Phillips were ordered to repay $4.35 million and $2 million to the gun rights organization respectively. The National Rifle Association (NRA) and the New York attorney general’s office have agreed to more than a dozen reforms the NRA must implement and to two former NRA officials paying

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds an Executive Business Meeting

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds an Executive Business Meeting at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 12 to consider multiple items: bill S.1306 to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, bill S.2082 to make technical corrections relating to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, and the nominations of Benjamin J. Cheeks to b…

Time magazine names its 2024 Person of the Year

President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday, after he became only the second president in U.S. history to lose reelection and then reclaim the White House four years later.  “Trump’s political rebirth is unparalleled in American history,” Time said in the announcement. The magazine spoke to

State Department Closing Center That Worked to Censor Americans

The Global Engagement Center is being shut down, absent congressional action. The U.S. State Department is planning to close a center that aimed to combat disinformation but ended up targeting some Americans, the U.S. government has announced. Government lawyers said in a Dec. 9 court filing that the State Department’s Global Engagement Center is likely