House votes to sharply expand concealed-carry gun rights

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., center, is joined by, from left, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, a staff aide, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., right, as the panel meets Wednesday in Washington to craft a Republican bill to expand gun owners' rights. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., center, is joined by, from left, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, a staff aide, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., right, as the panel meets Wednesday in Washington to craft a Republican bill to expand gun owners' rights.

House weighs Republican bill easing gun restrictions

In this Dec. 5, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks after House Republicans held a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican-led House is weighing a bill to make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first gun legislation in Congress since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed more than 80 people.

The Non-Utah Monuments

One of the lies that the supporters of Trump's actions in shrinking the Utah monuments tell is that the process to create these monuments is federal tyranny. This ignores that nearly all the Obama monuments were created with significant stakeholder involvement that tried to build something like a consensus.

Law enforcement fights concealed-carry gun bill

As lawmakers in the House advanced out of committee a bill Wednesday that would ease interstate travel for gun owners with permitted concealed weapons, a group of law enforcement leaders gathered with congressmen from both parties to slam the legislation as something that would "jeopardize public safety across America." "Police officers think this is a terrible idea," said Manhattan's district attorney, Cy Vance.

SAR assets lined up for lobster dumping day off southwestern Nova Scotia

A Cormorant helicopter drops a pump to the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Clark's Harbour during a search-and-rescue exercise off West Head, Cape Sable Island, last fall. KATHY JOHNSON - Kathy Johnson SOUTHWESTERN NS Inshore and offshore Search and Rescue platforms will already be on the fishing grounds and in position when lobster fishermen in LFAs 33 and 34 head out to set their traps on dumping day.

Fault Rep. Norcross for hydro, Keystone votes; GOP faith in…

On Nov. 8, the House of Representatives passed the "Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017" , a bill to streamline the licensing process for hydroelectric facilities. The word "modernization" in the title is a euphemism for deregulation, exactly as it was in the "Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999" -- which repealed Depression-era banking regulations that had separated consumer banks from riskier investment banking.

Trump halts big-game trophy decision

President Donald Trump abruptly reversed his administration's Thursday decision to allow elephants shot for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported back to the United States as trophies, saying in a tweet Friday night that he was putting the decision "on hold" until further review. "Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts," Trump wrote on Twitter.

Trump faced public and private pressure to halt elephant hunting trophy imports

President Trump has halted a decision by his administration to allow the importation of elephant hunting trophies. A combination of public and private pressure prompted President Trump to overturn his administration's recent move to allow elephants shot for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported back to the United States as trophies, according to interviews with several individuals briefed on the decision.

Trump delays new policy on importing elephant parts

President Donald Trump said Friday he's delaying a new policy allowing the body parts of African elephants shot for sport to be imported until he can review "all conservation facts." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it would allow such importation, arguing that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill the threatened species would help raise money for conservation programs.

Trump halts decision to allow elephant trophy imports after uproar

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Friday he is putting a decision to allow imports of elephant trophies on hold after a torrent of criticism from conservation advocates and across social media. Trump's reversal came hours after his administration released a rule on Friday to allow hunters who kill elephants in Zimbabwe to bring their trophies back to the United States, which had been banned by the Obama administration.

US to allow elephant trophy hunting

Partially reversing an Obama-era ban, the Trump administration will now allow U.S. hunters to bring home the remains of elephants they've killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia in southern Africa. The move, announced this week, was greeted with cheers by hunters and firearms groups but was derided by animal rights advocates as the government argued that conditions for elephants in parts of Africa had "changed and improved" in recent years.