NRA Finances Slide Into Negative Territory As Dues Decline
Deficits do matter, if you're the NRA. After their run of monster donations in 2016, their finances have declined to the point where they've gone from a surplus to a deficit.
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White House authorises – offensive cyber operations’ against adversaries
The White House has "authorised offensive cyber operations" against US adversaries, in line with a new policy that eases the rules on the use of digital weapons to protect the nation, National Security Adviser John Bolton said Thursday. "Our hands are not tied as they were in the Obama administration," Bolton said during a news briefing to unveil a new national cyber strategy.
Poll: Brett Kavanaugh faces unprecedented opposition to Supreme Court confirmation
Brett Kavanaugh, a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, delivers the Commencement address for the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law on May 25, 2018 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Brett Kavanaugh is nominated to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Kavanaugh allegation tests support of GOP women
In this Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Democratic congressional candidate calls on Trump to release his tax…
Democrat Scott Wallace wants President Trump to release his tax returns. But he isn't so eager to hand over his own.
Telling men to ‘step up,’ Sen. Hirono strides into spotlight
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, is applauded by demonstrators as the arrive to speak to reporters in support of professor Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual attack, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
Christine Blasey Ford Is Open To Testifying About Sexual Assault Allegations
Rachel Martin talks to Republican strategist Scott Jennings about allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted a woman decades ago when they were in high school.
Dealing with #MeToo: Pretend to care before ignoring the woman
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is the victim of a "drive-by shooting" and that he wants to "listen to the lady" - an accomplished research psychologist who says the future judge sexually assaulted her when they were in high school - and then "bring this to a close." Sen. John Cornyn is already attacking Christine Blasey Ford 's credibility, complaining about "gaps" in her recollection of an event she says has traumatized her for decades.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Las Vegas on Sept. 20, 2018.
President Donald Trump expressed public confidence in Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday, calling him "a great gentleman" with an "impeccable reputation" as the judge's fate remained unclear in his Senate confirmation process. At a campaign rally here, Trump took care not to mention Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school more than three decades ago.
California Launches New Effort To Fight Election Disinformation
The state is fighting misinformation about elections by creating an office that will flag suspicious social media posts about voting. But it comes with legal and political questions.
Texas Senate Race Is In The Spotlight With The 1st Of 3 Debates
Democrat Beto O'Rourke is hoping to end a 24-year Republican streak in the state. He will meet Friday night for the first of three debates against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
County says yes to early voting at MDC. And no to a billionaire paying for it.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez makes a point with Miami Dade College student Rebecca Diaz, who came to Thursday night's budget hearing and urged the County Commission to overrule the mayor and approve an early-voting site for the community college. The board voted to put a site on MDC's north campus.
Trump’s self-serving declassification
In announcing that President Donald Trump had ordered the declassification of several documents related to the investigation of possible ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders made it sound like there was no politics involved. The disclosures were designed, Sanders said, "for reasons of transparency" and to accommodate requests from Congress.
There’s Still a 30 Percent Chance the GOP Holds the House. And What if It Does?
First of all, imagine Trump's gloating tweets. Beyond that, imagine how it would be interpreted if at this point the Democrats fail to recapture the House.
Anti-Kavanaugh voices Hirono, Feinstein took campaign cash from Dem…
Speaking at a press conference Tuesday evening, Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono urges men to 'do the right thing' amid allegations of misconduct against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
 U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, who told men to "just shut up and step up" in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, might have some explaining to do about her campaign cash. U.S. Sen. Tom Carper's First State PAC donated $1,000 to Hirono's political campaign in June, despite the Delaware lawmaker's confession of abuse.
Mexican day laborer locked up on Rikers after cops mistook him for…
Francisco Morales, an undocumented immigrant erroneously picked up on sexual assault charges and detained at Rikers, talks to the Daily News next to his live-in partner Rosa Jimenez, Wednesday. A hard-working immigrant who was locked up on Rikers Island for at least two weeks on sexual abuse charges in a horrifying case of mistaken identity is now suing the city for $5 million.
Military leaders from more than 100 countries meet
Senior military representatives from more than 100 countries met in Rhode Island this week to talk about ways to cooperate and address shared challenges. Adm. John Richardson, the U.S. chief of naval operations, hosted the 23rd International Seapower Symposium at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport.
Committee gives Kavanaugh accuser more time
4, 2018, file photo Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is surrounded by photographers as he stands with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley R-Iowa, during his confirmatio... . U.S. Sen. Susan Collins , speaks to the media on Friday, Sept.
Costly mistakes cited in Danbury prison reconstruction
Rebuilding the Danbury federal penitentiary cost needless expense and exposed female inmates to poor conditions and even danger while temporarily held in Brooklyn, two U.S. Department of Justice reports conclude. The reports by the department's Office of the Inspector General cover the period between July 2013 when the U.S. Bureau of Prisons announced it would convert Danbury from a prison housing women to one housing men, and October 2017 when the construction project was finished.
The Latest: Trump says Kavanaugh delay has gone on too long
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : President Donald Trump says the delay over his Supreme Court nominee following a sexual assault allegation has lasted long enough. Trump tells Fox News host Sean Hannity before a campaign rally in Las Vegas, "I don't think you can delay it any longer."