Category: Current Events

Pakistani national charged with alleged plot to assassinate Donald Trump, other public officials: DOJ Abc News Reports A Pakistani national with purported ties to Iran was arrested last month on charges he plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump and multiple other public officials, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. […]

Today, Congressmen Andy Kim (NJ-03), Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Robert Garcia (CA-42) introduced the Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2024 to prohibit Department of Defense (DoD) owned manufacturing plants and contractors from selling military-grade assault weapons and ammunition to civilians.  Aka The “Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2024″ kim.house writes “Military-grade […]

The group is launching a push in swing states and House battlegrounds to help “gun safety champions” with ads, polling and staffing to reach key groups of voters. NBC News Writes The new spending blitz, first reported by NBC News, will cover paid TV and digital ads, direct mail (in English and Spanish), new polls […]

Lt. Col. Brian Jones assumed leadership of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant during a Change of Command Ceremony last Thursday. US Army Reports Jones accepted responsibility from Lt. Col. Christopher Denton. Col. Gabe Pryor, the commander of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, officiated the event. “Lake City has a critical role in supporting our […]

In a NAGR case we’ve been watching, a federal judge has blocked enforcement of the ATF FRT Machingun definition for the plaintiff in the case. GunPolicy.org Continues “Each time an agency circumvent the legislative process it chips away at the most prudent reason for the separation of powers—that is, ensuring unelected and unaccountable individuals do […]

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has stepped down after widespread calls from lawmakers for her to resign following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, three sources told NBC News. NBC Continues  In her resignation letter, obtained from a senior official who received it, Cheatle wrote that the “scrutiny over the last week […]

Hodeida, Yemen — Firefighting teams on Monday were struggling to contain a massive blaze at Yemen’s Hodeida port, days after a deadly Israeli strike damaged oil storage facilities and endangered aid ships in the harbor, which is in the massive portion of the country controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi rebel movement. CBS reports Heavy flames […]

President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent’s fitness for office. The unprecedented announcement, delivered less than four months before the election, immediately upended a campaign that both political parties […]

Thomas Matthew Crooks’ parents contacted law enforcement Saturday hours before he opened fire on former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, a source told Fox News. Fox Continues The aspiring assassin’s mother and father told local police that Crooks was missing and that they were concerned about his welfare, the source said. It remained […]

The FBI said the shooter, who is dead, was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. A motive was not clear. MSN reports The gunman was immediately “neutralized” by the Secret Service, chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi said. Crooks used a semi-automatic rifle, three senior U.S. law enforcement officials said, based on […]