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New York Attorney General Letitia James is planning announce a bid to become the state’s next governor, with an official announcement coming as soon as Thursday, according to a report. “Attorney General Letitia James has made a decision regarding the governor’s race,” James adviser Kimberly Peeler-Allen said. “She will be announcing it in the coming

A lawyer for the National Rifle Association told an appeals court Wednesday the group hopes to refile a lawsuit against New York state, while pleading with the panel of judges to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss the case challenging the closure of gun shops during the coronavirus pandemic.   NRA attorney Philip Furia

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A notorious Russian cybercriminal group has posted what appear to be National Rifle Association files to the dark web. The group, known as Grief, posted 13 files to its website Wednesday and claimed to have hacked the NRA. It is threatening to release more of the files if not paid, though it did not publicly

At issue in Bruen is New York’s 108-year-old Sullivan Act, which mandates that anyone who wants to carry a concealed handgun in public has to show “proper cause” to obtain a license permitting this. What that specifically means is left legislatively undefined, but over the years, New York courts have held that failure to “demonstrate a special need for self-protection

Topline A Russian hacker known as Grief claims to have hacked the National Rifle Association and posted several documents with the threat to release more unless they were paid an unspecified sum, NBC News reported Wednesday. Key Facts Most of 13 files posted to Grief’s website on the dark web apparently were related to NRA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., – Groups seeking stricter gun-control laws frequently have clashed with Republican leaders in Florida, which is a testing ground for National Rifle Association-backed legislation. But gun-control organizations and 16 states are joining forces with the “Gunshine State” to defend a Florida law that raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 to purchase

Topline Right-wing pundit Dan Bongino appears to be taking a break from his radio show and is off the air for at least the rest of this week in the midst of a public feud over a Covid-19 mandate imposed by Cumulus Media, the radio giant that distributes his show, according to a Wednesday report.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday cast doubt on an effort by the National Rifle Association to revive its lawsuit challenging New York state’s closing of gun stores early in the COVID-19 pandemic because they were “non-essential” businesses. The NRA, which is also defending itself against a