Congress Is Pushing a Higher Age Requirement for Assault Rifles. Will It Matter?
Oliver Contreras/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced a new bill that would raise the minimum age required to buy an assault weapon from 18 to 21. The bipartisan legislation came on the heels of a meeting on gun safety…
The NRA’s Board Members Are—Shockingly—Mostly White Guys
From left: R. Lee Ermey, Karl Malone, Ted Nugent, Tom SelleckMother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Rifle Association claims to speak for more than 5 million gun owners. Officially, the shots at the nation’s largest pro-gun organization are called by a hush-hush board of 76 directors.…
The East Coast Is Bracing for Yet Another Bomb Cyclone
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite captured a deepening storm off the East coast of the United States on Jan. 4, 2018.NOAA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The infamous bomb cyclone may be back. Winter Storm Riley, set to slam into the East Coast this weekend, is predicted to be…
No, Mass Shooters Do Not Target “Gun Free Zones”
Screen shot from White House video Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day after President Donald Trump convened a remarkable meeting to discuss gun regulations with members of Congress at the White House, he gave the gathering a mixed scorecard. “Many ideas, some good & some not so good, emerged…
Nancy Pelosi Just Endorsed a Congressman Who Opposes Abortion and Gay Rights
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Illinois Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski’s career is on life-support. The seven-term congressman from the Chicago area, who inherited his seat from his father, is facing a formidable primary challenge from businesswoman Marie Newman, whose campaign has been fueled by progressive anger…
Trump Declares War on California, Baffling Even the White House
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’ve been trying with notably mixed success to avoid writing about Donald Trump’s daily ragetweets, which is why I didn’t write about this one yesterday: I have decided that sections of the Wall that California wants built NOW will not be built until the whole…