• Maine lawmakers, activists debate new gun control law nearly six months after 2023’s deadliest shooting

    Proposed law could make it easier for state courts to temporarily remove individual’s access to firearms if they may harm themselves or others

  • ‘Lost for words’: Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents

    President’s suggestion that his ‘Uncle Bosie’ was eaten by cannibals harms US efforts to build Pacific ties, say local expertsJoe Biden’s suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country.Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how “Uncle Bosie” had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights...

  • Biden’s new plan could give student loan relief to many new borrowers

    President Joe Biden will announce his latest effort to broaden student loan relief next week for new categories of borrowers, according to three people familiar with the plans, nearly a year after the Supreme Court foiled his administration’s first attempt to cancel debt for millions who attended college. Biden will detail the plan Monday in Madison, Wisconsin, where the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin is located. The actual federal regulations—outlining who would qualify to get...

  • Biden Boasts over Latest Executive Gun Control Forcing Private Gun Sellers into Background Checks

    President Joe Biden boasted Thursday morning as another executive gun control -- the ATF's expanded background check rule -- stood poised to take effect.

  • Don’t like the polling results? Biden’s new strategy: Hire new pollsters

    Spooked by the results of a Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday night that showed former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in head-to-head matchups in six of seven battleground states, the Biden team took immediate action: They hired new pollsters. Politico reported on Wednesday that the Biden campaign hired eight veteran pollsters […]

  • Judge refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden’s gun case, rejecting claim it’s politically motivated

    By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika denied defense efforts […]

  • Biden vows to protect U.S. steel industry

    (The Center Square) – President Joe Biden wants to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum if investigators confirm allegations of the country’s unfair trade practices. “The backbone of America has a steel spine,” he said Wednesday during a visit to the United Steelworkers union headquarters in Pittsburgh. “It really does.” Biden wants the U.S. Trade Representative to increase the 7.5% rate as federal regulators raise the alarm about China’s subsidized...

  • Residents react to President Biden’s visit to his hometown

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — President Biden is scheduled to visit Scranton for what his reelection campaign calls a "major address." 28/22 News spoke to some locals from the president's hometown Friday afternoon. On Tuesday the 16th President Biden will take a trip back to his hometown in Scranton, and 28/22 News spent time speaking []

  • Maine enacts new law on rail hazardous-material transportation

    AUGUSTA, Maine — Railroads in Maine face new requirements for reporting the transport of hazardous materials in the state after Gov. Janet Mills signed an emergency bill into law on Friday, the Portland Press Herald reports. LD1937 was introduced last year following a Rockwood, Maine, derailment and fire that saw three crew members injured [see []Read More

  • Trump’s New York Trial Has Officially Begun. Here’s What’s at Stake.

    Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More

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    Biden Administration announces new rule on gun background checks

    HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a new rule that will reduce the number of firearms sold without a background check. Background checks will now be required at gun shows and online venues. The final rule is an implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, an initiative seeking to reduce gun crimes []

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    How Arizona’s retrograde abortion law could be a hidden gift to Biden

    Arizona’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a near-total ban on abortions tied to a Civil War-era law in the state is enforceable. Under that 1864 law, anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one can be charged with a felony. The one exception to the prohibition is if an abortion is needed to save a woman’s life. It’s a horrifying ruling, and all the more striking because Arizona is a purple state, not a bastion of deep social conservatism. The retrograde law dates back to...