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After striking an elusive nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration found itself in a quandary in early 2016: Iran had been promised access to its long-frozen overseas reserves, including $5.7 billion stuck in an Omani bank. Secret Obama-era permit let Iran convert funds to dollars

HOLLY HILL, Fla. - A Holly Hill Little Caesars employee shot and killed a masked man who attacked him with a wooden post and scissors late Saturday, according to a police report. Police: Holly Hill Little Caesars employee shoots, kills attacker wearing mask

A week after the Santa Fe high school shooting, Gov. Cuomo accepted the state Democratic Party's nomination for governor by promising additional gun laws, including raising the age to purchase firearms in New York to 21. Gov. Cuomo vows to make it illegal for New Yorkers under 21 to buy guns as...

An Oregon high school student is suing his school, saying it violated his First Amendment rights when it suspended him for wearing a Trump T-shirt. He was suspended for wearing a Trump shirt. Now, he’s suing his Oregon school district

Thank you FUAC. Natural gas prices in the New York City region skyrocketed in January, costing New Yorkers roughly 46 times more than the 2017 average for the area, according to a Tuesday report from the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA). REPORT: Dysfunctional Policies Force New Yorkers To Pay 46...

A phone and a 'video gaming device’… that’s what two teenagers were allegedly after, in a burglary that turned into a murder according to the Fort Worth Police. Officials with the department said in a statement released Tuesday that two boys, aged thirteen and fourteen, were arrested on a...

Clad in bright red T-shirts and determined to make a difference so that all New Yorkers will be safer from gun violence, moms and dads from across New York came to the state Capitol on Tuesday demanding action. Senator: It's the Old Albany Two Step

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued the first set of conditional pardons for restoring the right to vote to New Yorkers on parole. First round of pardons gives 24K New Yorkers on parole the right to vote

Report: Obama Pleads With Jay-Z to Prevent Other Hip Hop Artists Meeting With Trump

New York Ranked One of the Worst States For Military Retirees

An immigration-overhaul advocacy group backed by the influential Koch brothers is sending out a series of political mailers aimed at backing pro-immigration members of Congress -- including a handful of Democrats. Koch-backed group gives boost to Democrats on immigration - CNNPolitics

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook waded into divisive political topics such as gun control and immigration during a commencement speech while continuing his criticisms of internet companies over a lack of user privacy. Apple CEO Lauds Gun-Control Activists; Jabs at Google, Facebook

Gun control advocates are hailing New Jersey's release of near-real-time firearms trafficking data as a trailblazing use of federal information, but Second Amendment advocates and skeptical Republicans question whether the report amounts to a way around a federal limitation on the release of...

A Republican state senator from the Hudson Valley has set off a firestorm by proposing legislation that would require New Yorkers to present a government-issued photo ID at polling sites on Election Day. https://nypost.com/2018/05/07/gop-state-senator-under-fire-after-proposing-voter-id-laws/

Do as Hollywood celebrities say, not as they do. Actress Alyssa Milano attended an anti-NRA protest in downtown Dallas today — and she did it surrounded by armed guards. VIDEO: Hollywood actress attends anti-gun protest - with armed guards - The American Mirror

The 51-year-old asset manager will move its headquarters from Midtown Manhattan to the Tennessee city and relocate about 1,050 jobs beginning later this year, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. The company had 3,446 employees worldwide, as of the end...

Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Remove Guns from Domestic Abusers

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among millennials as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll. Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll

A Missouri woman who had a loaded handgun hidden in her vagina at the time of her arrest last year today pleaded guilty to weapons possession and narcotics charges. Plea Deal For Woman With Gun In Body Cavity

Sillibrand is at it again. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is proposing legislation aimed at putting an end to current payday lending practices by giving some banking services a new home: the U.S. Post Office. Your local post office could become a bank if this bill passes

Since 2007 Texas and Florida (with no income tax) have gained 1.4 million and 850,000 residents, respectively, from other states. California and New York have jointly lost more than 2.2 million residents. Our analysis of IRS data on tax returns shows that in the past three years alone, Texas and...

The knife control movement has crossed the Atlantic. Knife control movement crosses Atlantic

A top priority of liberal billionaire George Soros is to enlarge the U.S. electorate by 10 million voters by 2018, according to leaked documents. Soros Aims to Enlarge Electorate by 10 Million Voters by 2018

Activists and members of Hollywood launched a coalition Friday against the NRA and its elected official beneficiaries on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. Amy Schumer, Jimmy Kimmel and more help launch Anti-NRA Coalition

Kyle Kashuv, a pro-Second Amendment student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, roasted former President Obama on Twitter Thursday for writing an essay praising only the school's pro-gun control student activists for Time magazine. Pro-Gun Parkland Student Dings Obama Essay: 'Seems Asinine...

he Attorney General of New York is urging state lawmakers to modify state law so prosecutors would be free to charge in local court anyone federally pardoned, The New York Times reported Wednesday. New York attorney general seeking power to prosecute Trump aides who are pardoned by the president

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Clean Energy Standard has spurred just one-fifth of the new renewable energy generation promised in 2016. Cuomo’s renewable flop continues : Empire Center for Public Policy

By the 2020 presidential election, 16 and 17-year-olds may be able to vote in the nation's capital. Washington, D.C., may allow 16-year-olds to vote for president in the 2020 election

Consumers nationwide would pay more for what they buy online if South Dakota gets its way before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case to be argued Tuesday. Paying billions more online: Supreme Court takes up internet sales tax case

With attacks from coming from the left and right, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has seen his favorability ranking among New Yorkers slip into a tie with his worst-ever showing since becoming governor in 2011, a new poll has found. Cuomo matches his lowest favorability rating as governor

It Begins: California Senator Introduces Bill to Kill Free Speech, Requires State-Sanctioned Fact Checkers to Approve Online Content

Good article. I can’t afford to pay the new $15 minimum wage

An epidemic of stabbings and acid attacks in London has gotten so bad that London mayor Sadiq Khan is announcing broad new "knife control" policies designed to keep these weapons of war out of the hands of Londoners looking to cause others harm. London's Mayor Declares Intense New 'Knife...

Domestic abusers in New York who are convicted on either felony or many misdemeanor charges will have their firearms taken from them. Gun control: How NY plans to take firearms away from domestic abusers

Brooklyn State Assemblywoman Pamela Harris is resigning from her position ahead of her federal corruption trial, her attorney said Monday night. Attorney: Brooklyn assemblywoman resigns ahead of corruption trial

The widow of the gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was acquitted Friday of helping to plot the attack and lying to the FBI afterward — a rare and stinging defeat for the U.S. government in a terrorism case. Widow of Orlando nightclub gunman is acquitted in...

Larry King has an interesting tidbit for why the Second Amendment should be repealed -- and it's got to do with what he says is the real reason it was created ... to fight off slaves. Larry King Says the Second Amendment Was Created to Fight Off Slave Uprisings

Several U.S. states and civil rights groups promised on Tuesday to stop the federal government from asking people whether they are citizens in the 2020 Census, arguing it could discourage immigrants from participating and skew the makeup of Congress. States, civil rights groups vow to fight...

Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday called for a vote on gun control within a month. Schumer calls for vote on gun control measures within a month

Proudly calling himself the National Rifle Association’s “Public Enemy No. 1,” Sen. Chuck Schumer urged congressional Republican leaders Sunday to listen to the “millions and millions” of March for Our Lives protesters by introducing gun-control legislation...

Around 200,000 people attended the March For Our Lives gun control event in Washington, D.C. Saturday afternoon, CBS News reported. Report: March For Our Lives Crowd Count Well Below Expected And Initial Reports

Former President Barack Obama talked about his future plans for his post-presidency life at a conference Sunday in Japan, addressing how he might shape "a million" new, young leaders in his mold. Obama envisions creating 'a million young Barack Obamas' during speech in Japan

NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - The youth-led U.S. gun control movement that flexed its public muscle with huge weekend rallies has already nudged Congress to enact minor firearms changes, but must remain active if it hopes to win more meaningful regulations, lawmakers said on Sunday. Sen...

On Wednesday, Congress released a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that provides no funding for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall – a major setback for Trump, who had demanded $25 billion to construct a concrete barrier to stop illegal crossings from Mexico. Congress Slaps Trump...

In its effort to unionize flight attendants at JetBlue, the Transport Workers Union has found an uncommon array of allies – top New York City and state officials led by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. New York Governor Cuomo Backs Union Campaign To Organize JetBlue Flight Attendants

For decades, the idea of government-guaranteed jobs for all Americans has stalked the outer edges of political debate. Why Democrats Should Embrace a Federal Jobs Guarantee

Hillary Clinton said that white women voted for President Trump during the 2016 presidential election because their husbands told them to, during a discussion at the India Today Conclave on Saturday. https://nygunforum.com/forums/politics-law.18/create-thread

The unspeakable deaths by gun violence at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland last month; 800,000 Dreamers, American young people, afraid and unsure; the abandonment of our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria; a tax cut for the rich as the middle class is...

Nearly a month after the Parkland, Fla., school mass shooting, Gov. Cuomo is set to kick off a gun-control campaign touting his work on the issue and targeting seven New York congressional Republicans. Cuomo to unleash ad attack against 7 NRA-backed N.Y. pols

Many Westchester residents are wondering why they haven’t seen Gov. Andrew Cuomo visit hard-hit communities in the county after two nor’easter knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. When a reporter confronted the governor, pointing out that he's already toured Puerto Rico three times...