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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

“My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

WRAP Technologies and XINSURANCE Partner to Launch WRAP Safe Response Program, Expanding Into the 1.28M Officer U.S. ...

MIAMI, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WRAP Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WRAP), a global public safety technology company, and XINSURANCE today announced a strategic partnership to develop and bring to market the WRAP Safe Response Program, a certified …

Attorney General James Co-Leads Multistate Effort Opposing Trump Administration’s Sweeping Rollback of Gun Safety ...

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in opposing the Trump administration's unprecedented effort to dismantle decades of federal gun safety protections. Since May 2026, the Bureau of …

House DFLers ramp up push for vote on gun control package as session deadline looms

— UPDATED at 8:51 p.m. after floor action Thursday was the day when the always-simmering debate over guns boiled over in the House. While Wednesday night’s announcement of a budget agreement made headlines for a few hours Thursday, House DFLers returned to …

Durbin, Senate Democrats Sound Alarm On Proposed ATF Rule On Transporting Firearms

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of Senate Democrats in sounding the alarm on a proposed federal gun regulation that would allow individuals to circumvent …

Senate Democrats Sound Alarm On Proposed ATF Rule Loosening Firearm Prohibitions For High-Risk Individuals

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) led a group of Senate Democrats in sounding the alarm on a proposed federal gun regulation that would …

New Orleans Man Indicted for Violating the Federal Gun Controlled Act and Controlled Substances Act

Wrap Technologies Receives Historic ATF Ruling Formally Classifying BolaWrap® 150 as an Instrument of Restraint — Not a ...

MIAMI, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wrap Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WRAP) (“Wrap” or, the “Company”), a global public safety technology company, today announced that the ATF has issued Ruling 2026-2, formally determining that the BolaWrap® 150 is not …

Orleans Parish Man Sentenced for Violating Federal Gun Control Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that on December 4, 2025, ELIJAH MARTIN (“MARTIN”), age 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to 57 months of imprisonment, after previously pleading …

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

“My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

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