The New York TimesNowHighland Park Shooting Reveals Limits of Illinois’s Gun Restrictionsverified_publisherThe New York Times - Mitch Smith, Campbell Robertson, Frances Robles and Serge F. KovaleskiHIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — On Monday morning, Julie Morrison, an Illinois state senator, was sitting in the back of a convertible, waving to Fourth of July paradegoers, her grandchildren walking alongside the car. Ms. Morrison, a Democrat, had made combating gun violence a priority in her legislative …
The New York Times1 hour agoBiden Promised to Stay Above the Fray, but Democrats Want a Fighterverified_publisherThe New York Times - Michael D. ShearWASHINGTON — Forty-eight hours after a horrific mass shooting on the Fourth of July, President Biden flew to Ohio on Wednesday for a speech on pension plans. With inflation soaring and Democrats still fuming about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Mr. Biden’s public schedule …
The New York Times1 day agoComey and McCabe, Who Infuriated Trump, Both Faced Intensive I.R.S. Auditsverified_publisherThe New York Times - Michael S. SchmidtAmong tax lawyers, the most invasive type of random audit carried out by the I.R.S. is known, only partly jokingly, as “an autopsy without the benefit of death.” The odds of being selected for that audit in any given year are tiny — out of nearly 153 million individual returns filed for 2017, for …
The New York Times1 day agoBlake Masters’ Political Posts in a CrossFit Chat Room Come Back to Haunt Himverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jonathan WeismanBlake Masters, a Republican candidate for the Senate in Arizona who won the endorsement of former President Donald J. Trump, has been dogged by a trail of youthful writings in which he lamented the entry of the United States into the First and Second World Wars, approvingly quoted a Nazi war …
The New York Times1 day agoWitnesses in Young Thug Case Have Been Threatened, Prosecutors Sayverified_publisherThe New York TimesATLANTA — Citing “numerous threats to kill or harm witnesses,” prosecutors in the case against the rapper Young Thug and a group of his associates who are accused of being part of a violent street gang have secured an order that forces defense lawyers to withhold witnesses’ contact information from …
The New York Times1 day agoKate Bedingfield, White House Communications Director, Will Step Downverified_publisherThe New York Times - Zolan Kanno-YoungsWASHINGTON — Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, will step down from her position this summer, White House aides said on Wednesday, marking the latest departure of a senior adviser from the Biden administration. Ms. Bedingfield is a longtime aide to President Biden who helped …
