The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect. The rule aims to close a...

Supreme Court appears receptive to NRA free-speech lawsuit against a former New York state official

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. ...

Former NRA chief Wayne LaPierre misspent gun rights group's money, owes more than $4M, jury finds

NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury...

NRA and former leader Wayne LaPierre are found liable in a lawsuit centered on the organization’s lavish spending

Trial over lavish NRA spending nears jury, Wayne LaPierre's lawyer calls it a political witch hunt

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie jar," a lawyer with the New York Attorney General’s Office said Thursday, at the conclusion of a civil trial accusing the gun rights group's executives of wildly misspending millions of...

Gun victims' AI-generated voices are used in messages sent to lawmakers who support the NRA

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Joaquin “Guac” Oliver died in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre, but federal lawmakers who oppose tighter gun regulations began getting phone calls in his voice on Wednesday, lambasting them for their position. The families of Oliver and...

Trump tells NRA members 'no one will lay a finger on your firearms' if he returns to the White House

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms" if he returns to the White House, and bragged that during his time as president he “did nothing” to curb guns. ...

At trial, NRA leader LaPierre acknowledges he wrongly expensed private flights, gifts

NEW YORK (AP) — National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre acknowledged at a civil trial Monday that he wrongly expensed private flights for his family and accepted vacations from vendors doing business with the nonprofit gun rights organization without disclosing them. It was...

NRA chief Wayne LaPierre takes the stand in his civil trial, defends luxury vacations

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre took the stand in his New York civil trial Friday, defending himself against allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by spending tens of millions of dollars to enrich himself and close...

Oliver North says NRA reacted to misconduct allegations like a 'circular firing squad'

New York (AP) — Oliver North testified Tuesday that he was forced out of the National Rifle Association after raising allegations of financial irregularities within the powerful lobbying organization, likening the group's reaction to that of a “circular firing squad.” North,...