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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The National Rifle Association is fielding a growing number of questions about its ties to Alexander Torshin, a prominent Kremlin-allied Russian banker, politician, and gun-rights activist. Torshin, who has been described as “President Putin’s emissary” in the US, said in 2015 that he knew President Donald Trump through the NRA. The FBI is […]
Thomson Reuters The National Rifle Association on Saturday lashed out at the companies who have severed business ties after gun-control activists called for a boycott. The movement comes after a mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people. A number of companies have announced in recent days they’ll stop offering special deals […]
Associated Press/Evan Vucci Gun-control activists are organizing boycotts and calling for companies to cut ties with the National Rifle Association. The NRA has partnerships with companies that offer members special deals, such as discounts on car rentals or hotel bookings. The car-rental giant Enterprise and the First National Bank of Omaha are among the companies […]
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Susan Rice, the former national security adviser, said through her attorney Friday that she documented a controversial January 2017 meeting she had with senior Obama administration officials because they were “justifiably concerned” about ties between Russia and members of the incoming Trump administration. Rice’s attorney said she memorialized the meeting upon the advice […]
Associated Press/Brynn Anderson A mass shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school has spurred a growing number of calls for companies to cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA). A number of retailers still offer perks to NRA members. These discounts help retain NRA members, according to Boycott NRA Partners. On […]
Associated Press/Brynn Anderson Best Western and Wyndham Hotels ended their relationships with the NRA — though, apparently not in direct response to the Parkland, Florida shooting. Gun control activists are organizing boycotts against companies with ties to the NRA. The two hotel chains were previously targeted in a boycott campaign following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school […]
Fox’s The Resident made its regular time slot debut on Monday night with 4.7 million total viewers and a 1.0 rating — on par in the demo with predecessor The Gifted‘s freshman average (3.3 mil/1.0). The Resident expectedly dropped — 46 and 62 percent — from Sunday night’s special post-NFC Championship showcase, which is akin […]
North Korea’s announcement that it will send a delegation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea clears the way for a pair of figure skaters with Montreal ties to compete. Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik finished in the top six in a qualifying event in September to secure a spot at the Games in Pyeongchang, but their […]
Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 14:25 Ankara wants to reverse the “spiral” of worsening relations between Turkey and Germany, Turkey’s FM has stated. Melvut Cavusoglu’s call for rapprochement with Berlin comes amid rapidly deteriorating relations with Washington. In an op-ed published ahead of his Saturday meeting with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Cavusoglu wrote that […]
Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 07:25 Edited time: 5 Jan, 2018 07:35 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that bilateral ties and accords with the US “are losing their validity,” following the conviction of a Turkish banker by a US court. “The laws in our bilateral ties and the bilateral accords between us are […]
