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National Rifle Association
Political clout doesn’t guarantee a healthy bottom line.
The confessed Russian agent told an Israeli audience in 2013 that her gun rights group had a deal with the NRA.
Election 2016
She has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Plus: Mother Jones and The Trace uncovered more photos of Maria Butina’s boss with NRA leaders — including at an NRA fundraiser.
Following reporting by The Trace, the Campaign Legal Center and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a complaint on Friday with the Federal Election Commission calling for an investigation into the National Rifle Association’s apparently illegal coordination with…
Bang for the Buck
Trump and the gun group used the same consultants to spearhead their TV ad blitzes at the height of the 2016 election, likely in violation of federal law.
Josh Powell, the National Rifle Association official who has been presiding over steep and controversial budget cuts within the organization, has been removed from his post as executive director of general operations and given a “promotion” to a strategic role,…
The National Rifle Association is under additional scrutiny after The Wall Street Journal reported the group gave lucrative contracts to companies with ties to NRA executives. Acting as a spokesperson for the NRA in the story was William A. Brewer…
The National Rifle Association and its longtime insurance business partner are settling a rancorous months-long legal dispute over the fate of the troubled Carry Guard self-defense insurance program, court records show. The NRA and insurance broker Lockton…
Several staffers at NRATV, the National Rifle Association’s video streaming operation, have been laid off, according to a former staffer. Longtime NRATV producer and correspondent Cameron Gray tweeted Wednesday that he and “several colleagues” had been terminated this morning.
Gun Policy
The gun group’s latest tax filings disclose a wealth of new details, including generous executive benefits amid a growing cash crunch and mysterious payments to a former official.
The National Rifle Association is doing away with free coffee and water coolers for employees at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters — a cost-cutting move that has NRA insiders “freaking out,” The Trace has learned. “The whole building was freaking out,”…
“Your Freedom is Under Attack!” warn emails the National Rifle Association sent to its members, urging them to vote for pro-gun candidates in this Tuesday’s midterm elections. Under attack from whom? Villains who have sent the political right into a…
The gun group has long opposed taggants for gunpowder, depriving bombing investigators of a valuable tool.
A new complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission accuses the National Rifle Association and GOP Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley of engaging in “an elaborate scheme designed to evade detection” of campaign finance violations. The complaint from the…