The number of firearms in the U.S. is outpacing the country’s population, as an emboldened gun industry and its allies target buyers with rhetoric of fear, machismo and defiance.
Tag: Lobbying and Lobbyists
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Can We Tech Our Way Out of Climate Change?
The billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr offers his views on what Silicon Valley’s elite can — and can’t — do about our global crisis.
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John R. Allen Resigns as Brookings President After Qatar Revelations
Mr. Allen, a retired four-star general, had been on administrative leave amid a federal inquiry into whether he had secretly lobbied for the government of Qatar.
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Retired General Investigated Over Undisclosed Lobbying for Qatar
Documents show that the Justice Department has records indicating that John Allen, who now heads the Brookings Institution, secretly lobbied for Qatar and lied about it to federal agents.
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How a Florida Power Project Flew Under the Regulatory Radar
The state’s biggest utility is building a 176-mile line that may be unsuitable or even unneeded. Its design minimized scrutiny. Critics see a pattern.