California doubles taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school security

Gavin Newsom, the governor, signed a law that adds an 11% state fee to the existing federal taxes for arms sales

California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law Gavin Newsom, the governor, signed Tuesday.

The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition at either 10% or 11%, depending on the type of gun. The law Newsom signed adds another 11% tax on top of that – making it the only state with its own tax on guns and ammunition, according to the gun control advocacy group Brady.

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Trump and organization liable for fraud, New York state court says

New York judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former US president of illegally inflating assets and net worth

A New York judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit from Letitia James, the New York state attorney general, accusing Donald Trump, the former US president, of illegally inflating his assets and net worth, and ruled Trump and his company the Trump Organization are liable for fraud.

The decision was issued by Justice Arthur Engoron of the New York state court in Manhattan.

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‘Pro-union’ Biden endorses striking workers’ pay demands in historic visit to UAW picket line in Michigan – live

Biden says ‘you deserve what you’ve earned, and you’ve earned a hell of a lot more than you’re getting paid’ in first picket line visit by sitting US president

In a major blow to Bob Menendez’s support, Cory Booker, his fellow Democratic senator from New Jersey, says he should resign following his indictment on corruption charges last week.

“I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving,” said Booker, who supported Menendez when he previously faced corruption charges in 2015.

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Bob Menendez’s fellow New Jersey senator joins calls for his resignation

Cory Booker says Democratic senator charged with bribery offenses should step down in significant blow

In a significant blow to Bob Menendez ’s hopes of staying in the US Senate while under indictment for corruption, Cory Booker – his fellow New Jersey Democrat – joined calls for the senator to resign.

“The details of the allegations against Senator Menendez are of such a nature that the faith and trust of New Jerseyans as well as those he must work with in order to be effective have been shaken to the core,” Booker said on Tuesday.

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Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani over ‘total annihilation’ of digital privacy

Trump lawyer has boasted of accessing data from external hard drive linked to president’s son’s laptop computer

Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Giuliani and his lawyer, alleging “total annihilation” of his digital privacy through attempts to tie his legal and personal problems to his father, President Joe Biden, through claims about an infamous laptop and hard drive.

Filed in US district court in California, where Hunter Biden lives, the suit says the former New York mayor turned Donald Trump attorney and his own lawyer, Robert Costello, “are among those … primarily responsible for what has been described as the ‘total annihilation’ of [Hunter Biden’s] digital privacy.

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US surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate. One decided to speak out

The grueling profession has long kept silent about mental distress. After losing a friend and quietly grappling with illness, Carrie Cunningham found a new way to save lives

Carrie Cunningham puffed out her cheeks and exhaled. She looked out at the audience filled with 2,000 of her peers, surgeons who were attending the annual meeting of the Association of Academic Surgery, a prestigious gathering of specialists from universities across the United States and Canada.

Cunningham, president of the organization, knew what she was about to reveal could cost her promotions, patients and professional standing. She took a deep breath.

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