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GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz Charged with Weapons Violation at Dulles Airport

Rep. Victoria Spaatz (R-Indiana) was charged with a weapons violation after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at Dulles International Airport (IAD) found a firearm in her carry-on luggage. Spaatz, a native of Ukraine, was charged Friday with violating a Virginia law that bans carrying weapons inside airport terminals, a spokesperson for the Washington Metropolitan Airports […]

Spartz charged with weapons violation at Dulles Airport

Rep. Victoria Spaatz (R-Indiana) was indicted on weapons charges last week for carrying a handgun into Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The incident happened on Friday, the Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Spaatz’s office confirmed to The Hill on Monday. The TSA did not release the passenger’s name, but […]

Mets’ Edwin Diaz suspended 10 games for sticky-stuff violation

Edwin Diaz was punished on Monday and the Mets could be short on personnel for the next 10 games. Diaz was suspended 10 games by the league’s senior vice president of field operations, Michael Hill, a day after he was ejected for violating MLB’s foreign body rules following an umpire’s test. The Mets closer was […]

Umpire Pat Hoberg disciplined by MLB over violation of gambling rules

MLB umpire Pat Horberg has been suspended for allegedly violating the league’s gambling rules, The Washington Post’s Jon Heyman has confirmed. It is unclear what punishment he received, but Hoberg is appealing MLB’s decision. Athletic The first to report news. MLB said it found no evidence that Horberg’s games were tampered with. Umpire Pat Hoberg […]

Republicans team up to defeat longtime ‘restriction’ targeting gun owners: ‘Violation of the Second Amendment’

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and other Senate Republicans recently introduced legislation that would eliminate the transfer tax on firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). The bill, called the Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excise Elimination Act (RIFLE) Act, was announced on Wednesday. According to a press statement issued by Cotton, the legislation “will eliminate […]