Politics May 12 WATCH: FBI Director Kash Patel, ATF, DEA heads testify in Senate hearing By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Politics Apr 29 WATCH: Blanche, newly confirmed ATF head Cekada propose gun regulation rollbacks Justice Department officials moved Wednesday to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations in a dramatic shift in firearm policy pushed by Second Amendment supporters in President Donald Trump's base. By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Nation Apr 24 WATCH: Garland speaks at inaugural Gun Violence Survivors' Summit Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday said that America’s gun violence problem can sometimes feel so enormous that it seems like nothing can be done. But, he added, “that could not be farther from the truth.”… By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Nation Apr 11 Watch 7:05 Biden moves to close 'gun show loophole' and expand background checks for gun buyers The Biden administration is issuing a rule designed to close a gap that allows gun buyers to avoid background checks. The move will end the so-called "gun show loophole” and require checks when dealers sell guns at gun shows, flea… By Geoff Bennett, Shoshana Dubnow
Politics Jun 22 WATCH: Garland delivers remarks on guns and crime at ATF forum Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered remarks before a Police Executive Forum for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Thursday. By Associated Press
Aug 11 Investigators searching for cause of Indiana house explosion that killed 3 By Associated Press Authorities are working to determine the cause of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood that killed three people and left another person hospitalized. Continue reading
May 25 WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds ATF director nomination hearing as nation mourns Texas school shooting By News Desk The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Steven Dettelbach as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The committee also considered the nomination of several federal judges. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 7:10 Why the ATF is often leaderless and how it affects the agency's work Back in April, the president nominated David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). After retiring from the agency, Chipman advised gun control advocacy groups like Everytown and Giffords — a problem for Senate republicans… Continue watching
Mar 16 Rifle found at El Chapo hideout tied to Fast and Furious scandal By Eric Tucker and Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- One of the guns that Mexican officials say was found at the hideout of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera is associated with Fast and Furious, a failed "gun-walking" operation, according to the Justice Department. Continue reading
Mar 20 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms director to resign after two years in post By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The first Senate-confirmed director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leaving the post after less than two years, the agency announced Friday. Continue reading