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In Bloomberg Uproar, Ethics Flags For New Media

Launching his namesake company’s news division in the 1990s, Michael Bloomberg largely rejected long-held rules of the journalism trade that insist on keeping thick firewalls between reporters and the profit-making workings of their companies.

2013/05/16

File photo of the NRA's recent convention in Houston. (credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Senators Discuss Changing Background Checks Bill

Senators backing gun control are discussing ways to revise the defeated Senate background check bill to help win the votes they need to resuscitate the measure.

2013/05/08

File photo of N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Bloomberg, Mayor Group Tout Big Gun Control Push

A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts, including comprehensive background checks.

2013/03/24

O’Malley, Bloomberg Urge Gun Control Reforms

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling for federal gun control reforms.

2013/01/14

File photo of N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bloomberg: President’s Top Priority Should Be Guns

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says President Barack Obama’s first priority in his second term should be to lead the country on gun control.

2012/12/16

An aerial shot of Sandy Hook Elementary School, site of one of the worst school shootings in America's history. (credit: Getty Images)

Could Newtown Shooting be Gun-Control Tipping Point?

The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?

2012/12/15

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NYC Mayor Knocks Reports He Eyed Clinton To Run

Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out Tuesday at reports that he encouraged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to run to succeed him, and he pointedly praised the city official who has long been seen as his pick for the job.

2012/12/05

NYC Mayor and media entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg is asking other media heads to demand a national, presidential debate on 'self-defeating' immigration policy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bloomberg Lobbying Other Media Heads For Presidential Immigration Debate

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sought Tuesday to ignite debate over immigration among the presidential contenders, saying there was no faster or cheaper way to fix the nation’s economic problems than by abandoning “self-defeating” immigration policies.

2012/08/14

House Democrats Slam Bloomberg Over NYPD Muslim Spying Program

House Democrats are criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for what they called his “underhanded and unprofessional” response to criticism of the New York Police Department’s spying programs.

2012/04/02