Wayne LaPierre Finally Takes the Fall. Will the NRA Survive Without Him?

LaPierre’s Downfall • Trump or Immigration? • McCarthy’s Revenge [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Wayne LaPierre Finally Takes the Fall. Will the NRA Survive Without Him? Good morning from the Hive newsroom. What would the world look like without the National Rifle Association? The latest palace intrigue consuming the NRA corruption trial and the resignation of CEO Wayne LaPierre has us pondering that very question. But maybe the gun group’s influence on society is too ingrained that the answer doesn’t matter. [For Inside the Hive](, host Brian Stelter and The Trace’s Will Van Sant discuss LaPierre’s reign as an alleged grifter and calculating stoker of culture wars, overseeing the NRA “as it reached its apex in terms of power and influence.” Elsewhere, Eric Lutz [helps us understand]( what’s behind House Republicans’ inaction on the country’s border crisis. “The mission of the contemporary Republican Party is not to implement policy so much as it is to work to get one man elected,” he notes. “Anything that threatens the latter—whether it’s [a tax bill]( or even what is likely to be a pretty stringent border proposal—is fundamentally in conflict with that purpose.” Plus, Bess Levin [has the latest]( on Kevin McCarthy’s reported revenge campaign. Thanks for reading. [Wayne LaPierre Finally Takes the Fall. Will the NRA Survive Without Him?]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Will Van Sant, a staff writer for The Trace who covers the gun lobby, explains the latest palace intrigue that has consumed the NRA corruption trial.]( [Read more button](   [Republicans Don’t Want to Lose Their Favorite 2024 Talking Point]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Some in the GOP see the forthcoming immigration proposal as a unique opportunity to reform American border policy. But, as lead Republican negotiator James Lankford may soon find out, such a deal may conflict with the party’s overarching goal: putting Donald Trump back in the White House.]( [Read more button](   [Chuck Grassley Is Openly Opposing Tax Bill Because He Wants Joe Biden to Lose]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The Republican senator expressed that the measure’s passage would make the president “look good,” fearing that “he could be reelected.”]( [Read more button](   [Indiana Lawmaker Jim Lucas Responds to Student Pleas for Firearm Safety by Telling Them He’s Armed and Flashing His Gun at Them]( By [Bess Levin]( [One student present said she felt “almost petrified with fear.”]( [Read more button](   [An Out-for-Blood Kevin McCarthy Is Plotting Revenge on the Republicans Who Ousted Him: Report]( By [Bess Levin]( [McCarthy is said to be “mobilizing to oust the eight GOP lawmakers who joined Democrats to depose him.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast