NRA's legal troubles, support for Trump in 2016 drain finances despite record membership growth

Used to making news on Capitol Hill as one of the most powerful lobbying groups, the National Rifle Association is instead making waves in courtrooms, where its troubled finances and a lengthening list of legal entanglements are taking center stage.

Heading into its annual meetings this week in Indianapolis, the NRA has just sued its longtime public relations agency and finds itself snared in a legal fight with New York’s vehemently anti-gun Democrat-led government.

The gun group’s finances are also under scrutiny in the press, with hefty expenditures and softening...