(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ceremonially signed two bills into law coauthored by freshman state Rep. Caroline Fairly, R-Amarillo, designed to expand protections for children and improve education outcomes in public schools. The laws prohibit personal communication devices in classrooms, including cell phones, smart watches, tablets and other devices, putting “parents in […]
The families of the remaining Oct. 7 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza organized an emergency protest in Tel Aviv after footage was released of their emaciated family members. On Saturday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released undated videos of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, juxtaposed with videos of emaciated Palestinian children. The families […]
From the get-go, liberals, never-Trumpers, and media pollsters have been critical of President Donald Trump’s aggressive economic plans led by tax cuts and tariffs. But Trump, with a sorry-not-sorry attitude, has pressed ahead and this week produced a series of victories. He cut several trade agreements that included tariff money coming into the U.S. Treasury […]
The government of Cambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize over his role in bringing about an end to its clashes with Thailand. They are the third government to nominate him this year. Cambodia and Thailand experienced their fiercest clash in over a decade last week in a conflict that killed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — B. Taylor, a decorated Navy veteran and award-winning musical artist, spoke exclusively with the Washington Examiner about his patriotic song and music video, “We Are One,” honoring those who have served. “I came up with this, ‘We Are One,’ to kind of unite the country and put our military vets and first […]
Entrenched in the most brutal fight of his career, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is brandishing his conservative credentials as he fends off attacks from firebrand rival Ken Paxton that claim he’s a deal-cutting centrist disguised in a Make America Great Again cloak. Cornyn is working to show GOP voters why he’s the ultimate ally to […]
The newly declassified annex to former special counsel John Durham’s final 2023 report ties George Soros to the Russiagate scheme by placing a key grantmaking entity of the Democratic megadonor at the advent of the FBI investigation. According to the 29-page document declassified Thursday, intelligence gathered from foreign actors indicated that a Soros associate knew […]
House lawmakers have requested billions of dollars for special community funding projects, or earmarks, whose approval hinges on Congress’s ability to pass all 12 appropriations bills by the end of September. So far, the House has passed two appropriations bills: Military Construction/Veterans Affairs and Defense. The chamber has had difficulty passing all 12 bills in […]
Millions of dollars in disaster relief are released by the Federal Emergency Management Administration each year. While the Trump administration has floated outright dismantling FEMA, the agency continues to provide needed aid to devastated regions. Though approving or denying federal disaster relief can seem random, or at times political, it appears the agency continues to […]
Senators are forgoing the first days of a monthlong August recess to grind out confirmations for President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees who have faced what the GOP calls “unprecedented” obstruction by Democrats. Pressure from Trump, coupled with procedural delay tactics by Democrats, has complicated the upper chamber’s ability to embark on its extended break. Lawmakers […]
