(The Center Square) – Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on Thursday asked Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office to take jurisdiction over and prosecute corruption cases related to the office of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Both Ogg and Hidalgo are Democrats. At a news conference, Ogg said she asked Paxton’s office to take jurisdiction of […]
Democrats are more skeptical about President Joe Biden than Republicans are about former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. An NBC News poll found significant concerns among Democrats about Biden, with only 54% saying that “none” of the president’s vulnerabilities were most convincing, compared to 72% of Republicans feeling the same about Trump. […]
(The Center Square) – North Carolinians are paying more at the fuel pump than a month ago, though still a quarter less than the national average. Friday morning’s statewide average, according to the American Automobile Association, is $3.38 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. A month ago it was $3.29. The national average is $3.66, […]
(The Center Square) – House Bill 4611, another measure that is of priority of the Illinois Secretary of State, has stalled. The measure limiting factors that auto insurers can use to set rates didn’t advance before last week’s deadline. Secretary Alexi Giannoulias responded to concerns that the measure he’s supporting will raise auto insurance rates on […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety officers working in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to apprehend human smugglers at the border. Smugglers are being apprehended multiple ways, by DPS brush teams and by troopers performing traffic stops and vehicle inspections. Nearly all offenders are military aged men […]
(The Center Square) – The California Assembly Health Committee voted to advance a bill that would establish a universal healthcare board that would ban most private healthcare and require shifting the entire $405 billion annually spent on healthcare in California onto the state budget. As the state faces a $73 billion budget deficit, it is unclear which […]
A key member of the National Rifle Association and ally of former President Donald Trump is pitching Donald Trump Jr. to take over for former NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. However, a source close to Trump told Secrets this morning that “it’s not something he has any interest in doing.” Trump has shifted most […]
President Joe Biden has introduced an entourage to walk with him across the White House lawn that has helped distract from his awkward gait, according to a report. The president’s team has grown concerned that videos of Biden awkwardly shuffling across the White House South Lawn to Marine One may highlight his age and health, […]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was forced to give a speech at a fancy San Francisco dinner in casual wear after carjackers stole his luggage. Schiff’s car was broken into by thieves who stole his luggage on Thursday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It was parked in a downtown garage, and the theft occurred when […]
Inflation ticked up to 2.7% for the year ending in March, as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is the gauge favored by the Federal Reserve. The 0.2 percentage point rise in headline inflation reported Friday morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis is bad news for the Fed, which is working […]
