AUSTIN — Texas has seized city land in a move that Eagle Pass leaders have described as an unforeseen “takeover” as Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) attempts to fence out all federal law enforcement from the international boundary, where state personnel are turning back illegal immigrants undeterred by Border Patrol. In a series of events that […]
As the 2024 legislative session begins, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus are working to put recommendations from the state’s Reparations Task Force into law as officials deal with a newly projected $37.9 billion budget deficit. Democratic Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer told Politico that legislation is in the works, but he acknowledged cash payouts could […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Once-in-a-decade weather is complicating the 2024 Republican candidates’ final pitches to likely Iowa caucusgoers and creating concerns regarding turnout for Monday’s opening primary nominating contest, predicted to be the coldest caucus in recorded history. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), accompanied by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA), spoke at a Northside Conservatives Club meeting […]
The big three Detroit automakers appear to be ditching any attempt at advertising during Super Bowl LVIII. Set to be aired Feb. 11 on CBS, the price for a 30-second spot is estimated at around $7 million, but fans won’t likely be seeing any ads from General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler, according to a report. […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that the top-line spending deal he forged with Senate Democrats would remain intact even after conservative Republicans pressed the party leader to back out of the agreement. “Our top-line agreement remains,” Johnson told reporters on Friday. “We are getting our next steps together, and we are working towards a […]
A Columbia University student criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “decision-making” class for lacking depth and authenticity, saying she came across more as a politician “while reading passages from her book.” Clinton’s class “Inside the Situation Room,” which she co-teaches alongside Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, exposes students to foreign policy topics and is supposed to […]
The leading pro-Nikki Haley super PAC is making last-ditch efforts to help the former U.N. ambassador gain an edge over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in Iowa, the latest being an ad portraying the Florida governor as a “suck up“ to former President Donald Trump. The Stand For America PAC released the ad as part of […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) launched a website on Friday targeting Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley as the start of the GOP’s 2024 nominating contest nears. Paul unveiled his “Never Nikki” website one day after teasing a “very important” announcement on the presidential race. Speculation mounted about what the news could be after Paul, a libertarian […]
Conservative parents in Fairfax, Virginia, have unleashed a petition to have the chairman of the county school board recalled from his position, citing his support for sexually graphic books inside of schools. The parents are seeking the recall of Karl Frisch, who was sworn into his position last December on several sexually graphic books, including Genderqueer and Flamer. […]
An Ohio grand jury decided Thursday not to charge a woman accused of trying to flush the corpse of her stillborn fetus down the toilet. Brittany Watts, a 34-year-old native of Warren, Ohio, was seemingly spared by the Trumbull County grand jury after its members chose not to indict her on charges related to felony […]
