Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Tuesday announced he has launched a state-led operation to “clean up” Austin by removing homeless camps in the capital city.  “Texans should not endure public safety risks from homeless encampments and individuals,” the governor said in a statement. “Weapons, needles, and other debris should not litter the streets of our […]

EXCLUSIVE — A leading Republican super PAC is attacking Democrat Roy Cooper, an ex-governor running for Senate in North Carolina, as soft on crime on the two-month anniversary of the fatal train stabbing of Iryna Zarutska. The Senate Leadership Fund, a group aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), is airing a new ad […]

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is using a lengthy filibuster speech to criticize President Donald Trump as Senate Democrats utilize the procedural tool to block passage of a GOP-backed measure to open the government. “I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal,” he said in a […]

TRUMP: ‘I DON’T WANT A WASTE OF TIME’: After Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his Russian counterpart and reported back that Russia has flatly rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to freeze the battle lines in Ukraine, and “let history decide,” who won, Trump abruptly pulled the plug on a peace summit with Russian […]