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‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis
Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of…
Republican prosecutors target corporate diversity programmes
State attorneys general threaten top US companies with legal action over race-based quotas.
Trump and DeSantis in their own tier as Pence struggles
Trump, DeSantis dominating fight for campaign cash.
No-Show Republicans Shun NGA
The once-vital forum for common ground among state leaders has fallen prey to polarization. Its new…
Young conservatives at Turning Point’s South Florida conference say they favor Trump
MIAMI — Turning Point, a conservative organization known for organizing young voters, came to South Florida…
Ron DeSantis’ campaign finances have some flashing warning signs
Most of DeSantis’ money came from donors who “maxed out” and can’t give again, as small…
Young conservatives at Turning Point’s South Florida conference say they favor Trump
Who are young Republicans supporting in the GOP presidential primary?
Four more Texas counties declare invasion at southern border
(The Center Square) – The judges and commissioners of four more Texas counties have declared an…
What to Watch in the 2024 Money Wars as a Big Deadline Arrives
Which presidential and Senate candidates are swimming in cash? Which ones are growing desperate? That and…
Iowa evangelicals feel under attack — and many don’t see Trump as their savior
Former President Donald Trump leads in national public polling of evangelicals, but a focus group in…
2024’s first act: Ramaswamy up, Pence down in Iowa
Many Iowans like Trump but appear to be shopping for a No. 2 choice, just in…
2024 GOP candidates race to meet donor and polling thresholds to make August debate stage
Donald Trump hasn’t yet committed to the first Republican presidential primary debate in August – but…
Mexico files complaint accusing Texas of breaking boundary laws with floating barriers
Mexican officials filed a letter to the U.S. government Friday with complaints that the floating barriers…
Tucker Carlson and Glenn Beck Discuss Stopping the Deep State, Laugh at Asa Hutchinson
The Family Leadership Summit in Iowa was an interesting test for the Republican presidential candidates who…
Shots Fired: Brave Michigan Gun Owner Stops Robbery in Its Tracks
Here’s another story about a good guy with a gun defending himself and others. This time,…
Fox Reportedly Boots Remaining Tucker Carlson Staff, but He’s Planning to Get the Last Laugh
I don’t know what Fox is thinking, considering how they have treated Tucker Carlson and his…
Texas Department of Public Safety says it will keep patrolling despite Austin suspending partnership
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Interim City Manager Jesús Garza announced Wednesday that he has suspended the City’s…
Texas Judge Refuses to Marry Same-Sex Couples, Cites Supreme Court Decision
She claims that the decision that allowed a Colorado web designer not to be forced to…
Latino families of trans minors fear new laws limiting medical treatment
In Texas, a law now bans medical professionals from prescribing drugs to block puberty, hormonal therapies…
Fort Worth schools will remove these three books from library shelves. Here’s why.
One book was the most commonly banned title last year.
A&M faculty leaders decry “appearance of outside influence” in botche…
The university announced the hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a Black former New York Times journalist, but…
Bryan-College Station speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Jul. 14, 2023
Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Bryan-College Station Eagle.
Evangelical Christian voters in Iowa love Trump. Can another Republican win them over?
At the Family Leader summit in Des Moines, GOP presidential hopefuls will try to convince Iowa’s…
George Santos Used Most of His Campaign Cash to Pay Himself Back
Mr. Santos spent more than half of the $150,000 he raised in the most recent quarter…
Abortion and Ukraine votes plunge defense bill into peril
One House Democrat said he’s “not going to bail Republicans out.”
Dallas Will Map ‘Urban Heat Islands’ to Help Residents Deal With High Temps
The city hopes to cool down the hottest spots in town with new data on where…
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin launches campaign for Texas House of Representatives
McLaughlin is the second Republican to jump into the race to replace outgoing Democratic…
A big hire imploded at Texas A&M. Conservatives are cheering.
Texas A&M University celebrated the hire of a former journalist to help restart the school’s journalism…
From bad to worse: As anti-trans legislation skyrockets and elections loom, what lies ahead?
Judging by the far right’s record-breaking momentum of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in 2023’s legislative session, it’s…
Freedom Caucus leaders signal support for defense bill
Leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus indicated Friday that they’ll support an annual defense budget…
Texas Sued To Prevent Its Gender Care Ban For Minors Taking Effect
Five families of transgender youth in Texas, plus 3 health care workers, are suing the state…
DeSantis campaign urges patience for breakout moment with eye toward first debate
Facing a long summer of running from behind former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Problems Continue Even With Ransomware Attack Restoration Nearly Complete
Although the city says its ‘97% restored’ after the cyber attack, court cases, permitting and more…
Iowa’s restrictive abortion measure faces legal challenge
Judge on Friday will consider request to postpone the ban.
First Lady Abbott, Secretary Nelson Showcase Texas At British Parliament
First Lady Cecilia Abbott and Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson yesterday attended the Prime Minister's…
House GOP’s Coalition Outreach Invigorated by Humor, Hot Sauce
The regular emails from Hailey Borden and Jason Rogers to lobbyists and conservative activists offer a…
Republican presidential candidates vie for the influential evangelical Christian vote
Evangelical Christians make up an oversized share of the Republican vote in Iowa. One prominent leader…
Ted Cruz offers bill that would bar federal agencies from using controversial term Latinx
“Latinx” emerged about two decades ago as a gender-neutral alternative to “Latino” and “Latina.”
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Extreme heat and migrant deaths, Texas “bouy wall,” June migration
With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the…
Republican presidential candidates vie for the influential evangelical Christian vote
Evangelical Christians make up an oversized share of the Republican vote in Iowa. One prominent leader…
Republican presidential candidates vie for the influential evangelical Christian vote
Evangelical Christians make up an oversized share of the Republican vote in Iowa. One prominent leader…
U.S. House adopts Texas Republican’s amendment blocking Pentagon abor…
Under U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson’s change to the annual defense policy bill, service members could no…
Texas lawmakers send property tax relief package to the governor to sign
After a bitter several-month-long feud between top Republican leaders, the Texas legislature sent a bipartisan property…
Veterans should get access to psychedelics: AOC, Dan Crenshaw
The unusual partnership is targeting notoriously hard-to-treat illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.…
Texas House signs off on property tax-cut bills after monthslong stan…
House Democrats attempted to insert benefits for renters and more money for public education into the…
Texas’ floating border wall in portion of Rio Grande nearing completion
The installation of the floating barrier wall in a portion of the Rio Grande is expected…
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O’Neill joins team prosecuting Ken Paxton
A former Texas Supreme Court Justice has joined the team of prosecutors assisting with the upcoming…
US Senate Vote Gives Democrats Control of Workplace Bias Agency
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to the…
House to Vote on Abortion Access for Military, Bowing to the Far Right
G.O.P. leaders acceded to the demands of ultraconservatives to use the annual defense policy bill to…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Enters Exile from Powerful Freedom Caucus
Georgia GOP firebrand, ousted after insulting Lauren Boebert, is a close ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.…
Why Republican lawmakers are going after Target
Republicans are escalating their legal threats against Target, pressuring the company to remove merchandise for transgender…
Ken Paxton Keeps Making News as Dallas County GOP ‘Condemns’ Impeachment
The suspended Texas Attorney General is staying busy ahead of his Sept. 5 Senate trial.
McCarthy’s deal with conservatives leans defense bill into culture war debate
The House will take votes on amendments on abortion, transgender troops, race and climate change. If…
Ken Paxton: Six times the now-suspended Texas AG sued over immigration policies
Ken Paxton led a wave of states that tried to use the courts to shape U.S.…
Nation’s Fourth Largest City Sues To Overturn Texas Regulatory Consistency Law
The city of Houston filed a lawsuit in Travis County Court on the third day of…
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, a Clarence Thomas benefactor, is a big GOP donor
The Dallas Cowboys owner and his family have given generously to political campaigns, almost exclusively to…
Texas agency renounces workplace training that mentioned gender ident…
The Texas Department of Agriculture’s elected leader, Sid Miller, has fought protections for trans workers.
Lawsuit seeks to block Texas from banning gender transition-related c…
The families argue the new law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, violates their parental rights…
Confuse and mislead: US anti-abortion groups’ strategy to soften extreme bans
Critics decry ‘vague language and misinformation’ as Susan B Anthony claims US does not have true…
Supreme Court justices’ campus appearances and ethical issues
The Associated Press ran a story about Supreme Court justices’ appearances on campuses and how some…
Gov. Greg Abbott raised $15 million in 12-day window after regular legislative session
It was the most money Abbott had collected after a legislative session that followed a statewide…
Why Ray Epps’ new defamation case against Fox News matters
With the Dominion case settled, and the Smartmatic case pending, Fox News’ lawyers now also have…
Conservative firebrand Chip Roy fights for his faction’s influence with slim GOP majority
WASHINGTON — Don’t tell Rep. Chip Roy that he and his band of hardline conservative rebels…
Wall of waste: States spend billions of dollars on border crisis after unbuilt Trump wall
AUSTIN, Texas — President Joe Biden’s cancellation of border wall construction imposed billions of dollars of…
How the Supreme Court’s conservative majority came to be
The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump’s term, but its roots go back…
Montgomery County, Shenandoah agree on David Memorial Drive deal, giving $10M project a boost
A $10 million project to extend David Memorial Drive to Texas 242 got a boost when……
Letters, July 13: Trump support a concern for Republican
Read the Express-News letters to the editor for July 13.
How the Supreme Court’s conservative majority came to be
The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump’s term, but its roots go back…
How the Supreme Court’s conservative majority came to be
The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump’s term, but its roots go back…
Texas A&M Celebrated a New Journalism Director. Then Came the Complaints.
Kathleen McElroy was appointed head of a journalism program at the university. But then her work…
The Dystopian Future of U.S. Public Education Is On Display in Houston
The takeover of the Houston Independent School District by GOP officials is part of a broader…
Georgia sues True the Vote over refusal to show ‘2000 Mules’ evidence
True the Vote has refused to comply with a subpoena from Georgia election officials seeking evidence…
How an upstart conservative group is taking Christian nationalist politics local
(RNS) — Meet the group critics call ‘Moms for Liberty in suits.’
Court upholds U of North Tex. tuition practices for Dreamers
The University of North Texas can continue to charge out-of-state students a higher tuition rate than…
Election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidence
The Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order a conservative voting organization to…
Gov. Greg Abbott raised $15 million in 12-day window after regular le…
The governor, whose term ends in 2026, closed June with $23 million in his campaign fund.…
Texas bans homeowners’ associations from discriminating against renters who receive federal housing aid
State lawmakers passed the law after a North Texas homeowners’ association barred landlords from renting to…
Docs show ethical dilemmas among Supreme Court justices
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas headlined a 2017 program at McLennan Community…
Election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidence
The Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order a conservative voting organization to…
Opinion This Is One Republican Strategy That Isn’t Paying Off
Voter suppression isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.
McCarthy buys time as conservatives threaten defense bill over abortion, LGBTQ policies
Debate on the $886 billion policy package is slated to begin Wednesday, but Republicans still haven’t…
PolitiFact FL: Trump says he’s ‘fine with affirmative action’, but has worked against it
In a 2015 interview, before he was president, Donald Trump said he was “fine” with affirmative…
Brown announces second run for U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, a first-term moderate, is one of Republicans’ top targets in 2024.
Supreme Court justices campus visits and ethical issues
The Associated Press ran a story about Supreme Court justices’ appearances on campuses, and how some…
DeSantis Confronts a Murdoch Empire No Longer Quite So Supportive
The Florida governor has faced tough questions and critical coverage lately from Fox News and other…
Iowa lawmakers hold special session to pass 6-week abortion ban
Lawmakers in Iowa gathered for a special session Tuesday morning in an attempt to pass s…
Supreme Court Justices And Donors Mingle At Campus Visits
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas headlined a 2017 program at McLennan Community…
Hard Right Presses Culture War Fights on Defense Bill, Imperiling Passage
Right-wing Republicans want to use the annual military budget and policy legislation, traditionally a bipartisan affair,…
‘Five laps ahead,’ Trump thumbs his nose at Iowa traditions
The former president is jabbing at Iowa’s popular governor and skipping events in the state. /quality/90/?url=https://static.politico.com/ec/63/5bf8697340e8a9f2fb93151e6f13/election-2024-trump-12336.jpg”…
Texas university can make out-of-state students pay more than migrants
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the University of North Texas can require students from…
Heat wave pushes demand on Texas grid to record highs
The heat wave is driving demand on Texas’s electric grid to record heights this week. But…
Freedom Caucus members won’t say if Marjorie Taylor Greene has been booted
As lawmakers returned to Washington this week, confusion still reigned over the status of the Georgia…
McCarthy summons GOP factions to counter threat of a new conservative rebellion
But several hard-right Republicans left the speaker’s meeting less than satisfied, with several must-pass bills hanging…
Two-and-a-Half Years, and We’re Still Awaiting That Decency and Honor the Bidens Promised to Deliver
It was a continuous promise in the media and the primary selling point of his campaign,…
The Democrats’ Pro-Women Schtick
Anyone who knows anything about sales and marketing knows you have to have a good line,…
Joe Biden Blows off Important NATO Dinner, White House’s Explanation Doesn’t Cut It
Not surprisingly, President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe for the NATO Summit has had its fair…
Germany and the Rise of the Right
Germany is one of the few places in Europe where they make anything any more. Germany…
White House Cocaine Update: Secret Service Briefing May Indicate They Have Something
The story from the Biden team about the cocaine found in the White House may be…
Who are Mississippi Voters? The answer may surpise you
GREENVILLE – Mississippi elections always get a lot of attention… but this year, experts say it’s…
Appeals court upholds University of North Texas policy charging higher tuition to out-of-state students than unauthorized Texans
The decision overturned a ruling barring the college from charging nonresident students more than unauthorized immigrants…
Former Rep. Mayra Flores seeking a rematch in Texas
Republican Mayra Flores looks to reclaim the seat in Congress she won and then lost in…
Trump Is Picking Fights in Iowa, No Matter the 2024 Consequences
The former president snubbed one influential Iowa leader and attacked another, testing his immunity to traditional…
The Doom and Gloom of Donald Trump’s GOP
It has become a refrain at the rallies of former President Donald Trump, a phrase almost…
Montgomery County to restrict teen access to LGBTQ books, add books with conservative themes
Montgomery County commissioners tightened restrictions on access to library books…
Republican Mayra Flores announces 2024 House bid to retake Texas seat
Former GOP Rep. Mayra Flores announced she is running for her old congressional seat, months after…
Abortion, LGBTQ and race: McCarthy confronts far-right demands on Pentagon policy bill
The speaker risks angering conservatives if he agrees to several hot-button measures. /quality/90/?url=https://static.politico.com/e9/29/5ff19e7c42118f8fc17bce823041/kevin-mccarthy-80844.jpg” title=”Abortion, LGBTQ and…