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Several large wildfires continue to tear through northern Texas, including one that has grown into the largest blaze in state history. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that ignited in Hutchinson County remained active as of Thursday morning, having burned an estimated 1,075,000 acres and was just 3% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The flames, which cover an area larger than the size of Rhode Island, have spread across state lines, with 1,050,000 acres burned in Texas and 25,000 acres burned in Oklahoma.

Since this time in 2022 my electric rate has gone up 20%. I expect it will go even higher. The damage done to the supply of power will not be recovered. Plants that were paid for are gone and replaced by higher cost and higher cost of fuel plants mandated by biden and epa. Are you better off than you were four years ago? NOT ME.

Can Joe Biden successfully reboot? It’s possible; approaching their successful reelection campaigns, both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton also faced poor ratings. But their low ratings were not as low as Biden’s. He heads into election season with the lowest approval ratings — 41 percent — of any president going back to the 1950s, according to Gallup. Only 46 percent of the public thought Obama was doing a good job in January 2012; by Election Day, his approval had jumped to 52 percent, and he easily beat Republican Sen. Mitt Romney. Bill Clinton, too, was in trouble at the start...

A 34-year-old Guatemalan previously convicted of indecent assault and battery on a minor under 14 was arrested by the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The man entered the U.S. illegally, and his removal is pending proceedings with a federal immigration judge. The Gloucester District Court released him despite ERO filing an immigration detainer and his convictions, which also include a separate assault and battery offense. The Gloucester District Court previously disregarded the ERO immigration detainer, allowing the Guatemalan’s release. Known as a sexual offender, he was arrested without incident at the Essex County House of Corrections, where...

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The town of Sheridan is expected to briefly shutdown Friday as 1,000 law enforcement officers from across the United States are expected to pay their respects to fallen police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee who was killed in the line of duty earlier this month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sheridan Police Sgt. Nevada Krinkee, his wife Karla and their daughter. (Courtesy Kane Funeral Home; Cowboy State Daily Illustration) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sheridan, a tightknit northern Wyoming community nestled in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, is about to experience a traffic congestion of epic proportions over the next few days. As many as 1,000 law enforcement officers...

A federal judge in Austin on Thursday halted a new state law that would allow Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally. The law, Senate Bill 4, was scheduled to take effect Tuesday. U.S. District Judge David Ezra issued a preliminary injunction that will keep it from being enforced while a court battle continues playing out. Texas is being sued by the federal government and several immigration advocacy organizations. Ezra said in his order Thursday that the federal government “will suffer grave irreparable harm” if the law took effect because it could inspire other states...

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested for last week’s a brutal, caught-on-video bottle attack on a New York City subway performer — who said Thursday that he is once again ready to play his cello. Amira Hunter, of Brooklyn, was captured by the NYPD Wednesday evening — 15 days after she allegedly battered Iain S. Forrest, 29, as he performed “Titanium” by Sia in the Herald Square station. Hunter is well-known to police, with eight prior arrests. She was last taken into custody in October after stealing $2,050 worth of bathing suits from New York’s famous Bergdorf Goodman. Hunter, who...

Hunter Biden derided the House impeachment inquiry as “MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father” in an opening statement Wednesday during his deposition before congressional investigators. By contrast, House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said his and two other committees were deposing the president’s son because he is a “key witness in our investigation of President Joe Biden.” Comer also called the conduct unearthed so far “Public Corruption 101.” After the seven-hour deposition wrapped, Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell briefly talked to reporters. “The Republican majority ends the day where they started,” Lowell said, as Hunter Biden stood behind him....

“In the hydration test, Crème de La Mer had an increase of 23%,” revealed Musleh, “whereas Nivea Soft had a 95% increase.” She noted, however, that Nivea’s high moisture reading could be due to its high water content — “Aqua” is listed as the cosmetic’s top ingredient. And although the less expensive item reigned as the moisturizing champion, the researcher determined that each salve boasted a nearly identical percentage of transepidermal water loss, or TEWL. It’s a measurement that represents the amount of water that escapes from the outermost layer of the skin. The two applications do, however, consist of...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Thursday officially announced a run to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as Republican leader, setting up what is expected to be a hotly contested race for the top spot in the conference. “I am asking my Republican colleagues to give me the opportunity to succeed Leader McConnell,” Cornyn said in a statement. “Throughout my time I’ve built a track record of listening to colleagues and seeking consensus, while leading the fight to stop bad policies that are harmful to our nation and the conservative cause.” Cornyn pointed to his work in leadership as...

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was saddened to learn that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is stepping down from leadership in November, which will be followed by his retirement in January. “I trusted him, we had a great relationship, we fought like hell. But he never, never, never misrepresented anything. I’m sorry to hear he’s stepping down,” Biden told reporters, according to a video posted to X and transcribed by the Recount. The pair served in the Senate for decades together before Biden became vice president in 2008: President Biden says he’s “sorry to hear” Mitch McConnell...

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Former Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) announced Thursday that he’s launching a long-shot bid for retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) seat. Amash left the Republican Party in 2019 following his criticism of former President Trump and switched to independent, however he is running in the GOP primary for the Senate seat. “Regardless of who wins the White House and Congress, the United States will remain deeply polarized,” Amash wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, as he announced his candidacy. “What we need is not a rubber stamp for either party, but an independent-minded senator prepared to challenge...

President Trump will visit Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 29, 2024, amid rising concerns about the southern border crisis. Watch LIVE on RSBN on Thursday, Feb. 29, at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed details Wednesday on Fox News from his one-on-one conversation with President Joe Biden in regards to shutting down the southern border through executive action. Johnson appeared on “Hannity” to discuss the ongoing border crisis and Congress’ push to find a solution. Fox host Sean Hannity questioned the House Speaker if anything would be “done” to secure Biden’s “wide open borders” as he listed off top concerns from officials over the crisis. Johnson said that while the House previously passed HR2, otherwise known as the Secure Our Border Act, they would continue to “push it.”...

Subway service on the A and C lines in both directions are running with severe delays due to a boycott by train crews following several violent attacks on transit workers, according to the Transit Workers Union Local 100. The service disruption left riders scrambling... The stalled service comes hours after a conductor on a Brooklyn A train was slashed in the neck — the latest in a string of high-profile attacks on MTA employees in the subway.

One-quarter of American ultra-high-net individuals plan to buy a home this year... The ultrawealthy ranked “lifestyle” and “investment” at the top of their list of priorities, followed by taxes and safety... .... One-quarter of American ultra-high-net individuals, or those worth $30 million or more, plan to buy a residential property this year, according to the Douglas Elliman and Knight Frank Wealth Report. The average ultra-high-net-worth individual already owns four homes, according to the report. One-quarter of their residential portfolio is outside their home country. When it comes to priorities for their next big purchase, the ultrawealthy ranked “lifestyle” and “investment”...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reacted with me-against-the-world hype to reports that fellow bigwigs ganged up on him in a meeting with President Joe Biden.(Watch the video below.)Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Johnson Wednesday if articles were accurate that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pressed him hard on issues that included funding forUkraine’s flagging war effort.“Well, their reports are pretty accurate. They said that I was on an island by myself, and it was me versus everyone else in the room,” Johnson said, referring to a...

In his opening statement to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Hunter Biden told investigators that he did not involve his father in his business deals. Yet, his assertion directly conflicts with publicly available evidence, Hunter Biden’s own statements, and documentation and witness testimony secured by the committee. "I am here today to provide the Committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business. Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member,...