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Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to “locate" and "arrest" Democrats who fled the state. President Donald Trump is standing firm in his support for Texas Republicans pushing a congressional redistricting plan, despite a dramatic walkout by state Democrats. "We have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats. We have a really good governor and good people in Texas," President Trump said Tuesday in a phone interview on CNBC. "And I won Texas. I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more...

Over 64,000 pounds of butter have been recalled due to a potential undeclared allergen, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Bunge North America Inc., based in Missouri, initiated a voluntary recall of 64,800 pounds of its NH European Style Butter Blend on July 14 because milk may not have been listed on the product’s label,” Newsweek stated. The FDA raised the risk classification for the recall to Class II, the second-highest warning label. According to the FDA’s website, a class II recall is “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary...

The man wanted in the killings of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a front yard last week has been arrested, police in Tennessee said.Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody amid a search on Tuesday, police in Jackson said in a social media post. Police later released a photo of Drummond standing in a wooded area wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and looking into the camera.Drummond’s arrest came shortly after police had warned residents to stay inside their homes, having received a report that he was spotted in a neighborhood. Jackson is more...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A redistricting showdown in Texas is now spilling into New York State and other states, with a group of Texas Democrats fleeing to Albany in an effort to block what they call a dangerous and partisan power grab. More than 50 Texas Democratic lawmakers walked out of the legislative session in Austin this week, effectively denying a quorum needed to pass a controversial mid-decade congressional redistricting plan.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings on the devastating Washington, DC, helicopter-plane crash that killed 67 people revealed devastating findings last week, with Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy scolding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for ignoring safety concerns. The NTSB interrogated FAA and U.S. Army officials on the series of events that led to a Black Hawk helicopter colliding with a passenger jet as it descended into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport during what the Associated Press (AP) described as “three days of sometimes contentious hearings.” The 64 passengers and crew killed on the American Airlines flight included a group of young...

Summary US trade deficit narrows 16% in June, lowest since September 2023 China trade gap shrinks by a third to $9.5 billion Tariffs on imports to US rise to highest since 1934 Aug 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in June on a sharp drop in consumer goods imports, and the trade gap with China shrank to its lowest in more than 21 years, the latest evidence of the imprint on global commerce President Donald Trump is making with sweeping tariffs on imported goods. The overall trade gap narrowed 16.0% in June to $60.2 billion, the Commerce Department's...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled Texas can enforce a law requiring ID numbers for mail-in ballots. A three-judge panel unanimously overturned a lower court’s block on the state’s mail-in ballot requirements. The three judges included: Judge James Ho (Trump), Judge Don Willett (Trump), and Judge Patrick Higginbotham (Reagan). “We have no difficulty concluding that this ID number requirement fully complies with a provision of federal law known by the parties as the materiality provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,” the judges ruled. “The ID number requirement is obviously designed to confirm that each mail-in ballot...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will release new rules and regulations on migrant farm labor, as the country’s need for workers and the food they help produce clashes with his vow to deport undocumented immigrants. Trump said his administration will continue to deport criminals, but that he wants to “work with” farmers to find a solution for their workers, oftentimes immigrants who have lived in the country illegally for decades and are paying taxes. He suggested the White House was working on a touchback program for some workers, requiring them to leave the U.S. and reenter through...

Two of NASA's historic data-collecting missions — used by scientists and earthbound agriculturalists to track carbon dioxide and crop health — may be permanently grounded as the Trump administration looks to shrink the agency's spending. When they launched over a decade ago, the satellites known as the Orbiting Carbon Observatories (OCOs) revolutionized the collection of carbon data and greenhouse gas science. To put it simply, the OCOs changed how we understand our impact on the planet. Experts rely on the data for studies on greenhouse gases and severe weather and climate disasters, as well as other practical uses, including modeling...

Disgraced former ABC News reporter Terry Moran admitted that his previous employer and other major news networks are biased against President Trump – accusing them of a “deafness” in the newsroom. Moran revealed that there were hardly any pro-Trump journalists at ABC News in a recent post on his Substack channel, which has become his main outlet since getting fired in June following his social media tirade against White House adviser Stephen Miller.

Kamala needs to be asked if she had been elected last year would her justice department have pursued the Hillary Clinton bogus Russia Collusion hoax with potential indictments against Hillary Clinton, Clapper, Brennan, Comey and others involved. Would be fun to hear her answer.

President Donald Trump is going after Republican Sen. Susan Collins despite hopes among some in the party that she will run again next year and help the GOP hold the Senate. Trump, who has privately discussed finding someone to run for her seat should she not seek reelection, attacked the Maine senator’s voting record in a post on Truth Social. The senator has voted against two of Trump’s signature legislative achievements this year — the domestic policy megabill and the measure to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public media funding. “Republicans, when in doubt, vote the exact...

Republicans in the House Oversight Committee are pushing forward with their investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case, issuing subpoenas this week to compel testimony from former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent letters requiring Hillary Clinton to appear on October 9 and Bill Clinton on October 14. The subpoenas extend beyond the Clintons to include a roster of former high-level officials from across administrations. Former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller have been called, along with former Attorneys General Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Alberto Gonzales, and...

LMAO! President Trump "claimed" he got the most amount of votes in Texas history... ...the CNBC host said "we need to fact check you on that." Then he came back: "So, you DID get the highest number of votes in Texas. So, that's true. Moving on."

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has had enough of the spineless “good ole boys” network that’s betraying President Trump’s MAGA movement just six months into his triumphant return to the White House. In an explosive 45-minute interview with the Daily Mail, MTG didn’t hold back, slamming the GOP for abandoning its base and reverting to the warmongering neocon days of yore. “I don’t know if the Republican Party is leaving me, or if I’m kind of not relating to Republican Party as much anymore,” she told the outlet. “I don’t know which one it is.” Her loyalty to President Trump...

...Some of Loomer’s erstwhile political allies are starting to wonder if there might be a hidden hand behind some of her most influential denunciations. Sommer says the firing in question involves last Tuesday’s ouster of Dr. Vinay Prasad as the head of a key treatment-approval division of the Food and Drug Administration. Prasad was a hero in Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement because of his criticism of pandemic measures. But Loomer accused Prasad of disloyalty to Trump — even claiming that Prasad had admitted to having a Trump voodoo doll. Stat News reports...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Vinay Prasad, has left the agency after just three months as Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, a government spokesperson said. Prasad, an oncologist who was a fierce critic of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates, had been appointed in May by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. Together they had promised to speed regulatory action and pilot new review pathways. In recent days, criticism of Prasad's tenure has intensified around the agency's handling of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy from Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT.O), opens new tab. The...

Video from WSPA TV, Spartenburg, SC: A high school football program is facing uncertainty after an alleged assault involving student athletes during an off-campus training camp. Officials say the altercation could lead to serious consequences, including suspensions or expulsion. As investigations continue, school leaders stress that all student rights will be protected. Law enforcement and youth justice officials have also been notified. Here's what we know so far. Video at link

The U.S. Navy and the Pentagon are locked in a public struggle over the F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter, a program the DoD moved to defund in favor of the Air Force's F-47. The Navy argues the F/A-XX is essential to overcome the critical range limitations of its current F/A-18 and F-35 air wing, keeping its aircraft carriers viable against long-range Chinese "carrier killer" missiles.