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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by the First Amendment. The families sued Call of Duty maker Activision and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, saying that the companies bear responsibility for promoting products used by the teen gunman. Three sets of parents who lost children in the shooting were in the audience at the Los Angeles hearing....

The City of Keller will consider a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the 287(g) program, making Keller the first city in Tarrant County and the largest in Texas to take this step, according to the city's mayor Armin Mizani. "In Keller, public safety is non-negotiable," Mizani wrote in a letter. "Our job is simple: Protect our families and enforce the laws to keep our community safe." According to Mizani's letter, if approved and implemented, when people are arrested and booked into their local jail, part of the process would include being screened by ICE to "determine if...

A Texas man has been arrested after his teenage daughter gave birth in a Walmart bathroom. Officers in Kingsville have said they were called to the store just before 10.30pm on Monday, after receiving a call that a maintenance worker discovered a newborn child in a bathroom trash can while taking out the garbage, KRIS 6 reports. Walmart employees tried to perform life saving measures on the infant and authorities rushed the child to the hospital right next door, where doctors pronounced her dead. In the aftermath, officers reviewed the store's security camera footage and discovered that a 17-year-old girl...

Megyn Kelly ripped into Chelsea Clinton after the former first daughter boasted about her Texas flood relief efforts — calling her a “fake philanthropist” and the Clintons a “family of grifters.” The former Fox News anchor, who hosts the podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show,” tore into Bill and Hillary’s only child after she posted on X last Wednesday that a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation was “on the ground in Texas, supporting families, communities and ongoing search and rescue efforts.” Social media users quickly jumped on Chelsea’s call to action, accusing her family of defrauding governments through the Clinton Foundation...

President Donald Trump has a Texas-sized conundrum on his hands as Republicans prepare for a Senate primary in the state, with GOP Sen. John Cornyn making his case for the White House to get involved as he tries to fend off a challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton. But, so far, Trump is staying on the sidelines. “I’ve talked to him about it a number of times. He is not ready to make that endorsement,” Cornyn told NBC News on Tuesday. “I think as we start advertising and closing the gap in the polls, hopefully he’ll see fit to...

July 17 (UPI) -- Former Houston Texans and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Bryan Braman has died, his agent confirmed Thursday. Braman, 38, had been battling cancer. Braman was diagnosed in February. A GoFundMe page set up for Braman said he underwent several surgeries to treat a rare, aggressive form of cancer. The page also said that he had trouble recovering from his procedures due to his lowered immunity, and that the cancer was growing around his vital organs."Bryan is home with his family after undergoing a CAR-T cell reprogramming treatment program in Seattle," the page said in a June update.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) says Texas is racist and that black Democrat members of Congress should have special privileges such as not facing competition from white people.Incidentally, Crockett previously admitted she used her skin color to get hired.pic.twitter.com/XdJTduZJNv— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) July 15, 2025

Antifa strikes again. This time the suspect is someone who is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserves veteran. Benjamin Hanil Song is wanted for trying to kill federal agents and shooting up an ICE detention location. During my digging I discovered that he would show up at drag shows for kids and stand outside with a gun to “protect” the groomers. He’s a real piece of work. Well, he’s been caught. Here he is without a mask on: ANTIFA Terrorist Benjamin Hanil Song, wanted for the coordinated attack on a Texas ICE Detention Facility was ARRESTED at a North Dallas Apartment...

Welcome to 2025, where we are still uncovering election fraud from the 2020 and 2022 elections. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating more than 100 possible noncitizens who may have voted in both the 2020 and 2022 elections, casting more than 200 ballots. In this case, most of the suspected illegal ballots were cast in Harris County. Paxton is also investigating in Guadalupe, Cameron, and Eastland counties, based on information from the Texas Secretary of State. Add the possible 100 fraudulent voters announced this week to the 33 potential noncitizens who may have voted illegally in 2024. Paxton started...

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 240,000 pounds of cocaine since the start of the Trump administration on Jan. 20, enough to kill the combined population of California, Texas, and New York, according to the Department of Homeland Security. President Donald Trump “is keeping his promise to Make America Safe Again. The Coast Guard’s tremendous work has guaranteed that these illicit drugs will never infiltrate America’s communities and take innocent lives,” Abigail Jackson, White House spokeswoman, told The Daily Signal. “The Trump administration will never stop fighting to protect Americans from the scourge of dangerous drugs,” Jackson said....

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- A man who alleged a hate crime at his property in 2023 has been detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Agents with the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested Mario Roberson Thursday morning. Roberson is facing twelve charges linked to a June 2023 deadly arson at his rental property in Huntsville, and could possibly spend his life in prison. ABC13 first reported on Roberson in May 2023 after he claimed racist graffiti had been spray-painted on the home. He implied alleged racism in the neighborhood's HOA was to blame for the incident,...

Federal authorities arrested a military veteran on Tuesday afternoon, who was wanted in connection with an attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas and remained on the run for nearly 11 days after the attack. The FBI Dallas Field Office said it apprehended 32-year-old Benjamin Song on Tuesday afternoon in Dallas. Song allegedly joined a group of 10 to 12 others in an organized attack on officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. Ten assailants were apprehended at the time, though Song managed to evade capture, according to authorities. "The FBI has worked tirelessly...

While some states are trying to claw back your rights, Texas just doubled down on theirs. The NRA reported that over the weekend, Governor Greg Abbott approved five new Texas pro-gun laws, each one a win for personal liberty and the Second Amendment. 1. HB 1403 – Respect for Foster Families Who Exercise Their Rights 2. SB 706 – Universal Recognition of Out-of-State Carry Licenses 3. SB 1362 – Blocking Unconstitutional Red Flag Orders 4. SB 1596 – Legalizing Short-Barreled Rifles and Shotguns at the State Level 5. SB 1718 – Incentivizing the NRA Annual Meeting in Texas

You can visit the website to see what the insurrectionists have to say. Look at the map, enlarge it to see if a protest Thursday. July 17 is going to affect you. If it is, call your local sheriff's office to inform them of this right away. I called the one near me. Please ask them to make sure no one blocks highways. The website tells protestors NOT to bring weapons, but the demographic represented does anyway. I am personally completely fed up with the distinct minority trying to stop changes that we, the MAJORITY, voted for and want implemented....

Baylor University, one of the largest and oldest Baptist universities in the world, has rescinded a $643,000 grant from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation intended to promote LGBTQ acceptance within the church. Was it a principled stance, or something altogether different The grant was awarded to Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work “to foster inclusion and belonging in the church,” with a focus on understanding “the disenfranchisement and exclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals and women within congregations to nurture institutional courage and foster change.” However, public outcry from the university’s community, including churches, partner organizations, and supporters,...

This week the father of Austin Metcalf was 'swatted' by fans of Karmelo Anthony for the 6th time! That makes twice this month. Austin's mother has been swatted 2 times. This youtuber gets his info from Journalist Sarah Fields who is on X. Miss Fields has been covering the Karmelo case like no one else.

Even with the removal of dozens of buildings, at least 12 structures at Camp Mystic Guadalupe were fully within FEMA's 100-year flood plain ... Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency included the prestigious girls' summer camp in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County in 2011, which means...

The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says she is filing for divorce from the polarizing political figure, citing “biblical grounds” for her decision. Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton took to her official X account on Thursday afternoon to announce that she filed for divorce after 38 years of marriage. “I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation. But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage,” she tweeted. “I move forward with complete confidence...

The CEO of a weather modification technology company has confirmed that cloud seeding operations took place in Texas just two days before the deadly central Texas flood occurred. NBC News reported that Augustus Doricko, the CEO of Rainmaker, a weather modification company, said that planes had released silver iodide in the atmosphere in Texas two days prior to the fatal floods that have claimed over 100 lives. Doricko claims the cloud seeding operations did not cause the flooding in Texas. WATCH: NBC News Confirms Cloud Seeding Operations Were Conducted Just Two Days Before Texas Flood. CEO of Rainmaking Technology Company...