Texas legislative committee to investigate cause of Panhandle wildfires
The panel of three lawmakers and two residents will also look at disaster preparedness.
Senate Republicans demand docs, info on illegal immigrant charged with Laken Riley’s murder
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee are pushing for documents, communications and other information about the illegal immigrant suspect accused in the murder of Georgia student Laken Riley. Lawmakers led by ranking member Rand Paul, R-Ky., are requesting additional information on Jose Antonio Ibarra – who is charged with the murder of 22-year-old Laken Read More
Haiti crisis explained, as prime minister steps down
NewsFeed Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced he is stepping down, after gangs threatened a civil war if he returned to the country. Here’s a quick explainer on the crisis in Haiti. Published On 12 Mar 202412 Mar 2024 Adblock test (Why?)
Jim Crow 2.0: As US elections near, new efforts to suppress Black votes.
In the days and months leading up to today’s presidential primary in Georgia, activists have been on the ground in African American neighborhoods across the state working to prevent a rollback of voter rights that they say harkens back to the Jim Crow era. After record voter turnout flipped the state from deep red to Read More
UK Conservatives’ top donor Frank Hester spoke of hating ‘all Black women’
Opposition Labour Party blasts Frank Hester over remarks about Diane Abbott, who calls the comments ‘frightening’. The biggest donor to Britain’s governing Conservative Party has come under fire after he reportedly said looking at the country’s longest serving Black lawmaker made him “want to hate all Black women” and she “should be shot”. Frank Hester Read More
House GOP exposes ‘woke’ items in Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget
House Republicans are furious over “woke” programs President Biden wants to fund in his $7.3 trillion budget request. Biden released his 188-page proposal to fund the federal government on Monday. It lays out roughly $5 trillion in tax increases overall, which the White House said would be split evenly between corporations and the top 2% Read More
North Carolina Republicans ‘frustrated’ over ‘lack of transparency’ at new migrant facility
FIRST ON FOX: The North Carolina Republican congressional delegation says it is “frustrated” by what it describes as a lack of transparency regarding the opening of a migrant facility in the state, arguing that they have been unable to get information about its operations. The lawmakers say in a letter to Health and Human Services Read More
Hur testifies he ‘did identify evidence’ that ‘pride and money’ motivated Biden to retain classified records
Ex-Special Counsel Robert Hur agreed that he identified evidence that “pride and money” were “strong” motivating factors for President Biden to retain classified records, as the former vice president sought to keep materials to use for a memoir he wrote that brought him $8 million. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan questioned Hur during a Read More
Kentucky House votes to decrease emergency safety measures in small coal mines
The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training assigned for each underground shift. In a state once known as a coal producing powerhouse, supporters said the measure is needed to help keep the smallest mining operations in business amid the Read More
Hur testifies Biden ‘willfully retained classified materials,’ but prosecutors ‘had to consider’ mental state
Ex-Special Counsel Robert Hur testified Tuesday that President Biden “willfully retained classified materials,” but said he “had to consider” the president’s “memory and overall mental state” when determining whether to bring charges against him. Hur, who testified publicly before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees Tuesday, explained that he did not bring charges against the Read More