Former far-right hard-liner says pro-voucher billionaires are using school board races to sow distrust in public education
The largesse from billionaires Tim Dunn and brothers Farris and Dan Wilks has made its way into local politics. Courtney Gore, a Republican school board member in Granbury, says it’s part of their strategy to build support for vouchers.
A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum.
Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on. Her defiance has brought her backlash.
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How U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul helped convince Speaker Mike Johnson to support Ukraine aid
McCaul, R-Austin, furiously advocated for the Louisiana Republican to advance the $60.8 billion aid bill to boost Ukraine’s arsenal against Russia.
Young, Black and Republican: House conservative aims to win Black voters over with cognac and cigars
FIRST ON FOX — Republicans are ramping up efforts to reach out to Black voters as a critical November election approaches, with President Biden, a Democrat, appearing to lose support with minorities. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, is spearheading an initiative to recruit Black voters, particularly Black men, into the party’s fold after former President Trump Read More
Who was Madhavi Raje, mother of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia who passed away in Delhi?
She was undergoing treatment at the premier hospital for the last three months and suffered from pneumonia along with sepsis.
Biden district Republican says this critical issue will define 2024 elections
A House Republican who represents a district President Biden won by more than six points is arguing “security” will be the deciding factor in races like his across the country come November. “It’s an irrational thing for a voter not to want security,” Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital in an interview. Garcia Read More
NY v Trump: As ‘star witness’ Michael Cohen testifies, Trump allies flock to court to ‘support their friend’
As the prosecution’s “star witness,” and likely its final witness, Michael Cohen testified on Tuesday, allies of former President Trump flocked to the court in a show of support for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in his criminal trial. A number of high-profile GOP allies joined Trump at the Lower Manhattan court for the 17th Read More
Vulnerable House Dem flip-flops on immigration after dismissing border wall as ‘silly’
A vulnerable congressional Democrat in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania who previously dismissed a border wall as “silly,” appears to have shifted her views on immigration, according to a recent op-ed calling for stricter border security. “We may be a long way from the U.S.-Mexico border, but the problems created by a broken system Read More
Jimmy Carter’s grandson says former president is ‘coming to the end’
Jimmy Carter’s grandson provided an update on the former president’s health after he spent more than a year in hospice care, reconciling that his life is “coming to the end.” Jason Carter, 48, addressed a mental health forum at the Carter Center in Georgia on Tuesday, where he said his grandfather was “doing ok” and Read More