A possible problem (for Speaker Johnson’s leadership)
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., remains House Speaker Mike Johnson. For now. Despite lots of threats, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has not yet pulled the trigger on her resolution to unseat Johnson. Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., huddled with Johnson for a second consecutive day Tuesday. Just last week, Greene proclaimed she would Read More
Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep history with firearms that is pockmarked by Read More
Court clears way for high-voltage power line set to cross Mississippi River refuge
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. About a mile of the Read More
See the scope of flooding in East Texas
These graphics show how widespread flooding was in East Texas in late April and early May.
Judges say they’ll redraw Louisiana congressional map themselves if lawmakers can’t
Federal judges who recently threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district said Tuesday the state Legislature must pass a new map by June 3 or face having the panel impose one on the state. The order from a panel of two federal district judges and an appellate judge noted Read More
Mike Braun wins GOP nomination in race for governor of Indiana
The GOP primary race to serve as Indiana’s next governor concluded Tuesday evening after it was announced Sen. Mike Braun received the most votes and will serve as the party’s nominee for the role in November. A total of six candidates ran in the GOP gubernatorial primary election to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, Read More
White House says commitment to Israel ‘ironclad,’ despite report of slow-walking military aid
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday reiterated the U.S.’ “ironclad” support of Israel despite a recent report that the Biden administration had put an ammunition shipment to Israel on hold. The Sunday report from Axios cited two Israeli officials that said a U.S.-manufactured ammunition shipment to Israel was stopped last week, leaving officials Read More
Classified docs ‘credibly’ suggest COVID originated from Wuhan lab leak, covered up by CCP: House Rep
EXCLUSIVE: The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic reviewed classified State Department records that members say “credibly suggest” COVID-19 originated from a “lab-related accident in Wuhan, China” and that the Chinese Communist Party “attempted to cover up the lab leak.” Committee Chairman Brad Wenstrup sent a letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, to Secretary of State Read More
Trump demands government treat anti-Israel agitators the same as ‘J6 hostages’
Former President Trump railed against ongoing anti-Israel unrest plaguing college campuses and cities, saying the radicals should be treated by the government “the same way as they do the J6 hostages.” “It’s Biden’s backers that seem to be funding what’s going on with the Palestinians. Probably not Palestinians, they’re agitators — bad agitators, really bad. Read More
South Carolina lawmakers rekindle bill limiting how topics like race are taught
A small group of lawmakers in South Carolina rekindled debate Tuesday on a bill that would limit how topics like race can be taught in public school K-12 classrooms. Both the House and Senate passed bills on the topic in 2023. But the different versions sat dormant until a conference committee met to try to Read More