President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel on Sunday to the scene of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the White House said. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...President Joe Biden’s immediate response to the school shooting in Texas is typical of “someone who’s been a lifetime politician,” former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says. “Rather than emphasizing the terrible tragedy, what’s happened to those families, what’s happened to that whole community, how this is going to impact the lives of those children for the rest of their lives, you turn it into a political thing,” said Carson, an acclaimed neurosurgeon and 2016 presidential candidate, referring to the president’s speech hours after the shooting Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. …
Read More...President Biden on Friday said he is “very concerned” that the U.S. Supreme Court let a Texas abortion law remain in effect pending legal challenges. He said that leaving in place the law, known as SB 8, which bans abortions after six months of pregnancy and lawsuits against people who … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...Rep. August Pfluger is leading the effort to bring home a former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed from Russia, where he was sentenced to nine years in prison over assertions that he assaulted a police officer. Mr. Pfluger, Texas Republican, has been in contact with Mr. Reed’s family since he first … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...<p>A Texas man faces a federal charge for allegedly intentionally setting fire to an Austin synagogue on Halloween. He allegedly wrote down details of the attack in his diary. </p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...Beto O’Rourke, the former congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday launched his campaign to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022. CNN.com – RSS Channel – Politics
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