Bill that gives Texas increased oversight of largest energy users wins Legislature’s approval
A bill that gives Texas oversight over energy transactions between power generators and the state’s largest consumers of electricity heads to Gov.
US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump administration’s sanctuary list
Officials in communities from rural to urban and red to blue have blasted the Trump administration’s recently-published list of “sanctuary jurisdictions.”
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plot
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would be going back on his word to her if he pardoned two men who are serving prison sentences for leading a…
Trump picks right-wing lawyer and podcaster who promoted 2020 election lies as watchdog agency head
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency is a former right-wing podcast host who has praised criminally charged influencer Andrew Tate as an “extraordinary human being."
Ernst draws groans at Iowa town hall after retort on Medicaid cuts, saying ‘we all are going to die’
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is facing backlash after saying “we all are going to die” while talking about potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa.
Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’
President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office. The billionaire entrepreneur is ending his work in the administration on Friday.
John Thrasher, former Florida State president and state House speaker, dies at 81
John Thrasher, a former Florida State University president and longtime state lawmaker, has died. He was 81.
Czech justice minister resigns over a donated bitcoin scandal
Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek has resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal.
Trump’s education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban
President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of…
Colorado’s governor vetoes landmark ban on rent-setting algorithms
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has vetoed a bill that would have made Colorado the first state to ban landlords from using rent-setting algorithms.