Republican lawmakers demand ‘consequences’ for Austin’s ‘failure of leadership’ during medical scare

Republican lawmakers confronted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday about his “failure of leadership” during his hospitalization. Austin played defense throughout the hearing, contending that there were never any gaps in the command and control chain between President Biden’s administration and the U.S. military. He nevertheless apologized for failing to notify his superiors for multiple […]

GOP senator endorses Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate to face vulnerable Democrat

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican senator added his name Thursday to a growing list of lawmakers supporting former President Donald Trump’s pick for Ohio senator, Republican candidate Bernie Moreno. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., endorsed Moreno in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in November, saying in a statement, “I […]

36 progressive House Dems vote against bipartisan green energy bill

Three dozen progressive House Democrats, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., voted against a bipartisan bill that would streamline the federal permitting process for nuclear energy development. The House passed the so-called Atomic Energy Advancement Act — which was authored by Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo. — in a 365-36 vote Wednesday […]

Texas law letting police arrest illegal border crossers blocked by federal judge

A federal judge has blocked Texas from enforcing a new law that would make illegal immigration a state crime. U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra  of the Western District of Texas on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction that will block Texas’ Senate Bill 4 from taking effect next week. The law would allow state authorities […]

Pro-Life Group’s ‘Baby Olivia’ Now Required in Some Schools

Baby Olivia isn’t a real baby. It’s an animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video that has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills in the Kentucky and Missouri legislatures would require public school students to watch a video …[#item_full_content]

Texas Panhandle Fire Largest in State History

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched prairie, dead cattle, and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.