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Republicans blasted the verdict in a defamation case against former President Donald Trump Friday. A Manhattan jury awarded E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages Friday after he criticized her during a May 2023 town hall on CNN, after he was found liable for defamation and sexual battery…
Read More Republicans Rip Verdict In Trump Defamation Case
Why is Governor Abbot so intent on having a toe-to-toe confrontation with the Biden Administration? The United States Constitution gives authority to the Federal Government to control Naturalization. Federal Law gives the Federal Government the authority to control Immigration. While Abbot has a valid complaint…
Read More Op-Ed: Texas Vs. Biden
As the death toll continues to rise in the war between Israel and Hamas, a federal judge heard arguments Friday in a challenge to Florida officials’ efforts to disband pro-Palestinian student groups at two universities. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker spent more than two…
Read More Federal Judge Weighs Florida Officials’ Efforts To Disband Pro-Palestinian Student Groups
President Joe Biden will travel to South Florida on Tuesday as part of his re-election campaign. A news release Friday from the White House said he will take part in two “campaign receptions” in the Palm Beach and Miami areas. It did not provide additional…
Read More President Joe Biden To Make Campaign Stop In Florida
Border Patrol agents apprehended 50 illegal aliens on the terror watchlist between October and December, according to federal data updated Friday. The total number of migrant crossings at the southern border between October and December surpassed 785,000, more than 629,000 of them being illegal entries, according to…
Read More Border Agents Nabbed 50 Illegal Aliens On Terror Watchlist In Last 3 Months
A top Chinese official blamed the United States for the fentanyl crisis prior to high-level talks with American officials, NBC News reported. Overdoses killed over 100,000 Americans in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yu Haibin, deputy secretary-general of the National…
Read More China Dodges Responsibility For Supplying Fentanyl Crisis Ahead Talks With US
Texas authorities erected more razor wire this week despite the Supreme Court ruling that the federal government can take it down, and more than two dozen Republican governors have rallied behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in his quest to stop the Biden administration from making…
Read More Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: Operation Lone Star Holds The Line To Defend Southern Border
Former President Donald Trump has a massive 27-point lead against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for her home state’s primary, a Friday poll found. Trump is ahead of Haley 58% to 31%, with 11% of likely GOP primary voters remaining undecided, according to The American Promise/Tyson…
Read More Poll: Trump Holds Massive Lead Over Nikki Haley In Her Home State Of South Carolina
A bill to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) departments at state universities and government-funded employers is headed to Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk, according to the Associated Press. The newly signed legislation outlaws trainings that “promote differential treatment” of individuals and will eliminate offices that enforce the…
Read More Bill To Ban DEI At Universities Heads To Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s Desk
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas told Tucker Carlson in a video interview posted Friday that he was “prepared” if President Joe Biden decided to seize the state’s national guard. Abbott issued a scathing rebuke Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration could cut concertina wire placed…
Read More Texas Gov. Abbott Tells Tucker He’s ‘Prepared’ To Face Off Biden Over National Guard Control