A Texas kitty named Porridge has already proven himself to be quite the survivor — and now, as he recovers from serious injuries, the cat is looking for a home to live out the rest of his days as a star. “Porridge is around four years old and loves to be the center of attention,” Madison Ohler, founder of Wonky …
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Fifth-generation Texan advances past GOP primary runoff to take on progressive homeless activist
State Rep. Craig Goldman secured the Republican nomination for the open 12th Congressional District in Texas in a runoff Tuesday, a seat opening up due to the retirement of Rep. Kay Granger, according to the Associated Press. Goldman won in a runoff after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March primary. Granger has held the …
Read More »Virginia tech company pays $38K to settle allegations over whites-only job listing
A northern Virginia tech company is paying $38,500 to settle claims that it discriminated by posting a job listing seeking white, U.S.-born candidates for an opening as a business analyst. The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had reached a settlement agreement with Arthur Grand Technologies, an information technology firm in Ashburn, Virginia. The company listed the business analyst job …
Read More »Texas Republican primary runoffs feature political revenge, Trump as key factors
Two of the most powerful Republicans in Texas are aiming to settle some political scores in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff elections. And a Republican congressman whose district was the scene of the horrific Uvalde school shooting in 2022 and who’s bucked his party on key issues is fighting for his political life against an opponent backed by far-right members of …
Read More »Retired Navy officer Furman advances past GOP primary runoff to take on federally indicted Texas Democrat
Jay Furman defeated Lazaro Garza in the Republican runoff primary race to decide who will square off against Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who was indicted by the federal government on conspiracy and bribery charges earlier this month. The GOP runoff primary for the 28th Congressional District was called Tuesday night for the winner, just after 8 p.m. local time Tuesday …
Read More »Texas police arrest fugitive illegally in US, wanted for murder by Interpol
Texas authorities on May 25 captured an international fugitive wanted for murder. Splendora police, in coordination with federal authorities, apprehended 21-year-old Leo Acosta Sanchez, who had been illegally residing in the “state and country,” the Splendora Police Department said in a press release. Sanchez “was known to travel between” Splendora and “her residence in Terrenos,” a residential community advertising cheap …
Read More »Opposed by top Texas Republicans and Trump, state House speaker survives GOP primary runoff challenge
The Associated Press projects that Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan will survive a Republican primary runoff election challenge by David Covey. Phelan’s victory in a state House district east of Houston is seen as a political setback for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and former President Donald Trump, and to a lesser degree for Gov. Greg Abbott. Phelan oversaw the …
Read More »Attorney backs Texas school district over Biden administration's Title IX changes: 'We expect to win'
An attorney is confident her client’s lawsuit against the Biden administration will strike down its new Title IX changes as unconstitutional. “We want and we expect to win the lawsuit and have these rules, this regulation be determined to be unconstitutional because it is unconstitutional,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) President and CEO Kristen Waggoner told Fox News Digital. Alliance Defending …
Read More »Texas teen honors late dad with tearjerking graduation speech hours after his burial: Doing this 'for him'
A Texas high school valedictorian who delivered a tearjerking speech against the backdrop of burying his father earlier that morning said he summoned the strength to keep going as he looked out over the crowd and saw how his words had touched everyone. “I didn’t know if I even had the strength to do it. I was up there talking …
Read More »Texas state senator criticizes Abbott as 'piece of s–t' for not publicly mentioning Uvalde shooting
A Texas state senator called out Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for failing to publicly acknowledge the two-year anniversary of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Friday was the two-year anniversary since the shooting at Robb Elementary School, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The shooting was not mentioned in the governor’s social …
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