FIRST ON FOX: A Texas Republican lawmaker is turning up the heat on the Biden administration to turn over the logs of President Biden’s mystery Delaware visitors. Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, sent letters to both Biden and Secret Service deputy director Kimberly Cheatle, calling on the pair to release the …
Read More »Ted Cruz calls Texas' loss to Oklahoma 'heartbreaking'; team hopes to sneak into College Football Playoff
The Texas Longhorns are in the midst of a fantastic college football season, and if not for a loss to Oklahoma earlier this year, they would have an inside track to a playoff berth. Texas lost to Oklahoma last month 34-30 in what could be the deciding factor in whether …
Read More »Wealthy car dealer paid ex-IDF, Marines to kill escort, blackmailer over threats they'd expose sex trysts
A married Texas businessman and father of two was entangled with a Nashville, Tennessee, escort and then blackmailed by her on-and-off-again lover. Erik Charles Maund, the heir to a lucrative Austin-based car company, received anonymous, threatening texts about a month after his extramarital escapade with 33-year-old Holly Williams, demanding $25,000. …
Read More »Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court ruling allowing woman to receive abortion after fetal fatal diagnosis
The Texas Supreme Court placed a hold Friday night on a lower court judge’s ruling that would have allowed a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to receive an abortion despite the Lone Star State’s ban on the procedure. The order by the state Supreme Court, made up …
Read More »Texas county to launch guaranteed income program in 2024 with COVID relief funds
Eligible citizens of Harris County, Texas, will receive the first payment of a new “guaranteed basic income program” starting in 2024. The program is funded with $20.5 million from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act which was passed in 2021 for COVID-19 relief. Originally approved in June, the “Uplift Harris” …
Read More »Texas deputies investigate double murder at former judge's home
Texas deputies are investigating after two people were found dead inside the home of a former Williamson County judge. Police received reports of a shooting at the home on January 8 at around 11:45 p.m. Authorities said a 911 caller reported the shooting in the 300 block of County Road …
Read More »Chinese doctor accused of attempting to smuggle cancer research from US to China
A Chinese doctor was busted in Texas for allegedly trying to smuggle cancer-related research back to China. Yunhai Li – a 35-year-old employed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center since 2022 – was confronted at an airport by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 9, according to …
Read More »Suspected blue city gunmen kill innocent girl in revenge shooting at home: sheriff
A second man is in custody stemming from a San Antonio mass shooting that left a home riddled with bullets and a young girl dead. Bryan Salazar, 20, is now in custody and charged with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault from a mass shooting and drug and …
Read More »Housing costs are crushing families – here’s the way out
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recentlydeclaredthat President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring an emergency situation forhousing.He pointedouttheweakest summer home sales in a decade, withmore than 15%of transactions falling through in July,thehighest cancellation rate since record-keeping commencedin 2017. Prices, though below pandemic levels,arestill too lofty for working- and middle-class Americans. Bessent …
Read More »Pritzker says Trump ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other locations
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump will deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other locations. The deployment came as protests against federal law enforcement ramp up across the country, particularly in Portland and Chicago. In the Windy City, multiple …
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