UT-Austin tightens automatic admission threshold to 5% of Texas’ top high schoolers
The current threshold is 6%. The change comes after the university received a record-breaking 73,000 undergraduate applications for this fall.
Legal experts warn that latest Supreme Court leaks are ‘enormously destructive’
Following revelations of private memoranda and conversations between Supreme Court justices published in the New York Times, legal experts are warning that such sensitive leaks are “destructive” to the high court. The New York Times reported that internal memos and deliberations that they claimed showed Chief Justice Thomas as having “molded” the outcomes of three Read More
GOP governor takes aggressive action against bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gang: ‘Growing threat’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced new actions the Lonestar state is taking against Tren de Aragua — a violent Venezuelan gang that has been causing havoc in multiple states across the United States. Abbott announced that he is declaring the gang a foreign terrorist organization and establishing a database to verify if arrests Read More
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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. Here’s what’s happening… – Democratic congressman demands expansion of Trump’s security perimeter – Security experts weigh in on risk to Trump after second assassination attempt – Democrats pour $25 million into Senate races EXCLUSIVE: Read More
Republicans plan to confront Biden’s small business chief on electioneering concerns, loan forgiveness
EXCLUSIVE: At a scheduled House hearing on Wednesday, Republicans plan to grill Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman over what they have characterized as the agency’s behavior in regard to claims of taxpayer-funded electioneering in swing-state Michigan. GOP Texas Rep. Roger Williams, chair of the House Small Business Committee, said Monday that Guzman will be asked Read More
Judge tosses Ken Paxton’s lawsuit targeting Bexar County’s voter registration effort
The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.
Republicans block Dem-backed IVF bill revived by Chuck Schumer
Republicans blocked a Democrat-backed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) from proceeding on Tuesday, which has already failed in the upper chamber. The bill failed to garner the 60 votes necessary in the procedural vote, failing 51 to 44. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he was scheduling an additional vote on the measure Read More
Schumer revives Dem-backed IVF bill after Trump proposal
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is planning another vote on a Democrat-backed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) that has already failed in the upper chamber. He revealed in a letter to senators on Sunday that another vote on the measure would take place on Tuesday. “As our national debate on reproductive rights has Read More
Trump shooting plot suspect Routh was interviewed by NYT on Ukraine war efforts in 2023: ‘Sounded ridiculous’
The man suspected of an assassination attempt on former President Trump’s life on Sunday went on the record with the New York Times last year to promote his efforts to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight the war in Ukraine. More than a year ago, Ryan Routh spoke to the New York Times after spending “months” Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott announces crackdown on Venezuelan gang
Abbott signed a proclamation declaring Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization and directed Texas DPS to create strike teams targeting the gang.