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Texas Attorney General Paxton calls on state House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign after ‘apparent intoxication’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign, Tuesday after a video circulated on social media showing Phelan slurring his speech and struggling to stand, with many suggesting he might have been intoxicated.  In a statement, Paxton called on Phelan to resign after being in a state of “apparent debilitating intoxication” on the House floor at the Texas Capitol.

Prolific fundraiser Tim Scott hauls in $2 million in first 24 hours of his 2024 presidential campaign

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott is living up to his reputation as a prolific fundraiser. The senator from South Carolina hauled in $2 million in fundraising roughly 24 hours after launching his 2024 presidential campaign, Fox News confirmed on Tuesday evening. On Monday Scott, a rising star in the GOP and the only Black Republican in the Senate, became the latest contender to officially jump into the burgeoning race for his party’s presidential nomination.

New bill would force detained illegal immigrants to provide DNA, fingerprints for nationwide crime enforcement

A new bill proposed in the Alabama state legislature would require illegal immigrants detained by law enforcement in the state to provide a DNA sample and fingerprints for cataloging in order to prevent criminals from being released to commit more crimes under a different identity. Speaking with Fox News Digital one day after SB 320 passed the Alabama Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Republican state Sen.

Biden issues terse statement after McCarthy debt ceiling talks: ‘Avoid a catastrophe’

President Joe Biden issued a terse, three-sentence statement late Monday evening following the conclusion of his talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on how to raise the debt ceiling, which failed to yield a final agreement but which both sides said was “productive.” “I just concluded a productive meeting with Speaker McCarthy about the need to prevent default and avoid a catastrophe for our economy.

Biden admin pulls grant for energy firm with Chinese ties in stunning reversal

The Biden administration informed lawmakers Monday that it will no longer award a $200 million grant to a Chinese-linked energy technology firm in an unexpected reversal. In a call with congressional staff Monday evening, Department of Energy (DOE) officials said Microvast, a Texas-based maker of technology for electric vehicle batteries, won’t receive the lucrative grant which had been earmarked under the 2021 infrastructure package.