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Texas bill proposes up to $25k for school employees authorized to act as armed guards

State lawmakers in Texas advanced a bill Tuesday suggesting stipends of up to $25,000 for public school staff members who become designated guardians authorized to carry or possess a weapon while working on the premises. House Bill 13, which focuses on “training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies,” passed with bipartisan support and now heads to the state Senate where it’s fate is uncertain.

This blue state’s agenda ignores the Constitution to ‘get rid of guns’: store manager

A gun store manager said a sweeping new gun control package signed into law Tuesday by Washington’s governor demonstrates the power of a one-party state to chip away at Americans’ constitutional rights.  “They have an agenda and that agenda is to get rid of guns,” Bruce Smith, the manager of Surplus Ammo and Arms in Tacoma, told Fox News. “And eventually, all guns.”  WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DIGITAL ORIGINALS HERE Gov.

Biden campaign co-chair’s deep China ties may be liability as security, humanitarian concerns mount

One of the national co-chairs of President Biden’s newly announced 2024 re-election campaign has deep and longstanding ties to China’s communist government, potentially presenting a problem for the president as analysts continue to warn of the threat that China poses to U.S. national security. The Biden campaign announced Tuesday that former Disney and DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg will be one of its national co-chairs.

Why South Carolina matters in the 2024 GOP primary

The 2024 presidential election is a year and a half away. Still, several Republican presidential hopefuls are already making stops in key primary states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made a stop in South Carolina on Wednesday. He talked about his work in Florida, arguing that much of what he’s done there can work for the U.S. as a whole.

China fumes as Biden plots to starve it of AI investment: ‘Sci-tech bullying’

China is outraged at the Biden administration’s plan to steer investment in artificial intelligence away from China and toward other countries, warning that it may take steps to counteract what it calls U.S. “bullying” in the tech sector. The administration for months has hinted that it is developing an executive order aimed at keeping AI and other technology-related investments, such as semiconductors and quantum computing, out of China in order to help the U.S.

Names emerge of top Democrats likely to lead Biden 2024 re-election campaign as announcement looms

President Biden is considering bringing on a number of top Democratic staffers and officials to join his 2024 re-election campaign, Fox News Digital has learned. Two sources familiar with the planning told Fox News Digital that Julie Rodriguez, who currently serves as a senior advisor to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs at the White House, is expected to be named campaign manager.