AUSTIN, Texas — In a keynote conversation at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) made several comments regarding changes he would like to see to the process for granting media credentials
President Barack Obama vowed the United States will “do what’s necessary to take the fight” to ISIS in a speech from the White House on Tuesday after the U.S. commenced airstrikes on terrorist targets in Syria last night. The president
CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour argued that the “vacuum” created by US non-intervention and failure to leave a residual force led to the rise of ISIS on Tuesday’s “CNN Newsroom.” “Most certainly…doing nothing for the last three years has
On Tuesday’s “Fox & Friends,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the Syrian airstrikes launched by the United States against ISIS the night before. Krauthammer explained that it was his view this is what ISIS intended the United States
Mary Burke, Scott Walker’s gubernatorial opponent in Wisconsin, plagiarized large swaths of her jobs plan from previous Democrat candidates. As first reported at BuzzFeed, huge chunks, full paragraphs were copied almost word for word by the Democrat without attribution. After
On September 12th, the Center for Responsible Lending, a left-wing group advocating for greater regulation of the banking industry hosted a national “messaging” conference on “bank reform,” with a special emphasis on curtailing “payday lending”. A centerpiece of the conference
On September 23, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America founder Shannon Watts embarks on a seven state “road show” for gun control candidates. Stops will be made in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, Maine, Maryland, and Oregon in the
HOUSTON, Texas — On Monday, Texas Governor Rick Perry helped SpaceX break ground near Boca Chica Beach. Space X, a company that “designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft,” is building a commercial launch pad control center and will
HOUSTON, Texas — Border Patrol agents seized $796,000 worth of liquid methamphetamine at the Texas-Mexico border on Friday. The drugs were being stored in 10 bottles of fruit drinks, KSAT 12 reported, and were being carried by a passenger on a bus.
HOUSTON, Texas — Late last week, San Diego-based Border Patrol agents arrested a Mexican who was carrying $166,000 worth of “China White” heroin. The drugs were hidden inside the battery of the man’s vehicle. The suspect, a 30-year-old male, was
HOUSTON, Texas — Members of the Sinaloa Federation, one of the most powerful and dangerous cartels from Mexico, have reportedly set up shop in Australia. A lucrative drug market has been growing in Australia during recent years, and Sinaloa members
DALLAS, Texas — On the morning of September 19, Education Commissioner Michael Williams addressed the full State Board of Education (SBOE) about his intention to submit an application for a federally funded universal preschool grant that is part of President
A study conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Washington has concluded that warmer sea and land temperatures along the Pacific coast in North America over the past 100 years are due to weak winds–and not
Miss America, Kira Kazantsev, was allegedly kicked out of her Long Island sorority last year for abusive hazing, according to a source who tipped off Jezebel. The beauty queen was reportedly expelled from Hofstra University’s Alpha Phi sorority for criticizing
(U.S. Navy) ARABIAN GULF, Sept. 23, 2014: The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches Tomahawk Land-Attack Missiles (TLAM) against ISIL targets. Philippine Sea is deployed as part of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Carrier Strike Group
The Des Moines Register has taken a step into the future by creating an Internet-based virtual world to accompany a new series of stories. In a journalism first, the virtual world created by the Gannett news service gives readers an
On “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, Pentagon spokesman U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby offered a rough assessment of exactly what U.S. airstrikes the night before on ISIS targets in Syria accomplished. “We conducted against ISIL targets with our Arab
You Can Take Away Our Freedom, But You Can’t Take Away Our Whores! Episode 59 delivers final word on the battle for independence in Scotland as well as a fascinating look at the attack upon the $65 billion video game industry by
Ben Kuchera, opinion editor at games website Polygon, publicised lurid sexual allegations about the chief executive of Stardock, a 20-year video games industry veteran, in an apparent attempt to do professional damage to someone he perceived to have right-wing politics,
CNN’s Brian Todd reported on a senior spokesman for ISIS, Abu Muhammad al Adnani, threatening the United States and its allies by calling for lone wolf attacks inside the United States. According to CNN, al Adnani said, “Rig the roads with
During the 2012 vice-presidential debate, Vice President Joe Biden criticized then-Republican presidential nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney’s (R-MA) statements that he would do more in Syria by asking Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) if he favored “putting American
Monday night on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes,” Richard Engel, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent, said President Barack Obama has let ISIS escape heaver losses from tonight’s bombing because his continual announcements of his military strategy, “gave ISIS considerable
Monday night has news had broken that the United States had begun hitting ISIS targets in Syria, in its breaking news coverage anchored by Shepherd Smith, the Fox News Channel aired what appeared to be amateur video on the ground
Monday night on CNN, chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto was reporting on targets and other information from the administration on the airstrikes taking place in Syria tonight when he said he was told “It’s meant to be the most
On September 22, The NRA launched a new television ad campaign highlighting ties between anti-gun activist Michael Bloomberg and Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn (Georgia). The ads will air in Augusta, Macon, and Savannah. According to The Wall Street Journal,
