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The Texas House floor on Aug. 31, 2021. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune

The battle for speaker of the Texas House is still ongoing. This is the current situation.

Now that Speaker Dade Phelan is no longer running, Republican state representatives Dustin Burrows and David Cook will compete. Although Dade Phelan has withdrawn his attempt to continue leading the Texas House, the campaign for speaker is still very much alive. Two Republicans have emerged as the front-runners for his successor going into Saturday’s pivotal GOP caucus meeting, and they are both going in quite different directions. Mansfield state representative David Cook, who has been […]

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Elon Musk carries his son X Æ A-Xii, after a meeting about President-elect Donald Trump’s planned Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A super PAC that compared Trump’s stance on abortion to that of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was funded by Elon Musk.

Less than a month before the election, a super PAC was established with Elon Musk as its only financier. Its primary goal was to persuade voters that Donald Trump’s views on abortion were similar to those of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Federal campaign finance reports released this week show that a group called RBG PAC, which was established in mid-October, got a single $20.5 million payment from an organization called “Elon

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Daniel Penny walks into a New York courthouse for closing arguments in his trial on Monday. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Daniel Penny’s trial’s manslaughter allegation was dropped, and the jury will reconvene next week.

Jurors in New York City will explore a lesser charge against Daniel Penny for the choking death of Jordan Neely, a subway singer, after they were unable to reach a verdict of manslaughter. According to the Associated Press, jurors declared themselves deadlocked, and Judge Maxwell Wiley granted the prosecution’s motion to have the second-degree manslaughter case dismissed on Friday. Next week, the jury will reconvene to consider the charge of criminally negligent homicide. A 26-year-old

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Companies Enhance Security Following UnitedHealthcare CEO's Tragic Killing

Companies Enhance Security Following UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Tragic Killing

New York — Following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, companies are closing their headquarters, removing photos of top executives from their websites, and stepping up armed security for important executives. As a safety measure, health insurer Medica temporarily shut down its headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a representative told CNN. In an email, the spokesperson stated, “We closed the HQ out of an abundance of caution following the shooting” of Thompson. Following Thompson’s murder

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