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Top GOP senator defies Trump demand to bend Senate rules for his court picks
President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to be done away with and urged Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley to tell Democrats to “go to Hell.”
FIRST ON FOX: Texas’ Ken Paxton endorses candidate to succeed him as attorney general
Lone Star State Attorney General Paxton endorses Aaron Reitz to succeed him in the state post, backing Reitz not long after Rep. Chip Roy entered the race
Trump tells Grassley to tell Democrats ‘go to HELL’ over blocked judicial nominees in Senate
Trump calls Senate’s blue slip tradition unconstitutional, claiming it gives Democrats veto power over his judicial nominees and U.S. attorney appointments.
Nation’s 2 largest teachers unions funneled nearly $50M to left-wing groups, watchdog report says
Teachers unions NEA and AFT spent $43.5 million on left-wing political causes since 2022 despite declining membership, according to new Defending Ed report.
Ted Cruz endorses Chip Roy for Texas attorney general: ‘No one better’
Sen. Ted Cruz has endorsed Rep. Chip Roy after the conservative congressman announced his candidacy to become the Lone Star State’s next attorney general.
Gianno Caldwell mulls Senate bid as Chicagoans are ‘begging for change’ on crime woes
Gianno Caldwell mulls Illinois Senate campaign for Dick Durbin’s open seat, focusing on law-and-order platform after a personal tragedy in Chicago.
Texas Senate Passes Big Beautiful Congressional Redistricting Map After 8-Hour Debate
The Texas Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Map” shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The party-line vote to approve the map came after a planned filibuster by Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was canceled by Republican senators using a parliamentary procedure.
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DC statehood debate intensifies as Trump flexes authority over local police
House and Senate Democrats, along with Washington’s non-voting delegates in both chambers, argued that had Washington D.C. been a state, the president would not have been able to federalize the police force.
Abbott clears final redistricting hurdle as Texas Senate passes new Trump-approved map
Republicans advanced the Texas redistricting plan, after weeks of Democrats breaking quorum, as the new map heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for signature.