Tag: Texas

NTD News Today (July 7): White House Uses Hatch Act to Dodge Cocaine Question; California Governor Asks DOJ to Probe Florida

A Biden administration spokesperson invoked the Hatch Act after being asked about cocaine found at the White House. Some observers are now questioning what that law could have to do with this situation—and why the spokesperson avoided the question. California Governor Gavin Newsom is urging an investigation into Florida. The issue is the transfer of…


LIVE 12 PM ET: NTD News Today (July 7): White House Uses Hatch Act to Dodge Cocaine Question; California Governor Asks DOJ to Probe Florida

A Biden administration spokesperson invoked the Hatch Act after being asked about cocaine found at the White House. Some observers are now questioning what that law could have to do with this situation—and why the spokesperson avoided the question. California Governor Gavin Newsom is urging an investigation into Florida. The issue is the transfer of…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (July 7): White House Uses Hatch Act to Dodge Cocaine Question; California Governor Asks DOJ to Probe Florida

A Biden administration spokesperson invoked the Hatch Act after being asked about cocaine found at the White House. Some observers are now questioning what that law could have to do with this situation—and why the spokesperson avoided the question. California Governor Gavin Newsom is urging an investigation into Florida. The issue is the transfer of…


Newsom Calls for DOJ Probe Into Florida’s Transporting of Illegal Immigrants to California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for an investigation into the recent transport of illegal immigrants from Republican-led border states under “deceptive representations.” In the letter, Mr. Newsom and his co-signatories say that illegal immigrants purportedly seeking asylum in the United States have been transported…


Texas Man Reported Missing as Teen in 2015 Has Been at Home With His Mother All Along, Police Say

HOUSTON—A Texas man who was reported missing as a teenager in 2015 ultimately returned home a day later but he and his mother deceived officers by giving false names over the ensuing eight years, police said Thursday. Houston police detectives said prosecutors have declined to bring false report charges against Janie Santana and her son,…


1 Dead, 2 Injured in Texas Grain Elevator Collapse

One person has died and two others were transported to hospital after two grain elevators collapsed in Tynan, Texas, on July 4, according to officials. The incident occurred on the site of R & R Commodities, just off Highway 359 between Mathis and Skidmore in Bee County on Tuesday night, according to KIII-TV. Two of the grain…


Relatives of El Paso Walmart Shooting Victims Seek Justice, Saying They’re Down but Not Out

EL PASO, Texas—A brother who traveled more than 1,000 miles to confront his sister’s killer. An uncle of an orphaned 4-year-old whose parents died while shielding the boy from the spray of bullets. A wife whose husband was gunned down at her side while their 9-year-old granddaughter looked on. Nearly four years after a gunman…


Paxton Won’t Testify at His Impeachment Trial, Defense Team Calls It a ‘Kangaroo Court’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, will not testify at his own Senate impeachment trial, his defense team said Tuesday. Tony Buzbee, Paxton’s attorney, said in a statement obtained by The Epoch Times that the impeachment is a baseless attack on his client by political foes intent on damaging one of America’s most prominent…


Shooting After Local Festival Leaves 3 Dead and 8 Injured in Texas, Police Say

DALLAS—Authorities in Texas say three people were killed and eight people were injured when gunfire erupted following a local festival. The shooting in Fort Worth happened at about 11:47 p.m. Monday in the Como neighborhood on the city’s southwest side, just hours after the end of the neighborhood’s annual ComoFest. Police said shots were fired…


Shooting After Holiday Festival Leaves 3 Dead and 8 Injured in Texas

DALLAS—Three people were killed and eight others injured when shots were fired into a crowd of hundreds following a festival in a Texas neighborhood, authorities said. The shooting in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como happened at about 11:47 p.m. Monday, and police said a chaotic scene followed as people tried to flee on foot…