TX State Sen. Paul Bettencourt filed a bill (SB 571) this week, along with six other lawmakers, to expand access to state misconduct records. He says this was in response to our investigation looking into the gaps in Texas' do not hire registries. https://t.co/4bw5wzksDM #txlege

President Trump just said on Truth Social that if New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins “it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required.”

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced an immediate pause on evictions and water shutoffs through January 31, 2026, as SNAP funding lapses. 🙏

We found donors have given at least 6,400 Ten Commandment posters to schools in Central Texas. Records show teachers, pastors, lawmakers -- and in many cases, national evangelical groups are trying to get the religious display posted in classes.

NEW from me: Texas school boards are increasingly turning to AI programs like ChatGPT to help them comply with SB 13, a new state law that requires them to vet school library purchase lists for "indecent" or "profane" content. #txlege https://t.co/EMFIJ4tlyu

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.

BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say.

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon. The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.” https://t.co/ZVrkokFvk5

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that' https://t.co/A7oE0eXdgu

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've spread it to their classmates. That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho. https://t.co/jeKVolskCd

A man fleeing ICE agents ran out onto a busy highway and was struck and killed in Virginia, authorities say.

New ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting. Recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards. Some were dismissed because ICE training leaders learned that they had pending criminal charges.

JUST IN: Secretary of Defense Hegseth says the U.S. carried out another strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing six people.

Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun https://t.co/LYgtlPqaAr

NEW: Consumer prices rose 3% in September compared to a year ago, extending a monthslong uptick that has sent inflation to its highest level since January, government data shows. Read more: https://t.co/DmZxFLEbXt

Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account:

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

The suspect who was previously charged with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of 23-year-old nursing student Kada Scott has now been charged with her murder, the Philadelphia District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday. https://t.co/RHVuqMNdSR

The State of Arizona sued the House of Representatives on Tuesday over Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to not swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva until after the government shutdown ends. Read more: https://t.co/M62P8PTNSq

"President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him..." https://t.co/MVTqbgz6Ga

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived. https://t.co/LQfCv7eOU4