National News - USNN World News

National News

Mexico Extradites 26 Alleged Cartel Members to US

by USNN World NewsAugust 13, 2025August 13, 2025

National News

How the Federal Settlements With Elite Universities Are Unfolding

by USNN World NewsAugust 12, 2025August 12, 2025

National News

Uvalde School District Releases Records Related to 2022 Robb Elementary Shooting

by USNN World NewsAugust 12, 2025September 14, 2025

National News

DC Locals Have Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Police Takeover

by USNN World NewsAugust 12, 2025August 12, 2025

National News

Trump Places DC Police Under Federal Control, Orders National Guard to Washington

by USNN World NewsAugust 11, 2025August 11, 2025

National News

Environmental Protection Agency Terminates Contracts With Unionized Employees

by USNN World NewsAugust 10, 2025August 10, 2025

National News

Commerce Department Threatens to Take Ownership of Harvard Patents

by USNN World NewsAugust 9, 2025August 9, 2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court on Aug. 8, asking the court to declare the House seats of 13 Texas Democrats vacant due to “unlawful absences.” Paxton filed the lawsuit shortly after Democrats broke a deadline set by Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows to return to the Capitol on Friday. “I have asked the Texas Supreme Court to declare what has been clear from the beginning: that the runaway members have officially vacated their offices in the Texas House,” Paxton said in a press release. Story continues below advertisement The lawsuit is aimed at 13 Democratic members who stated publicly they refused to return, “confirming in their own words the very grounds for this legal action,” according to the press release. Those named include the following Texas Democratic representatives: Ron Reynolds, Vikki Goodwin, Gina Hinojosa, James Talarico, Lulu Flores, Mihaela Plesa, Suleman Lalani, Chris Turner, Ana-Maria Ramos, Jessica Gonzalez, John Bucy III, Christina Morales, and Gene Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chairman. Paxton said Texas law gives him the authority to represent the state in “quo warranto actions” and to appear before the Texas Supreme Court in matters of direct state interest. Related Stories Texas Governor Aims to Remove Absent Democrats With Emergency Petition to State High Court The Epoch Times Texas Holds Legislative Session After Democrat Lawmakers Depart The Epoch Times More than 50 state Democrats fled the state to derail Republican plans to redraw the state’s Congressional map before the midterm elections. “When members of the legislature disregard arrest warrants, refuse to perform their duties, and announce that they intend to prevent the legislature from exercising its constitutional responsibilities, they have, through words and conduct, demonstrated an intent to relinquish and abandon their offices,” the lawsuit states. Such legal action is rarely used. Warranto petitions are typically used to challenge a person’s right to hold a public or corporate office or to revoke a corporation’s charter. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also filed a warranto petition on Aug. 5 with the state’s high court, naming Wu as a respondent. The governor’s lawsuit alleged that House Democrats abdicated their official duties by refusing to show up for work. Story continues below advertisement The state justices gave Wu until Friday to respond. Paxton and Burrows took steps to enforce arrest warrants in other states, while the attorney general also began investigations into Powered by People and Texas Majority PAC for allegedly “operating an illegal financial influence scheme to bribe Democrats into breaking quorum.” Also, the fleeing Democrats potentially face felony charges and fines of $500 per day that must be paid from their own funds. The fight between Democrats and Republicans started when the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent Abbott a letter on July 7 raising concerns that four congressional districts in the Houston and Dallas areas were unconstitutional because of “racial gerrymandering.” Current boundaries run afoul of the Voting Rights Act by relying on racial demographics to group minority voters into “coalition districts,” where no single racial group forms a majority, according to the DOJ. Abbott added redrawing the congressional map onto the special session agenda, prompting the Democrats to purposefully break quorum and grind the legislature to a halt.

National News

Texas AG Files Suit With State Supreme Court to Declare Seats of 13 Absent Democrats Vacant

by USNN World NewsAugust 8, 2025August 8, 2025

National News

Suspect Dead, Officer Killed in Shooting Reported at Emory University

by USNN World NewsAugust 8, 2025August 8, 2025

National News

Trump Announces Apple’s Additional $100 Billion US Investment Plan

by USNN World NewsAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

National News

Record US Honey Bee Losses and What Mite Be Behind Them

by USNN World NewsAugust 6, 2025August 12, 2025

National News

Suspected Fort Stewart Shooter Identified as US Army Sergeant, Officials Say

by USNN World NewsAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

NATIONAL NEWS

Zelenskyy Apologized to Trump After Oval Office Clash, Witkoff Says

By Tom Ozimek Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy apologized to President Donald Trump for a heated Oval Office meeting this past week in a letter that ...

Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near White House

By Jacob Burg The U.S. Secret Service shot an adult male near the White House following an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement shortly after midnight ...

DOGE Says It Found $312 Million in Loans That Were Given to Children During Pandemic

By Jack Phillips The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said over the weekend that it found that the Small Business Administration (SBA) granted thousands of ...

Commerce Secretary Says Trump Will Not Ease Up on Fentanyl-Related Tariffs

By Jacob Burg Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on March 9 that President Donald Trump is likely to maintain his tariff pressure on Mexico, Canada, ...

Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on March 7 that his administration is exploring ways to invest in bitcoin for the national strategic reserve, ...

House Republicans Unveil Funding Resolution, Trump Voices Support

By T. J. Muscaro House Republicans revealed a Trump-approved spending bill on March 8 that lays out a plan to keep the federal government and ...

Trump Administration Cancels Grants Worth $400 Million for Columbia University

By Jack Phillips The Trump administration on Friday announced it has canceled grants worth roughly $400 million for Columbia University, alleging the Ivy League school ...

Georgia Senate Passes Bill Allowing Trump and Allies to Recover Costs of 2020 Election Case

By Bill Pan Georgia’s Senate has approved a bill that could allow President Donald Trump and his allies to get compensated for legal fees in ...

Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease; Wife Died of Hantavirus About 1 Week Prior: Authorities

By Jack Phillips Authorities said Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of Alzheimer’s and heart failure a week after his wife died of hantavirus, a ...

Trump Pauses Tariffs on Mexico Until April 2

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on March 6 that he would pause his 25 percent tariff for Mexican goods and services that are ...

12 Takeaways From Trump’s First Major Policy Speech to Congress

By Lawrence Wilson, Joseph Lord, Travis Gillmore and Sam Dorman WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump capped off his first six weeks in office with a 100-minute speech ...

Trump Says Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs Will Be Met With Reciprocal Tariffs

By Noe Chartier President Donald Trump has reacted to Canada’s decision to enter a trade war with the United States by imposing counter-tariffs, saying this ...