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How the Federal Settlements With Elite Universities Are Unfolding

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Uvalde School District Releases Records Related to 2022 Robb Elementary Shooting

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DC Locals Have Mixed Reactions to Trump’s Police Takeover

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

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Environmental Protection Agency Terminates Contracts With Unionized Employees

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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.

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

by USNN World NewsAugust 8, 2025August 8, 2025

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Suspect Dead, Officer Killed in Shooting Reported at Emory University

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

by USNN World NewsAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

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Record US Honey Bee Losses and What Mite Be Behind Them

by USNN World NewsAugust 6, 2025August 12, 2025

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

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Violent and Property Crime Fell Sharply in 2024: FBI

by USNN World NewsAugust 5, 2025August 5, 2025

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Trump to visit riot-hit Kenosha, after promising ‘no tolerance’ for violence

By Adam Shaw | Fox News ‘Anyone who breaks the law should be arrested, prosecuted and punished,’ Trump said. President Trump on Tuesday will travel to Kenosha, Wis., where he ...

Mike Tobin describes seeing rioters ‘pre-party in the parking lot’ before ‘big show of destruction’

By Angelica Stabile, Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News ‘I’ve heard people say things like ‘Looting is fun,'” Fox News correspondent says. Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin joined the ...

Kayleigh McEnany calls out CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon over riot coverage

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News The CNN anchors have previously downplayed the violence that has occurred amid nationwide protests. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany singled ...

Trump allies challenge Biden’s tougher tone on riots, note support for fund bailing out protesters

By Tyler Olson | Fox News ‘Donald Trump is the most lawless president in American history,’ said Biden’s spokesperson. As Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris have ...

Trump unloads on Biden, ‘left-wing political violence’ in ‘Democrat-run cities’ ahead of Kenosha trip

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News ‘The violence is fueled by the rhetoric of far-left politicians,’ Trump said during a press briefing. Ahead of his trip to Wisconsin, President ...

Trump blasts Portland leaders as ‘terrible,’ ‘incompetent’ after latest violence, says residents ‘tired of it’

By Charles Creitz | Fox News Trump tells Laura Ingraham in exclusive interview that ‘Democrats have lost control of the radical left’. President Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham in an ...

Biden condemns rioting, blasts Trump’s response in fiery post-convention speech

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Dueling speeches this week by Biden and Trump over the racial unrest. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took a sledgehammer to President Trump’s emphasis ...

Wisconsin’s Gov. Tony Evers tells Trump not to visit Kenosha

By Frank Miles | Fox News President Trump is not welcome in Wisconsin, at least not if you’re asking Gov. Tony Evers. Evers, a Democrat who has been critical ...

Ken Buck doubles down on Rand Paul’s call for investigation into funding of violent protests

By Nick Givas | Fox News The Justice Department needs to open an investigation into who is funding these violent riots’. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., on Sunday called ...

Massachusetts activates 1,000 National Guard troops amid protests

By Audrey Conklin | Fox News The reason behind the activation remains unclear. One-thousand National Guard members have been activated amid the coronavirus pandemic and national protests. The Boston Herald reported that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s order was ...

Chicago shootings leave at least 5 dead; 2 city cops among the wounded

By Brie Stimson | Fox News A deadly weekend of Chicago gun violence left two police officers wounded early Sunday, a police department spokesman confirmed. Both officers were hospitalized but their medical conditions were ...

1 dead in clashes between pro-Trump, BLM groups as violence rages for more than 90 days

By Brie Stimson | Fox News Video posted on social media showed a person suddenly dropping to the ground, and others rushing to assist. Violent clashes between a ...