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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

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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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Texas Governor Orders Arrest of Democratic Lawmakers Who Left State

by USNN World NewsAugust 4, 2025August 4, 2025

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Trump says Buttigieg’s exit a sign Dems trying to stop Bernie Sanders

By Frank Miles | Fox News Moments after former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg told supporters he’s ending his presidential campaign Sunday, President Trump said it reflected the growing pressure among more moderate Democrats to ...

Billionaire Republican buys major Twitter stake, may oust CEO amid GOP concerns of bias, reports say

By Gregg Re | Fox News A billionaire Republican megadonor has purchased a “sizable” stake in Twitter and “plans to push” to oust CEO Jack Dorsey among other changes, according ...

Tom Steyer ends campaign after Biden wins South Carolina primary

By Adam Shaw, Nick Givas | Fox News Billionaire and environmental activist Tom Steyer ended his presidential bid on Saturday, after what appears to be a third-place finish in South ...

Buttigieg exits presidential race ahead of Super Tuesday, cementing collapse after strong Iowa showing

By Gregg Re | Fox News Pete Buttigieg told supporters he’s ending his presidential campaign on Sunday, campaign sources confirmed to Fox News, in an abrupt and surprising pullout ...

Warren declares contested Democratic National Convention the ‘final play’

By Gregg Re | Fox News In a head-turning memo Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign declared that “the reality of this race” is that “no candidate will likely have a ...

Charlie Kirk blasts Bernie Sanders, says Dem frontrunner ‘does not believe private property is a right’

By Victor Garcia | Fox News Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk explored the progressive movement and the rise of Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders on “Life, Liberty & Levin” Sunday, ...

Chris Matthews absent from MSNBC’s primary coverage after sexism allegations, on-air slip-ups

By Brie Stimson | Fox News MSNBC’s Chris Matthews was noticebaly absent from the network’s South Carolina primary coverage Saturday evening, one day after being accused of “sexist” behavior by a former network ...

Dems’ investigations flatline, despite vows to pursue Trump after Senate impeachment trial

By Gregg Re | Fox News Despite their dire warnings earlier this year that President Trump’s foreign policy endangered the United States and assured that the 2020 elections would ...

Biden calls SC primary ‘real comeback’ as he sets sights on Super Tuesday

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Former Vice President Joe Biden called his victory in Saturday night’s South Carolina Democratic primary “a real comeback” as he looks to carry momentum into ...

Trump fires up CPAC: President blisters 2020 Democrats, rips ‘low life’ Romney

By Brooke Singman | Fox News NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — President Trump rallied the core of the conservative activist base Saturday with a fiery address mercilessly mocking ...

Polls to close in South Carolina primary as Biden seeks crucial first win

By Adam Shaw, Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Polls will close soon in Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic presidential primary — a race which is a must-win for former Vice President Joe ...

Trump sets new travel restrictions over coronavirus, considering southern border shutdown

By Marisa Schultz | Fox News President Trump authorized new travel restrictions and warnings Saturday – and said he’s even looking at closing the southern border – in ...