Texas will build an operations base for up to 1‚800 National Guard members in Eagle Pass‚ expanding the presence of soldiers in the border city where the state has clashed with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement‚ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday. The 80-acre property along the Rio Grande will open a short distance from Shelby Park‚ the riverfront area where Texas National Guard members have installed miles of razor wire and began denying access to U.S. Border...

When ABC News reported on Wednesday that the House Ethics Committee had acquired text messages between a young woman involved in the sex trafficking investigation and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)‚ a Gaetz spokesperson told ABC that the congressman “does not know anything about the woman you’re referencing.” That seems extraordinarily unlikely. The Daily Beast can now report that this woman told prosecutors in 2021 that she had sex with Gaetz at a drug-fueled party that she was paid to attend‚...

Two teenagers in custody in connection with the deadly shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally that left one woman dead and more than 20 others injured were charged Thursday‚ according to Missouri court officials. The Office of the Juvenile Officer said the teens face gun-related and resisting arrest charges and are currently detained in secure detention at the Juvenile Detention Center. “It is anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the...

The National Association of Realtors appeared to hit rock bottom in October when a Kansas City jury delivered a $1.8 billion verdict‚ finding that the industry kept home-sales fees artificially high. But the existential threat to the powerful trade group was about to get worse. Copycat lawsuits have been filed around the nation. Dozens of real-estate brokerages are now defendants. Federal regulators are scrutinizing the industry more closely than they have in years.  Brokerage...

Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden appear to be unraveling following the indictment of a key witness in the investigation led by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer. Comer is facing strong criticism from Democrats and calls to end the impeachment effort after Special Counsel David Weiss announced charges against 43-year-old Alexander Smirnov on Thursday for allegedly making false statements and manufacturing false records concerning Joe Biden's business dealings in...

Americans are being exposed to a chemical found in oat-based foods‚ including Cheerios and Quaker Oats‚ that can pose a risk to reproductive and developmental health‚ according to a new study. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that four in five‚ or 80%‚ of Americans‚ tested positive for a harmful additive called chlormequat — linked to reduced fertility‚ altered fetal growth and delayed puberty. Chlormequat is a toxic “agricultural chemical” used to alter a plant’s growth‚ per...

President Biden's administration and liberal supporters in Washington are bracing for a possible Donald Trump victory in November by installing "roadblocks" to limit the latter's ability to fire thousands of government workers‚ according to a new report. The Associated Press reported that a cabal of left-leaning experts‚ legal advisers and others are confident Biden will be re-elected but are urging him to prepare for the worst: another Trump presidency beginning in 2025.  "My...

A Minneapolis area school district says it will let families opt out of LGBT curriculum materials after several Muslim families threatened to sue. St. Louis Park Public School District just west of Minneapolis said it will allow families to opt their kids out of reading books with LGBT themes. Somali Muslim families had threatened to sue the district‚ alleging that not allowing families to opt out potentially violates the Constitution and state law. On November 2‚ the families’...

Networking giant Cisco is laying off more than 4‚000 employees to shift focus and resources towards developing its AI capabilities. The New York Post reports that Cisco‚ the multinational technology conglomerate‚ announced plans to cut more than 4‚000 jobs across its global workforce in order to redirect resources into AI initiatives. The layoffs account for approximately five percent of Cisco’s 85‚000 employees and are expected to cost the company $800 million in severance packages.

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