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Texas hasn't updated a 2006 study that found undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost
In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found that they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state. “This is the first time any state has done a comprehensive financial analysis...
Texas House speaker who faced blowback over Paxton impeachment drops bid to keep post
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party's hard right and anger over the historic impeachment last year of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Dade Phelan's...
Elon Musk funded a super PAC comparing Trump's position on abortion to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's
Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed less than a month before the election that focused on advertising intended to convince voters that Donald Trump 's stance on abortion was akin to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A group titled RBG PAC, formed...
France's Macron vows to stay in office till end of term, says he'll name a new prime minister soon
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to stay in office until the end of his term, due in 2027, and announced that he will name a new prime minister within days in efforts to overcome the political deadlock following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier. ...
Taiwan's leader calls on China to refrain from threats ahead of expected military drills
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te called on China to “open its arms rather than raise its fists” as he wrapped up his first overseas tour since taking office in May. His remarks at a news conference Friday in Palau, a Pacific Island nation, came in response...
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy bring Trump's DOGE to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump'sDOGE initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government. Meeting behind closed doors at the Capitol,...
Environmentalists are headed to court over proposed oil well in vulnerable Florida watershed
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Environmentalists are heading to court to try to stop a plan to drill for oil in the watershed of a vulnerable north Florida river. The challenge brought by the conservation group Apalachicola Riverkeeper against the state’s environmental protection agency comes as the...
Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming announces bid to run for U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy's seat
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming, a Republican and appointee of Donald Trump's during his first term as president, has announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in the hopes of unseating current member Bill Cassidy, also a Republican, who is up for reelection in 2026. ...
Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend
A message left at the scene of a health insurance executive’s fatal shooting — “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims. The three words were written on the ammunition a masked gunman used to...
UK leader Starmer vows to take on 'alliance of naysayers' as he outlines plan for change
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Thursday to take on the “alliance of naysayers” and the bureaucratic “nonsense” that have hampered construction projects in the U.K., as he outlined a series of new pledges that he hopes will change the narrative on his...
