Texas House is set to reconvene this afternoon, but dozens of Democrats are still out of the state. Their absence will deny Republicans the quorum needed to vote on congressional maps that have been redrawn in the GOP's favor. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is promising to call as many special sessions as it takes to pass redistricting.This could literally last years because uh in Texas, I'm authorized to call a special session every 30 days. It lasts 30 days. Uh and as soon as this one is over, I'm going to ca ...

to Israel now where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defending his decision to expand Israel's offensive into Gaza. During a press conference yesterday, Netanyahu said Israel quote has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas and expects to complete the new offensive fairly quickly. Netanyahu's office also released a statement saying that he spoke with President Trump yesterday.The pair discussed Israel's plan to take over the remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza, while Ne ...

Watch live coverage as President Trump holds a news conference to discuss efforts to fight crime and clean up the nation's capital. Trump is considering deploying up to the National Guard into the district., according to one defense official and two U.S. officials. Trump's news event comes a week after the president threatened a federal takeover of D.C. following an alleged assault on Edward Coristine, an original Department of Government Efficiency staffer known online as "Big Balls," in an attempted carja ...

And this morning, President Trump is expected to announce a new public safety initiative in Washington, DC. At 10:00 a. m., the president is going to hold what's being advertised as a news conference at the White House during which he's expected to detail what is likely to be a largecale increase in law enforcement presence in our nation's capital. Officials tell NBC News President Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops, but they say the decision is not final and no formal orders h ...

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remembering this morning uh James uh Levelville who of course uh one one of the great as Peter Baker said um one of the great explorers uh in the history of humankind. He of course uh was uttered those famous words, Houston, we have a problem. >> Uh Apollo 13, we heard Tom Hanks uh playing level there.But he was on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13. As Axios writes this morning, the two Apollo missions gripped uh not only Americans but people across the globe. Uh this was David Ignatius uh a time whe ...

We have new details this morning on President Trump's new crackdown on crime in a city he loves to criticize in his own backyard, our nation's capital, our home, Washington DC. As part of his new week-long campaign, some 450 federal law enforcement officers from various agencies were stationed across the city last night in hightra areas. And Trump announced on social media that tomorrow he will hold an event at the White House that will quote essentially stop violent crime in DC, which he claims has become ...

Tuesday is going to be the next hearing over the so-called Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Florida Ever Everglades. A judge temporarily halted construction of the site last week after 2 days of testimony about its environmental impact. Now, this comes as new reporting from NPR highlights the heartbreak that this site has already caused families.NPR's Jasmine Cars spoke to a woman about a family fishing trip last month that led to her husband being sent to alligator Alcatra. She asked ...

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE WEEKEND PRIME TIME. WE BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH A SHOWDOWN IN THE OLD WEST AND THE REDISTRICTING FIGHT THAT BEGAN IN TEXAS AND HAS NOW SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE TEXAS HOUSE IS SET TO RECONVENE TOMORROW AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS AT REACHING A QUORUM.ONE WEEK INTO A WALKOUT BY STATE DEMOCRATS. AND IT ALL COMES AS WE'VE SEEN TOP TEXAS REPUBLICANS TRY EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO FORCE THE DEMOCRATS BACK TO THE LONE STAR. STATE SENATOR JOHN CORNYN HAS CALLED ON THE FBI TO HELP TRAC ...

As Republicans in Texas try to push their newly drawn congressional map through, there are others who are sounding the alarm that redistricting is not the way to go, no matter which side of the aisle it's coming from. Republican Congressman Kevin Kylie of California just introduced legislation aimed at ending these kinds of mid decade redistricting standoffs. The bill would void out any new maps adopted by states after the November 2024 election so that all current maps remain the same.The congressman is on ...