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Texas to create response team to combat New World screwworms

Greg Abbott directed two agencies to assemble a response team to combat the New World screwworm, which poses a serious threat to Texas livestock and wildlife.

The ‘shining city on the hill’ still matters 

President Trump's views of the G-7 summit as an economic forum rather than a beacon of democracy and his failure to understand the importance of international law and the sovereignty of other nations harms the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Rubio says US knocked out key Iranian nuclear facility

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the case on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s strikes against Iran were a clear success in part because they “wiped out” a nuclear conversion facility that is critical to building a weapon. “Here’s a fact: The conversion facility, which you can’t do a nuclear weapon without a conversion facility,...

Fire hoses used to cool Virginia drawbridge after it got too hot to close

Firefighters were called in to spray the drawbridge with water to cool it down.

Watch live: Vought testifies before Senate on White House rescissions request

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought is set to testify Wednesday afternoon before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the White House's request to claw back roughly $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The package is the first to codify cuts made by President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. The...

Revised GOP plan would sell up to 1.2M acres of public lands

A revised plan from Senate Republicans would sell off as much as 1.2 million acres of publicly owned lands, according to legislative text obtained by The Hill. The updated text would require the sales of between 0.25 and 0.5 percent of the 245 million acres currently owned by the Bureau of Land Management, or between...

Why utility deregulation is the worst way to generate more electricity

The Trump administration is considering deregulation of electric utilities to increase competition and supply, but deregulation has failed to bring online enough new electric generation and has led to overcharging customers and subsidies for older power plants.

More than 30 celebrities come out against SNAP, Medicaid cuts in GOP megabill

More than two dozen members of the entertainment industry issued an open letter to members of Congress on Wednesday urging them to reject sweeping cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid in the GOP's "big, beautiful" spending bill. The open letter, released by Feeding America, was signed by 31 people, including high-profile...

Graham overrides Paul’s border wall, immigration enforcement proposal

Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has unveiled a plan to override Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) proposal to fund border security and immigration enforcement activities at roughly half the amount favored by Senate and House Republican leaders. Paul created an uproar two weeks ago when he unveiled his portion of the...

Ella Emhoff feels ‘trauma’ returning to NYC polling station where she voted for Harris

Ella Emhoff shared her emotional experience returning to the polling station where she voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in November. The former second daughter endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race.

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