Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) was projected to narrowly win his primary runoff on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating a conservative challenger backed by former President Trump. Phelan’s reelection bid was thrust into the national spotlight after he presided over the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on abuse-of-office...

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is projected to survive a challenge on his right and win the GOP primary in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gonzales narrowly defeated YouTuber and guns enthusiast Brandon Herrera in the Republican contest for his congressional seat, which runs from San Antonio to El Paso. The Texas Republican...

A former South Dakota mayor has been charged in a triple-murder shooting. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said in a press release Tuesday that a 64-year-old Centerville man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the Monday deaths. Jay Ostrem is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond in Minnehaha...

A military aircraft crashed near New Mexico’s Albuquerque International Sunport Tuesday afternoon, leaving the pilot hospitalized with injuries. The pilot, who is in the Air Force, was injured after he ejected from the jet, the Albuquerque Journal reported. A Kirtland Air Force Base spokesperson told the outlet that he is expected to recover from his...

The University of California’s academic workers union expanded its ongoing strike on Tuesday to UCLA and UC Davis, bringing the total walkouts to about 12,000 individuals. The union, which represents 48,000 academic and graduate workers of the University of California, escalated its ongoing standoff Tuesday morning to three campuses, just over a week after as...

Former Michigan state Sen. Curtis Hertel (D), who is looking to succeed Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) as the next 7th Congressional District House representative, is urging President Biden to use more executive authority on the U.S.-Mexico border.  Hertel, who is running in a swing House district, is asking Biden to address the “dysfunctional” immigration system...

The Associated Press projects that Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan will survive a Republican primary runoff election challenge by David Covey, who was backed by former President Trump and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to Tim Pool, host of the "TimCast IRL" podcast, and said he did not think it was a 'good, healthy thing' for culture to erase history.