Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a state of emergency Thursday night after multiple tornadoes ripped through a small town in Texas. “The State of Texas is swiftly deploying critical emergency response resources to provide all necessary support and assistance to protect Texans and help those impacted by tornadoes in Perryton,” Abbott said in a press...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the newest Republican to enter the 2024 presidential race, said he would support a 15-week federal abortion ban with rare exceptions, but stopped short of backing a six-week abortion ban. “Look, I think that the country is not there yet,” Suarez said in an interview with The Associated Press, when asked...
Two Tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled from the state legislature earlier this year for protesting gun violence on the House floor easily won their special primary elections on Thursday. State Rep. Justin Jones ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination in his Nashville-area district, while state Rep. Justin Pearson sailed to victory over challenger David...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R ) said in an interview on Thursday that he was "surprised" when his 2024 rival former President Trump criticized the state's six-week abortion ban as "too harsh" last month. “I was really surprised because he's a Florida resident," DeSantis told CBN News' David Brody in an interview slated to air on the...
A highway collision left at least 15 people dead and several injured in central Canada Thursday morning. Just before noon, a semi-trailer struck a bus carrying “a number of senior citizens” from Dauphin, the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a news release Thursday. At least 10 others were transported to the hospital...