Posted on · Trump, who also hinted at a possible run for president in 2024, floated the idea of pardoning the rioters who took part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
Posted on · On Friday's show: Aldine ISD cancels classes the next three Fridays to address teacher burnout, and how trains serve our region -- from freight to mass transit.
Posted on · The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico, in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.
Posted on · An emergency pandemic policy under the Trump and Biden administrations has led to more people covered by Medicaid in Texas, a state that has long refused to expand coverage. But it's unclear how long those protections will last.
Posted on · Young people helped mobilize voters for President Biden. Many now feel Biden hasn't pushed hard enough to deliver on the immigration goals he set.
Posted on · The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.
Posted on · The resilience of the "Big Lie" is prompting consternation and creative efforts to reach those who remain adamant — despite all evidence to the contrary — that the 2020 Presidential vote was rigged.
Posted on · Biden never uttered Trump's name but referred repeatedly to him with forceful and at times personal denunciations of his actions. "He's not just a former president. He's a defeated former president."
Posted on · Just over 700 people have been arrested and charged with crimes dealing with the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol last Jan. 6. While thousands traveled from 45 states to Washington D.C., Texas has the dubious distinction of having the second highest number of people arrested for their part in the attempt to overthrow a democratic election.
Posted on · A year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that Americans are pessimistic about the future of democracy, as false claims about the 2020 election persist.
Posted on · An initial review of four counties’ election results — launched after pressure from former President Donald Trump and touted by GOP leaders — showed few discrepancies between electronic and hand counts of ballots in a sample of voting precincts.
Posted on · Auditors are now asking for information from four urban counties, including one that went for Trump. Trump won the state in 2020.
Posted on · Ahead of the vote, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming read a litany of text messages she said Mark Meadows received during the Jan. 6 siege, including from Donald Trump Jr.
Posted on · The Department of Homeland Security is preparing for major volume on Monday as bridges across the U.S.-Mexico border reopen to fully vaccinated travelers. The U.S.-Mexico border is the busiest land border in the world, with more than one million people crossing every day before the pandemic struck.
Posted on · The Migrant Protection Protocols policy forced people seeking asylum at the border to stay in Mexico while their claims were processed.