Texas runoff election sets races for November after Republican party civil war

House Speaker Dade Phelan survives brutal primary challenge House Speaker Dade Phelan survives brutal primary challenge 04:02 Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan survived the nasty primary runoff for his seat while fellow conservative state Rep. Justin Holland lost his suburban Dallas seat to Trump 2016 spokeswoman Katrina Pierson in two of the highest-profile races in

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Narrowly Wins Republican Runoff

The House Speaker has faced backlash from GOP party members for allowing Democrats to head committees and pushing Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pulled off a narrow win in Tuesday’s contentious GOP primary runoff against David Covey. Mr. Phelan garnered 12,813 votes to Mr. Covey’s 12,447, a separation of only

House to Vote on Radiation Victims Compensation Renewal but With No Expansion

The House is set to consider next week a bill to renew a compensation program for Americans exposed to radiation during nuclear weapons testing or uranium mining. The legislation, which passed in the Senate, is being criticized because it does not contain a hoped-for expansion of compensation to states where uranium was mined and processed

Feds take down one of world’s largest malicious botnets

Washington — Federal investigators took down one of the world’s largest malicious botnets, one that helped generate tens of thousands of fraudulent transactions that cost victims billions — including many related to COVID relief funding. Law enforcement also arrested the botnet’s administrator, YunHe Wang, a Chinese national. He’s been accused of orchestrating an international plot

Trump Fires Back at De Niro: ‘He Got MAGA’ed’

Former President Donald Trump fired back at Robert De Niro on Wednesday after the actor’s Tuesday press conference against him. President Trump called Mr. De Niro a “fool‘ while standing near the New York City courtroom before telling reporters, ”He got MAGA’ed,“ referring to the supporters who challenged the ”Ran Man” actor dur… Original News