Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Department of Transport representatives, and other state and local officials are scheduled to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of Cow Creek Bridge in Marble Falls at 11 a.m. ET on Aug. 19. After the ceremony, the bridge will be officially open to the public. Original News Source
Washington — President Trump is working to coordinate a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which would be the first face-to-face interaction between the two leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago. Asked about arranging the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said on Fox & Friends that
Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology” but that opponents decry as a “MAGA loyalty test.” Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from
U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC), in power since apartheid ended in 1994, is being assaulted on two fronts, with salvos fired from inside the government, as well as from
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2024. Bonnie Cash/Reuters U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has named Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as a co-deputy director of the FBI, where he will work alongside Dan Bongino. Bailey will resign from his current position to assume the new
A federal judge on Monday tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration and Florida state officials — though other challenges over “Alligator Alcatraz” are still pending. Civil rights attorneys had sued the Trump administration and
Jay Clayton, former chairman of the SEC, speaks during 13D Monitor’s Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York on Oct. 22, 2024. Brendan McDermid/Reuters A federal court has appointed Jay Clayton to continue serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York as his term as interim attorney came to an end without