The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship. Republican State Rep. Bryan Slaton of Texas resigned his seat Monday in order to avoid a public expulsion hearing after an […]
One day after focusing on a child sexual predator suspect from Texas, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation located him and took him into custody according to the trooper dispatch. Troopers in Wasilla were alerted to a female juvenile that had left her home under suspicious circumstances on Monday. The case was referred to the Alaska […]
“How Christian of you, Greg Abbott,” Rep. Joaquin Castro said sardonically. “Being a heartless POS isn’t going to make you the next Republican president.” Human rights defenders condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and “extremist Republicans’ cruel values” after several busloads of migrants were dropped off outside U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington, D.C. home in […]
Democratic opponent Sen. Raphael Warnock asked, “How can Herschel Walker represent Georgians when he doesn’t even claim our great state as his primary residence?” Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is the beneficiary of a tax break meant for permanent Texas residents—a possible violation of both Texas law and residency rules for voting and political candidacy […]