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☆ Federal government drops charges against ex-Afghan soldier who crossed border into Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Abdul Wasi Safi crossed the southern border illegally in late September, after, he said, he had passed through multiple countries to reach the U.S. and seek asylum. The Justice Department has given little explanation for charging Wasi Safi or for dropping the charges. In court filings charging Wasi Safi, Justice Department lawyers did not argue that Wasi Safi was a flight risk or a threat to national security, which are typical reasons prosecutors may argue a migrant should be held without bond. In its filing dropping the charges, Justice Department said it was “in the interest of justice” to “dismiss the information” it had filed against Wasi Safi. “Everyone says, ‘You’ve illegally crossed [the border],’ but no one hears my reason,” Wasi Safi said on the phone from the federal prison where he has been held.

☆ Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas 'desperately needs more money' to address the border after spending millions on busing migrants to other parts of the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Abbott renewed his calls for the federal government to send funds to Texas to address the border. Since April, Texas has spent millions of dollars busing migrants to places like DC and Chicago. Greg Abbott said Sunday during President Joe Biden's visit to the border that the state "desperately needs more money" to address the issue. Texas desperately needs more money," Abbott said. Texas had spent $12 million on the efforts as of August, the Texas Tribune reported at the time.

☆ A Texas superintendent ordered school librarians to remove LGBTQ books. Now the federal government is investigating.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Mike Hixenbaugh | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm has launched an investigation into a North Texas school district whose superintendent was secretly recorded ordering librarians to remove LGBTQ-themed library books. The comments, combined with the district’s subsequent decision to remove dozens of library books pending a review, fostered a “pervasively hostile” environment for LGBTQ students, the ACLU wrote in its complaint. Last year, voters in Granbury elected a pair of school board members who campaigned against LGBTQ-affirming school curricula and library books. “These comments, combined with the book removals, really send a message to LGBTQ students in the districts that: ‘You don’t belong here. Lou Whiting, a student at Granbury High School, becomes emotional after speaking against the removal of LGBTQ books at a Granbury school board meeting in March.

☆ Effort to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas will only complicate the immigration puzzle
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

They want the incoming Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee to launch an impeachment investigation of Mayorkas ASAP in early January. While their alleged crimes are very different, any impeachment effort against Mayorkas would likely end similarly: Belknap was acquitted in a Senate trial. Democrats, controlling the Senate majority, would surely do the same if Republicans could even muster the majority needed to impeach Mayorkas. McCarthy would rather just see Mayorkas resign, although there’s no indication Mayorkas will. “If Secretary Mayorkas does not resign, House Republicans will investigate every order, every action and every failure.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried gave $2.5 million to a leading political ethics watchdog. The group says it can't give the money back because officials already spent it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Campaign Legal Center fights against lawlessness and unethical behavior in politics. Brendan Quinn, a spokesperson for the Campaign Legal Center, says the nonprofit organization cannot return or give away Bankman-Fried's money because the money is already spent. Asked whether the Campaign Legal Center would consider disgorging an amount of money equivalent to what Bankman-Fried contributed, Quinn noted that the Campaign Legal Center is not a political candidate or committee. The Campaign Legal Center has not yet provided Insider a copy, first requested December 2, of the most recent IRS 990 tax document filed by Campaign Legal Center Action, its advocacy arm. Former President Donald Trump has been a frequent target of the Campaign Legal Center's legal and ethics efforts.

☆ Homebuyers who fled to Florida to escape high taxes are now shocked at their massive tax bills
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Florida law caps property taxes at 3% a year for existing homebuyers. The tax bills have come as a shock for some, who may have to consider moving out of the state. Anyone who bought a Florida property in 2022 will be in the same situation next year. Corporate homebuyers are also getting hit with higher tax billsDeeply resourced, large-scale homebuyers are getting caught off guard, too. Some local governments in Texas have argued for increasing property taxes in order to finance things like hurricane relief, the Texas Tribune reported.

☆ 5 months after the worst school shooting in Texas history, pro-gun Gov. Greg Abbott easily triumphed in Uvalde County
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Greg Abbott won the race to remain governor just five months after the worst school shooting in Texas. "Unfortunately, 21 people dead doesn't change people's minds," a bereaved relative told the Texas Tribune. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyJust five months after the Robb Elementary School school shooting in Uvalde, the worst school shooting in Texas history, pro-gun Gov. He'd previously accused Abbott of inaction following the Uvalde shooting, saying, "You are doing nothing. "Unfortunately, 21 people dead doesn't change people's minds," said Jazmin Cazares, 17, whose nine-year-old sister, Jacklyn, was killed at the Robb Elementary school shooting, the outlet reported.

☆ Calls from Uvalde show pleas for help from inside school long before police confronted shooter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The disturbing audio released by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica include 911 calls from a hiding teacher and a child who was trapped, calling with muffled voices. At 11:33 a.m., a man called 911 and yelled, “He’s inside the school shooting at the kids!” according to the audio released by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica. More coverage of the Uvalde school massacre Newly released Uvalde video shows officers discussing need to confront gunman, concerns about being shotBlistering report finds 'systemic failures' by authorities in the wake of Uvalde school shootingThe officer husband of slain Uvalde teacher tried to save her. Uvalde school district superintendent will resign after outrage over response to school massacreArredondo has testified that he thought of the situation as a “barricaded subject,” state legislators said in their report released in June. Last month, the school board approved the terms of district superintendent's retirement, the Texas Tribune reported.

☆ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vies for reelection against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Abbott faces former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat. Greg Abbott of Texas is running for a third term against former US Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat. More recently, Republican Rep. Mayra Flores won by 7 points in the June 2022 special election to replace Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela, who resigned midway through his term. The money raceAccording to Transparency USA, Abbott has raised $94.3 million, spent $120.5 million, and has $16.4 million of cash on hand, as of September 30. His opponent, O'Rourke, has raised $65.7 million, spent $45.8 million, and has $16.5 million of cash still left to spend, as of September 30.

☆ Liz Cheney endorses Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin over GOP hopeful Tom Barrett in Michigan as part of her crusade to derail 2020 election deniers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney has endorsed Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin for reelection. Cheney has crossed party lines because Slotkin challenger Tom Barrett is a 2020 election denier. A Jan. 6 committee leader, Cheney has resolved "to make sure those people don't get elected." Slotkin, a two-term lawmaker, is facing off against Barrett, a Michigan state senator, this November. Barrett brushed off the endorsement as grandstanding by "establishment war hawks" with a "senseless thirst for more foreign entanglements."

☆ Donald Trump will 'shatter' the Republican party if he's the 2024 nominee, resulting in a new conservative party, Liz Cheney predicts
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Liz Cheney predicted a "splintered" Republican party if Trump wins the 2024 nominee. Cheney has previously said that she will no longer be a Republican if Trump is the nominee. Former President Trump continues to tease a 2024 run ahead of the November midterms in which Democrats and Republicans are fighting a close battle for control of Congress. If Trump does announce a campaign and ultimately cinches the Republican spot, Cheney predicted the party would "shatter." "I think that Donald Trump, he's the only president in American history who refused to guarantee a peaceful transition of power," Cheney said.

☆ Ron DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard may have unintentionally opened the door for them to remain in the US permanently
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis flew nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last month. Ron DeSantis chartered planes to fly migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last month, he may have unintentionally given them an opportunity to remain in the US indefinitely. Lawyers for the migrants have also said they were given a misleading brochure that promised cash assistance and job placement. Salazar certifying the migrants as victims of a crime was part of their lawyers' efforts to help them obtain visas. The Martha's Vineyard flights were just the latest example of a tactic being used by Republican lawmakers to draw attention to the Biden administration's immigration policies.

The committee had been planning to hold another hearing on Wednesday but postponed it due to the hurricane approaching Florida. “Nothing provided by the Jan. 6 committee can be considered credible, or unedited or not manipulated," Stone told NBC News Tuesday. The committee has also obtained a trove of Secret Service documents from the period around the Jan. 6 attack. "I think it’s certainly something that will be explored," at the hearing, said the committee member who requested anonymity. “We all swore the same oath to the Constitution,” Cheney told NBC News in a statement, responding to the GOP criticism she’s faced.

☆ Texas AG Paxton fled home in a truck driven by his wife to avoid subpoena, process server alleges
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton allegedly fled his home in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, on Monday to avoid being served a subpoena, a process server said in an affidavit filed in federal court. About 20 minutes later, Paxton left the house and Herrera approached him on the driveway. “I walked up the driveway approaching Mr. Paxton and called him by his name," Herrera wrote. “A few minutes later I saw Mr. Paxton ran from the door inside the garage towards the rear door behind the driver side," Herrera wrote. Last May, Paxton defeated Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush — the son of former Florida Gov.

☆ Texas Attorney General ran away when served with court papers over abortion rights lawsuit, affidavit says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An official attempted to serve Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with a subpoena. But Paxton fled his home in his wife's truck to avoid being served, an affidavit says. In his affidavit, Herrera said he parked outside Paxton's address on Monday and saw a man he recognized as Paxton. He approached the front door and saw him turn around and walk away when he saw Herrera. He then saw Paxton emerging from a garage, but when Herrera called out Paxton's name, he "RAN back inside the house," Herrera said in the affidavit.

☆ Judge rules that Texas AG who ran away from being served a subpoena won't have to testify in abortion lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Texas AG Ken Paxton ran away from being served a subpoena for an abortion access lawsuit. On Tuesday, a judge ruled that Paxton did not have to show up for a hearing on that lawsuit, CNN reported. In a motion, the judge said Paxton feared for his safety since the process server was "unidentifiable." "Top executive officials should not be called to testify absent extraordinary circumstances," the motion from Judge Robert Pitman said, CNN reported. The subpoenas required Paxton to testify at a hearing on Tuesday on a lawsuit filed by abortion rights groups.

☆ Jan 6 committee members say they believe Trump was responsible for the riot, and the panel might unanimously refer him for prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jan 6. committee members Schiff and Cheney spoke about the Capitol riot investigation on Sunday. But they said the panel will give a unanimous verdict either way when it decides whether to refer Trump for prosecution. When the committee concludes its investigation, which was launched more than a year ago, it will decide whether or not to refer Trump for prosecution by the Justice Department. Committee members have previously given mixed signals about whether Trump will be referred for prosecution, with Rep. Bennie Thompson's saying in June that the panel would not refer the former president for prosecution. He met with resistance from other committee members.

AUSTIN — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Saturday that she would be willing to campaign for Democrats as she criticized her party's acceptance of candidates who deny the results of the 2020 election. “Yes,” Cheney said simply when asked if she’d be willing to stump for Democrats — the first time she’s said so explicitly. Cheney made the remark in a discussion at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin while talking about Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake. We cannot see an accommodation like that, and I think it’s very important that we be clear about that,” Cheney said. Cheney did say that she does not think that the committee's hearings will conclude this week.

☆ Karl Rove says Texas' abortion law is 'too extremist' and will be 'a real problem for Republicans in the legislature'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GOP strategist Karl Rove said the Texas abortion law that bans the procedure after 6 weeks is "extremist." He said the ban will "create a real problem for Republicans" during the state's legislative session beginning in January. Some state lawmakers have said they would vote to add a rape exception, the Texas Tribune reported. "Do you think Texas is too extremist?" According to the Tribune, Rove said that he supports the Supreme Court's ruling and that abortion regulations should be a state's rights issue.

☆ Rep. Liz Cheney says she won't vote for Harriet Hageman, the Trump-endorsed Republican who defeated her in the Wyoming GOP primary
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Liz Cheney said she would not support Wyoming GOP House nominee Harriet Hageman in the November general election. Hageman, who was backed by Trump and a plethora of national Republicans, defeated Cheney 66%-29%. Hageman, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and a plethora of House Republicans, defeated Cheney in the August GOP primary 66%-29%. "Harriet is a member of the Wyoming State Bar and she's sworn an oath to the Constitution as a member of the Wyoming State Bar," Cheney told the media organization's chief executive Evan Smith. Cheney also pointed out Kari Lake, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arizona, as a candidate who has continued to question the results of the 2020 election.

☆ Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas' strict abortion law would 'eliminate all rapists.' But clinics say the number of rape cases has been 'consistently high': report
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Taylor Ardrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Abbott pledged to "eliminate all rapists" as a result of the state's strict abortion law. Greg Abbott's assurance that the state's strict abortion law would "eliminate all rapists," according to The Associated Press. 1 in the state of Texas is to eliminate rape so that no woman, no person, will be a victim of it." As The Texas Tribune reported last month the state's abortion trigger law was set in motion after SCOTUS overturned Roe. Democrats recently slammed Abbott for his comments that insinuated rape victims should take a Plan B to avoid getting pregnant.

☆ GOP Sen. Ted Cruz doubles down on his anti-gun control stance: Violence 'is actually the only thing that does' stop violence, he told crowd at event
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Ted Cruz reiterated his stance against gun control on Saturday at the Texas Tribune Festival. Addressing a crowd, Cruz suggested violence is the "only" thing that stops violence. There have been hundreds of mass shootings in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive. President Joe Biden after the shooting urged Congress to act on gun control legislation. There have been hundreds of mass shootings in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which collects statistics on gun-related injuries or deaths.

☆ Liz Cheney says if Trump wins a 2024 presidential nomination she 'won't be a Republican'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Liz Cheney said she'll do "everything I can" to ensure Trump is not a 2024 presidential nominee. Speaking at Texas Tribune Fest, she said if Trump is the GOP candidate, she "won't be a Republican." Cheney, a second-generation Republican leader, has historically voted conservatively, following the political legacy of her father, Dick Cheney, who served as vice president under Republican President George W. Bush. Newsweek reported Cheney voted with Trump 93% of the time while in office, but the two have publicly feuded over her refusal to endorse him personally. "Knowing what I know now, I would not have voted for Donald Trump," Cheney said during the interview.

☆ Liz Cheney says Republicans 'going through contortions' to justify classified documents at Mar-a-Lago shows how 'fundamentally destructive' Trump has been to the party
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Liz Cheney called out Republican party members who continue to defend Donald Trump. Speaking at Texas Tribune Fest, Cheney said members of the GOP are "going through contortions." Cheney said it shows how "fundamentally destructive Donald Trump has been." The vice chair of the Jan 6 committee has been one of the few outspoken GOP critics of Trump. When asked by Smith whether former Vice President Mike Pence would testify, Cheney said she is hopeful.

☆ Beto O'Rourke doubles down on confronting Gov. Abbott after Uvalde shooting: 'I don't regret being there'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Taylor Ardrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Beto O'Rourke doesn't regret confronting Gov. He accused Abbott of "doing nothing" a day after 21 people were killed at Robb Elementary. I wanted to fight for those families in Uvalde, for our families across the state," O'Rourke said Saturday. Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin responded to O'Rourke, calling him a "sick son of a bitch," as Insider previously reported. I wanted to fight for those families in Uvalde, for our families across the state.

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