November 18, 2025: All Newsclips

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FEMA to Texas? Disaster agency mulls move to Lone Star State

The Trump administration is considering moving the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters to Texas and putting the state’s top emergency manager in charge of the agency, two former senior FEMA officials told POLITICO’s E&E News. Moving the agency from its headquarters in Washington would create “huge challenges” coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA and is located across town from the agency, according to one former official, who was granted anonymity so they could speak freely. Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, White House officials interviewed Nim Kidd, head of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, to run the nation’s disaster agency. After POLITICO’s E&E News reported the interview, Kidd posted a statement on his LinkedIn account acknowledging the interview but saying, “My work in Texas is not done.” On Monday, FEMA acting Administrator David Richardson resigned after a six-month tenure and is returning to the private sector. Starting Dec. 1, FEMA chief of staff Karen Evans will assume the role of acting administrator, a DHS spokesperson said.

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A panel appointed by Trump to review FEMA plans is expected to recommend moving the agency to Texas, which would accommodate Kidd and his refusal to leave his home state, according to a former FEMA official. “The admin wanted him, but he refused to leave Texas,” one FEMA source said. Kidd has remained close to the Trump administration and is one of 13 members of Trump’s FEMA review panel, which is expected to make recommendations shortly. Kidd had a high profile in July after flash flooding overwhelmed central Texas and killed at least 130 people, including many young girls at a summer camp. Kidd was at a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shortly after the deadly flood and met with Richardson at the disaster site. Kidd is widely respected and has extensive experience running one of the nation’s largest disaster agencies. He appears to meet all statutory requirements to run FEMA and likely would be approved by the Republican-controlled Senate. Kidd would be FEMA’s first permanent administrator since Trump returned to the White House in January. Before Richardson ran the agency, Cameron Hamilton was acting administrator until he was fired in May after publicly disagreeing with the administration about the importance of FEMA. When the White House interviewed Kidd in February, it also interviewed the head of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Kevin Guthrie, who has helped Trump by establishing an immigrant detention site in the Everglades to handle the increasing number of detainees. Neither Kidd nor the Trump administration immediately responded to requests for comment.

As data flow revives, Fed still faces a deep policy divide

A divided U.S. Federal Reserve begins receiving updated economic reports from the now-reopened federal government this week as policymakers hope for clarity in their debate over whether to cut interest rates when they meet in just over three weeks. It remains unclear how much of the shutdown-delayed data on employment, inflation, retail spending, economic growth, and other aspects of the economy will be in hand by then. As of Monday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said it would publish the delayed employment report for September on Thursday, but the White House has said some of the October reports may be skipped altogether, while data gathering for November may also be hampered by a shutdown that stretched to mid-month. But the lines of debate have been sharply drawn, and minutes of the Fed's October meeting to be released on Wednesday could provide more detail on the split that has emerged over whether the risk of higher inflation remains pronounced enough to delay rate cuts for now, or whether slowing job growth and looser monetary policy should take priority.

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"I am not worried about inflation accelerating or inflation expectations rising significantly," Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Monday. "My focus is on the labor market, and after months of weakening, it is unlikely that the September jobs report later this week or any other data in the next few weeks would change my view that another cut is in order" when the Fed meets on December 9-10. Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson meanwhile said the central bank should go "slowly" given the benchmark interest rate, in the 3.75%-to-4.00% range, is likely nearing the level where it will no longer discourage economic activity and put downward pressure on inflation. Clear camps have formed within the central bank, with several Fed governors - all appointees of President Donald Trump - arguing for another cut, and several regional reserve bank presidents taking a hard line on inflation. Still, the intensity of those divisions may mask a narrower set of concerns about timing and the desire for more data to show a clearer direction for the economy. The Fed's approval of a quarter-percentage-point rate cut at the October 28-29 meeting included dissents in favor of both looser and tighter monetary policy, a rarity in recent decades. Afterward, Fed Chair Jerome Powell offered unusual, explicit guidance about the outcome of the December meeting.

Could Paxton's push to close the GOP primary election help him against Cornyn?

Attorney General Ken Paxton says his push to restrict the upcoming GOP primary only to registered Republican voters is based on legal grounds. But one of his top advisors recently suggested the move could also benefit Paxton politically as he seeks to oust U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in one of the state’s most heated primary races. Michelle Smith told conservatives that blocking independent and Democratic voters from participating in the March 3 contest would help Paxton and hurt Cornyn. “(Critics are) saying Paxton just wants this so he can win his primary, and I said, ‘Well, of course, any Republican, it's good for all Republicans, not just General Paxton,’” Smith said on an X Spaces live event last month, adding about Cornyn: “These guys know they need to trigger the Democrats to come vote for them, and without that, they know they won’t win."

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Paxton’s office has joined the Republican Party of Texas in its lawsuit against the state to close the March primary election, arguing its a First Amendment issue. The decision has split the state’s top GOP leaders. Grassroots conservatives, who say closed primaries help guard against moderate candidates, are rallying behind Paxton. “Republicans, and only Republicans, should select Republican nominees,” Texas Republican Party chair Abraham George said. Secretary of State Jane Nelson is fighting the suit, saying that changing the system so close to an election would create confusion among voters. Other Republican officials worry that restricting participation could risk turning away new GOP voters. Experts say closing primaries has had no meaningful impact on the results and would be unlikely to benefit Paxton. “A belief has taken hold in the Republican Party that closed primaries are better because you're keeping out moderates. You're keeping out members of the other party who might want to mess with your nomination,” said Robert Boatright, a political science professor at Clark University in Massachusetts who studies primary elections. “There’s no evidence that this happens. There's no evidence that there are any elections that have been swung like this.”

As Trump looks for distraction on Epstein, Justice Dept. rushes to his aid

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s prosecutorial sprint speed is improving, at least from the perspective of the man holding a stopwatch, President Trump. Just 217 minutes elapsed between Mr. Trump’s command on Friday morning that she investigate prominent Democrats like Bill Clinton who were named in documents Congress obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and Ms. Bondi’s announcement that she had referred the matter to the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. Earlier demands took days, sometimes weeks, to fulfill. Ms. Bondi’s statement was an unmistakable demonstration of Mr. Trump’s near-total success in subordinating the Justice Department’s post-Watergate independence to his will. Friday was a milestone of sorts. The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president’s rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle, current and former officials said. “Whether you are investigated or prosecuted, or whether you are pardoned or have your sentence commuted, depends on whether you are an enemy or a friend of Donald Trump,” said Mary McCord, who once oversaw the Justice Department’s national security division and is now a professor at Georgetown Law.

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“There is no pretense of evenhanded justice,” she said. “That core principle is gone.” Mr. Trump has ordered partisan investigations in bulk: James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director; Letitia James, New York’s attorney general; John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director; Adam B. Schiff, a Democratic senator from California; and Jack Smith, the special counsel who twice indicted Mr. Trump, among others. Friday’s batch consisted of an all-Democratic roster of men who, like Mr. Trump, socialized with Mr. Epstein, a convicted sex offender. They included Mr. Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, and the megadonor and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman, along with a bank that has longstanding ties to Mr. Epstein. Several Trump allies, requesting anonymity to speak candidly, conceded that the investigation was an effort to shift attention from messages in the trove that suggested the president knew far more about Mr. Epstein’s abuse of underage girls than he previously acknowledged. Just as important, they said, was Mr. Trump’s need to spin a new narrative to deflect an emerging challenge within his own party: the push to release the remaining Justice Department and F.B.I. investigative files on Mr. Epstein.

State Stories

Gov. Greg Abbott's 332-day gift to President Trump

In the end, Gov. Greg Abbott will have bought President Donald Trump at least an extra 332 days of advantage in a tightly held Congress. On Monday, Abbott finally set the runoff election for Jan. 31 to fill the seat left vacant by the late Sylvester Turner. Once those results are certified, typically the next week, either Democrat Amanda Edwards or Christian Menefee will head to Congress to give downtown Houston a vote in the U.S. House for the first time since March 5. ?Abbott’s delay in filling the seat has paid huge dividends for Trump. With one less Democrat in the House, it allowed Trump to get his big spending and tax cut plan passed in the U.S. House by one vote back in the summer. And it left the vote on releasing more Jeffrey Epstein files one vote short — that is until Arizona filled its own vacant congressional seat this month.

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bbott never said he was delaying because of Trump. Instead, he said Harris County needed the extra time to conduct the election — something county officials have denied. ?Two other members of Congress, from Arizona and Virginia, died in office after Turner’s death in March, yet both of those seats have already been filled through special elections. And in Tennessee, U.S. Rep. Mark Green, a Republican, resigned in July, but that seat will be filled in an election on Dec. 2 — just over 130 days after it was left vacant. ?Since 2002, there have been more than 100 vacancies in the U.S. House. On average it has taken 136 days to fill them. ?While Houston's 332-plus days without a representative will be one of the longest vacancies in history, it isn’t the record. In Michigan, longtime U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, resigned in December 2017. But then-Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, didn’t set the special election to fill the seat until November 2018 in the Democratically-dominated district, giving the House GOP an extra seat edge for 359 days. California Gov. Gavin Newsom returned the favor when U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Republican in a GOP-safe district, resigned in January 2020. Newsom, a Democrat, decided not to fill the seat at all, leaving the San Diego-based district without a member of Congress for 356 days.

Texas lawmakers ask feds to reimburse state for immigration enforcement

Dozens of Republican Texas lawmakers are asking the federal government to reimburse the Lone Star State for years of immigration enforcement costs. Twenty-seven GOP lawmakers from Texas on Friday sent U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem letters asking that the state be reimbursed for $11.1 billion the state spent since 2021 on border enforcement operations through Operation Lone Star. “The State of Texas bore the heaviest burden, incurring $11.1 billion in costs over four years. We respectfully request that the departments prioritize Texas in disbursing these funds,” says the letter. The lawmakers, led by U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, cite the $13.5 billion in authorized reimbursement funds appropriated through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to repay states for immigration-related costs.

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“President Biden’s open-border policies imposed a substantial cost on communities in Texas, through increased fentanyl trafficking, crime, and even stress on local emergency response services,” the letter says. Since March 2021, Texas has spent state funds on immigration enforcement including: Building miles of state-funded border wall. Spending $1 million for a 1,000-foot span of border buoys in Eagle Pass in the Rio Grande. Thousands of National Guard troops sent to the border. Prosecution of those suspected of crossing into the state illegally from Mexico. Dispatching of thousands of Texas state troopers to patrol border roads, especially in South Texas. “Texas’s actions through Operation Lone Star were absolutely vital to ensuring the safety and security of Americans across our great country. However, our State should not have had to bear alone the costs of securing the border,” the lawmakers say. “We therefore respectfully ask that, as the Departments prepare to disburse the funds set aside in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the State of Texas be fully reimbursed for the costs incurred to protect Americans from illegal immigration and drug trafficking.”

Austin City Council faces showdown over public safety cuts

As the Austin City Council begins deliberating over a new austerity budget proposal Tuesday, public safety spending has become a major flashpoint. While the three public safety unions are pushing council to infuse millions of dollars into the fire department and emergency medical services, a coalition of nearly two dozen progressive organizations is advocating for a more equitable approach so that homeless services, parks and other programs don’t have to suffer cuts amid a nagging budget shortfall. The coalition also is calling for a reduction in police spending, which it described as “one of the few viable ways” to achieve its goal. The wrangling began in earnest last week after City Manager T.C. Broadnax released a revised budget proposal that reduced the Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS budgets by a combined $14 million-plus. Leaders of the Austin Firefighters Association and Austin EMS Association, along with the Austin Police Association, were quick to blast the cuts and warn they would put Austin residents at risk by slowing response times and weakening the ability of their agencies to respond to severe fires and medical emergencies.

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“What the manager proposed doesn’t adequately fund the resources we need,” EMS Association President James Monks said in an interview. Broadnax’s budget proposal came days after the Nov. 4 election where voters overwhelmingly rejected Proposition Q, a measure that would have generated nearly $110 million by increasing the city property tax rate by more than 20%. The $6.3 billion budget City Council approved in August accounted for that money, so the council must now approve a new spending plan. A city staff presentation posted online ahead of Tuesday’s budget work session says Broadnax’s proposal calls for net cuts of nearly $55 million to the Prop Q budget, along with the elimination of a $40.5 million planned transfer to reserves and a $14.1 million withdrawal from that savings account. The presentation also includes updated estimates that show the city’s deficit could grow to $37.4 million by 2029, assuming a modest annual tax rate increase of 3.5% and no further budget cuts. Under the Prop Q budget approved in August, EMS was set to receive $6.3 million to hire more staff and purchase new ambulances and other equipment while the Fire Department had been set to receive $8.3 million to cover overtime costs. Both sums are nixed in Broadnax’s proposal – though EMS’ overall budget is still set to increase when compared to the budget for the fiscal year that just ended. (That spending plan gave the agency $143 million; Broadnax’s proposal gives it $148.2 million.)

‘What’s actually happening’: UT Austin students feel left in the dark, university remains silent on Trump compact deal

In just a few days, there’s a major Trump administration deadline. It’s one that the University of Texas at Austin has remained silent on. The school is among nine universities to be offered a deal that would give preferential federal funding in exchange for signing a compact that would change and double down on major changes to campus culture, hiring and admission processes, foreign student enrollment and more. Students are concerned how this deal, and other political influences might impact courses. There’s a worry that gender and ethnic study classes might be consolidated. “All we are looking for is transparency,” UT Junior and African Diaspora and Economics major Mikey Rush said. “We have an obligation to be at the table when decisions are made that affect us all. This silence has been intentional.”

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UT Austin has not said whether it has plans to consolidate classes, but the UT system did announce in September it would be reviewing all gender studies courses at its 14 institutions to comply with state law and federal guidance. And in October, UT Austin announced a new core curriculum task force to review general education curriculum to comply with state law and federal guidance. President Jim Davis touched on academic integrity during his inauguration. “Some wonder if we’ve lost our way in how we teach,” Davis said. “We recognize that as a public university, we hold a position of public trust. And we recommit to our long-held and enduring values, that we teach with intellectual honesty. We honor the traditions of both academic freedom and academic responsibility. Year after year, Jacob Zaragoza has been by his family’s side for the small and big moments.Out of his 10 siblings, he’s someone they’ve looked up to. Now, a freshman at UT Austin, and the first in his family to go to college, he’s speaking up for the sake of those he loves most.“That’s why it’s so personal to me,” Zaragoza said. “Because it’s not just about my ability to do this. It’s about my younger siblings. I want them to have this luxury as well.” Zaragoza, a Mexican American, joined other Black and brown UT students on campus Monday to address concerns about whether UT will consolidate ethnic and gender studies. The university has still not said whether it’ll join the Trump compact deal, accepting federal funding in exchange for doubling down on no diversity, equity and inclusion practices, changing foreign admission policies and more.As the university constantly evolves, students said they feel left in the dark.“They’re hiding from us what’s actually happening,” a UT student said. Students told KXAN they’ve requested meetings, but have not been able to talk to UT Austin’s administration regarding its plans.

New ‘Landman’ season gives oil, gas lobby a chance to promote itself

As Taylor Sheridan’s wildly popular West Texas oil drama, Landman, returned Sunday for its second season, the American Petroleum Institute also premiered new content: three 30-second ads featuring real workers in the oil patches. The TV show, which stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, had more than 5 million viewers watch last year’s season premiere and broke streaming records. It also helped vault the modern oilfield into the pop culture spotlight. API president and CEO Mike Sommers told The Dallas Morning News that Landman, like other shows in Sheridan’s portfolio, is a reflection of the “current culture.” To be sure, the fossil fuels industry has its share of critics, particularly in an environmental movement motivated by climate change, and the imperative to shift away from oil and gas. But at least for now, “I think we are finally in a moment, a cultural moment, where people understand how important the oil and gas industry is,” Sommers said.

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“There has been a lot of talk about the so-called ‘energy transition’ over the course of the last five years, but I think we’re finally at this point where people are starting to understand ‘energy reality,’ and that oil and gas are going to play a key role in our energy future for decades and decades to come," he added. More and more, politicians and leaders across the policy spectrum have called for an “all of the above” approach for meeting the world’s insatiable energy demand, as data centers and artificial intelligence surge and everyday life becomes increasingly digital. And rising numbers of Americans support offshore drilling and fracking today compared with five years ago, according to a Pew Research Center poll published in June. Just last week the International Energy Agency forecasted global oil production will increase through at least 2050. “I think people are understanding that the pie is getting bigger, and as the pie gets bigger there’s going to be a lot more new energy sources coming on, but the base is still going to come from the greatest industry in the world, the American oil and gas industry,” Sommer said. The show has also highlighted the “energy trilemma” of balancing conflicting goals of energy security, equity and environmental sustainability. Last year, API took out a seven-figure purchase of ads to run alongside the show in an effort to counter some negative depictions of the oil and gas industry.

Former Alamo Trust CEO files federal lawsuit alleging first amendment violations

Former Alamo Trust President and CEO Kate Rogers has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was fired for exercising her First Amendment rights. SAN ANTONIO - Former Alamo Trust President and CEO Kate Rogers has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was fired for exercising her First Amendment rights. According to the lawsuit, Rogers alleges she was removed from her position in October 2025 after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick read her 2023 doctoral dissertation, which discussed her personal views on the Alamo’s role in unifying people by acknowledging differing historical interpretations. Rogers says the dissertation was written in her capacity as a private citizen.

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The lawsuit claims Rogers was retaliated against again when she spoke to Texas Monthly about her termination and the importance of historical truth at the Alamo. After that interview, the filing states, the Alamo Trust and the Remember the Alamo Foundation revoked her severance offer. Rogers argues the organizations violated her constitutional rights by “silencing” her over viewpoints they disagreed with.

Mayor John Whitmire sets new date for annual State of the City address following hotel strike

Mayor John Whitmire will give his long-awaited State of the City address on the Houston's future on Feb. 12 after a postponement due to striking workers at Hilton-Americas, the event's venue. The State of the City event was originally set for Sept. 25. It is held every year at around the same time of year, and is jointly hosted by Houston First and the Greater Houston Partnership at the Hilton-Americas hotel in downtown Houston. But after workers at the hotel went on strike, Whitmire opted to postpone his remarks until they struck a deal.

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Hotel workers were pressing for a $23 minimum wage, safety improvements and more consistent working hours. After a 40-day strike, the workers ended up with a contract that promised $20 minimum wages. They also secured safety improvements and reduced workloads. In a post on X, Whitmire's office said the mayor is expected to provide updates on quality of life issues, public safety and infrastructure at the sold-out event.

De La Cruz: UTRGV should not be stripped of funding

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz has broken with President Trump over funding for Hispanic Serving Institutions. The Edinburg Republican disagrees with a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Education to rescind $350 million in funding from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). UT-Rio Grande Valley is one of the HSIs affected. De La Cruz outlined her opposition to the decision in a letter sent to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon. It was co-penned by five of her colleagues in the Congressional Hispanic Conference, the only caucus of Hispanic Republican lawmakers in Congress. “As Hispanic Republicans, we firmly believe in upholding fiscal responsibility and have been strong proponents of supporting evidence and merit-based rationale over radical DEI policies as it relates to federal funding decisions.

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“While we understand the Department raised constitutional concerns that HSI programs may violate the equal-protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause “by conferring benefits exclusively to institutions that meet racial or ethnic quotas”, this reasoning overlooks the reality of most HSIs. “These institutions do not artificially seek to meet quotas to obtain federal funds; rather, they serve the communities in which they are located.” By way of example, the letter points out that UTRGV serves a population that is 91 percent Hispanic. The other five members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference to write to Mahon were Reps. Tony Gonzales, David Valadao, Juan Ciscomani, Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos Gimenez. They said they were particularly concerned about suspension of the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (Title III, Part E), the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (Title V, Part A), and the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program (Title V, Part B). “Given the extraordinary value of these programs in strengthening America’s workforce and serving the very communities that have helped sustain our Republican majority, we respectfully urge you to reconsider this decision and ensure continued support for these vital programs,” the members of Congress wrote. The letter says UTRGV is doing great work in strengthening the nation’s health workforce.

Election date set for North Texas Senate District 9 runoff

The runoff election to fill North Texas’ Senate District 9 is set for Jan. 31, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office announced Monday. Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss advanced to the runnoff to fill the North Texas district following a Nov. 4 special election. The seat is vacant after former Sen. Kelly Hancock, a North Richland Hills Republican, left for the Texas Comptroller’s office, where he currently serves as acting comptroller. Early voting starts Jan. 21 and runs through Jan. 27. Rehmet, a union leader and aircraft mechanic, was the top vote getter in the first round of voting, winning nearly 48% of the votes in the district, despite its being a historically Republican seat. Wambsganss, Patriot Mobile’s chief communication officer, got the second most votes— about 36%. Former Southlake Mayor John Huffman did not advance to the runoff. The Tarrant County district includes much of Northwest Tarrant County, including part of Fort Worth and suburban communities like Southlake, Keller and North Richland Hills.

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Gov. Greg Abbott sets special election runoff date for Texas' 18th Congressional District

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former city council member Amanda Edwards will compete in a runoff election to represent Houston's 18th Congressional District on Jan. 31. Early voting will begin Jan. 21. Gov. Greg Abbott announced the date on Monday. The winner of the special election will finish out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's term representing an an area that includes downtown, the Greater Fifth Ward, Acres Homes and the area around George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

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?Menefee and Edwards finished first and second in a 16-candidate field on Nov. 4, but were sent into a runoff because neither won 50% of the vote. ?The timing means Edwards and Menefee will have to run two elections at the same time. As they battle in the runoff, vote by mail for the March Democratic primary will be underway to represent the 18th Congressional District for a full two-year term starting in 2027. ?The late January runoff date means the 18th Congressional District will have gone more than 330 days without any representation in the U.S. House. Turner died on March 5, but Abbott refused to set a special election until Nov. 4. ?Abbott said he delayed the election because Harris County has a history of election management issues and he wanted to give them extra time to prepare. ?But politically, the move has been a big help to President Donald Trump. Without a replacement for Turner, Trump’s big spending and tax cut package in the summer passed the House by one vote.

Texas raid targeting Tren de Aragua gang leads to arrest of 140 illegal immigrants

A raid at a sex and human trafficking operation in San Antonio operated by members of Tren de Aragua gang (TdA) resulted in at least 140 illegal immigrants being arrested, authorities said Monday. The raid was part of a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and federal and local authorities, Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott said. On Monday, a regional Homeland Security Task Force was created to combat transnational criminal organizations. The aim of the task force is to dismantle drug cartels, foreign terrorist organizations, and criminal networks responsible for crimes like human trafficking, drug smuggling, and money laundering. Sunday’s raid was part of President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on Jan. 20 targeting transnational criminal organizations.

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More than 140 illegal immigrants from Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico and other South American countries were taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The raid involved multiple federal agencies. “The Homeland Security Task Force enables the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to bring its sophisticated investigative techniques to the table, which have been instrumental in capturing the most violent drug trafficking organizations in the United States and worldwide,” said the Houston Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen. “We look forward to working hand in hand with our federal and state counterparts in bringing down drug traffickers pumping poison into our neighborhoods and devastating our communities,” he added. US Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, whose brother served as mayor of San Antonio, said he has asked the Justice Department and local agencies for more information on the raid. He claimed that raids conducted elsewhere have seen US citizens and immigrants with no criminal record arrested. Meanwhile, in Houston, ICE arrested 3,500 criminal illegal aliens, including child predators and murderers, during the 43-day government shutdown. The suspects taken into custody include 13 people convicted of murder, 51 child predators, 67 sex offenders and 23 gang members, including an MS-13 gang member charged with a triple homicide in Dallas, authorities said.

Leader of Dallas’ largest police union placed on leave in internal affairs probe

Jaime Castro, a longtime officer who leads the Dallas Police Association, the city’s largest and oldest police union, was placed on administrative leave Friday while the department conducts an internal affairs investigation. The exact nature of the investigation was unclear Monday. Responding to a list of questions from The Dallas Morning News, a police spokesperson said no further information would be provided to “protect the integrity of the process.” “The Dallas Police Department expects every member of the organization to uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and accountability,” Chief Daniel Comeaux said in a statement through the spokesperson. “Any allegation of misconduct is taken seriously and investigated thoroughly and fairly.” Castro did not immediately return messages seeking comment Monday. His attorney, John Snider, also did not return messages.

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Castro, 52, joined the department in 1998. He holds the rank of senior corporal and is assigned to the department’s alarm unit, which is housed in the office of the police chief. Association members elected Castro president in January 2024, succeeding Mike Mata, who held the job for six years. Before then, Castro had served on the union’s executive board since 2016. As president, Castro has been a prominent voice for rank-and-file officers. He is a common fixture in debates around City Hall’s public safety obligations, particularly in the lead-up to a vote last November on a charter amendment to overhaul the Dallas Police Department. Voters overwhelmingly supported the measure, which requires Dallas to maintain a 4,000-officer force, devote half of new annual revenue to pensions and public safety, and ensure the department’s starting pay is competitive in North Texas.

A 370-mile powerline ‘superhighway’ sparks Hill Country outrage

As Jada Jo Smith wades into the clear water of the Sabinal River, she can see down to the stony base of the waterway, which is shaded by overhanging cypress trees. She’s spent countless summer days here, swimming alongside the Guadalupe bass and turtles as they navigate through the river grass. Her daughter, Viola, is growing up around the pristine waters. She recently celebrated her sixth birthday along the river, which is usually quiet save for the sounds of the trickling spring feeding it, humming insects and chirping birds. Many Texans have spent time here swimming, kayaking and fishing. The Hill Country the Sabinal runs through offers visitors an escape from the rapidly growing cities nearby, with a night sky still dark enough to view the Milky Way and a long history of ranches that have been in families for generations. Now, Smith says, one of the few parts of Texas still untouched by development is in danger.

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Soon, a 370-mile-long swath of the Hill Country stretching from San Antonio to Fort Stockton could be sliced by a massive electric transmission line. Though the precise route of the 765-kilovolt line has yet to be determined, it would potentially cut through 14 counties including Uvalde, which includes the tiny town of Utopia. “It’s so important to save the uniqueness of it, the rawness of it,” Smith said. “Once it’s gone, you can never get it back.” The transmission line is a project of CPS Energy and American Electric Power. Known as the Howard-Solstice Transmission Line, it’s just the first step in what state officials say is a larger plan to improve grid reliability and transmission efficiency, with the immediate focus now on getting more electricity to the Permian Basin. Hill Country residents have been told the 160-foot towers carrying the highest-voltage lines ever seen in Texas are necessary to meet the state’s booming energy demand. But they’re questioning why pristine land and rivers must be sacrificed in the process. The headwaters of another Hill Country waterway, the West Nueces River, are the site of a ranch that’s been in Ted Flato’s family for nearly a century. The San Antonio architect’s father married into the ranch family and Flato said he and his dad learned together about fishing on the clear stream. Now, another generation — Flato’s daughter — lives on the property. So, when he heard about the power line project, he was concerned.

Fort Worth ISD’s new guidelines ask teachers to work from rigid scripts

In the weeks leading up to the announcement that the Texas Education Agency is taking over the Fort Worth Independent School District, parents and community members worried the district would roll out the same kinds of tightly scripted lessons leaders in Houston ISD implemented during a similar takeover there. But Fort Worth ISD is already using scripted lessons in many subject areas, district officials told the Star-Telegram. District leaders developed a series of lessons over the summer and rolled them out at the beginning of the current school year. Fort Worth ISD officials say the move is designed to relieve overburdened teachers of some of their responsibilities, allowing them more time to focus on students. But some teachers say the change strips them of autonomy and doesn’t allow them the flexibility to give students the personalized instruction they need.

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The new scripted lessons are a part of Fort Worth ISD’s new instructional framework. Each lesson includes a slide show presentation and a script teachers are expected to follow. The script is detailed, teachers told the Star-Telegram — it outlines words teachers are expected to emphasize and time markers they’re expected to meet. At the end of each lesson, students take a short quiz that’s intended to gauge whether they understood the material. The framework includes a second script for teachers to follow to re-teach the lessons to students who don’t pass the quiz. MJ Bowman, Fort Worth ISD’s executive director for literacy, said the district began developing scripted lessons over the summer, after Superintendent Karen Molinar asked district leaders to find a way to take the responsibility of writing lesson plans off of teachers’ plates. Especially in elementary schools, where teachers get one planning period per day, it’s important that central office leaders do everything they can to help teachers maximize their time, she said. Kim Axtell, the district’s director for mathematics, said the re-teach portion of each lesson is designed to give students a second look at material they didn’t understand the first time. In addition to the re-teach session, each instructional block includes 20 minutes for teachers to give targeted support to students who need extra help, she said.

Media blitz opposes removal of LGBTQ protections in Arlington

Thousands of mailers, social media posts and television commercials are pushing the city of Arlington to restore its anti-discrimination ordinance and questioning City Council members’ values. The media campaign, called Arlington Strikes Out, wants council members to keep LGBTQ protections after they overhauled programs and ordinances to protect the city’s $65 million in federal funding. DeeJay Johannessen, the CEO of HELP Center for LGBTQ Health, said the campaign is a direct response to a lack of action to protect LGBTQ residents. “The discomfort they are having is that, for the first time in Arlington’s history, the LGBTQ+ community has the resources to have this discussion in the public square,” Johannessen said. “It’s not about getting 250 people to show up at a City Council meeting. It’s about being in tens of thousands of living rooms telling people exactly what’s going on.”

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The campaign was paid for by the HELP Center for LGBTQ Health. Johannessen declined to say how much money the organization spent on the ads. The HELP Center, or Health Education Learning Project, is a Fort Worth-based nonprofit focused on providing preventative resources for HIV, AIDS and STDs. Alongside the organization’s resource work, it also advocates for LGBTQ rights. Johannessen was one of the initial proponents of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Arlington. In 2021, then-Mayor Jeff Williams and Arlington City Council unanimously adopted the anti-discrimination ordinance. Ahead of that vote, Johannessen urged council members to adopt the measure. “This ordinance will not magically make discrimination disappear in Arlington, but what it will do is, for the very first time in our city’s history, put down in writing that in Arlington, Texas, the American Dream City, discrimination is not OK,” Johannessen said at the time. Williams’ involvement in passing the ordinance was the subject of one mailer that ended up in Arlington mailboxes over the weekend. The front of the flyer reads: “Former Mayor Jeff Williams championed the inclusion of sexual orientation.”

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Saudi crown prince returns to U.S. for first time after diplomatic isolation

Whether viewed as a visionary reformist or a murderous despot, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, will be taking a huge step toward rejoining the international community when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Bin Salman, 40, became an international pariah after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a fierce critic of his government, in 2018, though Trump defended the Saudi government even after the CIA concluded that the crown prince himself ordered the killing. Then-President Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2022 and controversially fist-bumped bin Salman, an image that went viral, at a time when most leaders had shunned the crown prince. Bin Salman said in 2019 that he took “full responsibility” for the Khashoggi killing since it happened on his watch, but denied ordering it.

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But it is bin Salman’s trip Tuesday, his first during Trump’s second term, that will be seen more broadly as a move toward acceptance back into the diplomatic fold. “He’s a different kind of figure now. Obviously, the questions about the manner of his rule and internal repression, those things haven’t gone away. But he’s a changed figure; it’s a changed moment. And, I think, important symbolically in that sense,” said Michael Wahid Hanna, the U.S. program director at the International Crisis Group, a global nonprofit organization based in Brussels that works to prevent conflicts. He added: “He’s central to what this administration wants to do in the region.” Trump and bin Salman are expected to sign economic and defense agreements, a White House official told NBC News. Even before bin Salman had set foot in the United States, Trump confirmed at an Oval Office event Monday that he would be willing to sign off on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the kingdom, a contentious move that could shift the balance of power in the Middle East, where Israel has been the primary recipient of America’s cutting-edge military technology.

Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails

Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping back from public commitments,” he said in a statement Monday night. “I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused,” Summers said. “I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein. While continuing to fulfill my teaching obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part of my broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.” The House Oversight Committee released a new trove of documents Wednesday highlighting Epstein’s extensive ties to world leaders, politicians and other close confidants. Much focus went to Epstein’s talk of Donald Trump. But the messages also ensnared a broader web of powerful friends, Summers among them.

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After Summers’ statement, a growing number of boards and think tanks said they no longer had relationships with him. Summers was set to have a leading role in the rollout of a set of economic proposals from the left-leaning think tank the Center for American Progress. But the formal launch of that working group was put on hold as Summers continued to draw scrutiny. In a statement Monday, a CAP spokesperson said Summers was no longer a fellow at the think tank. A spokesperson for the Yale Budget Lab also said Summers had withdrawn from its advisory group. A former president of Harvard University, Summers still holds a professorship there. The school did not respond to a request for comment Monday. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), an emerita professor at Harvard, told CNN on Monday that the university should sever ties with Summers. Summers holds affiliations with a number of prominent liberal economic policy groups. He remains a member of the Hamilton Project Advisory Council at the Brookings Institution, a spokesperson said Monday. He is also the board chair of the Center for Global Development and vice chairman of the board of directors at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Representatives from those groups did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump are at war. What’s her endgame?

It’s hard to miss Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office in the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill thanks to the enormous sign out front declaring, “There are TWO genders: MALE & FEMALE.” Behind a pair of walnut doors, a photo of Donald Trump, fist in the air and blood smeared across his face, sits on a secretary’s desk. A “Gulf of America” hat rests on a table nearby. All this unsubtle iconography might dispel the perception, which has echoed around Washington and beyond lately, that the Georgia congresswoman has changed. It’s hard to escape the question these days: What’s going on with Marjorie Taylor Greene? The woman known for wearing a red “Trump Was Right About Everything!” hat to the president’s March address to Congress has been openly challenging the Trump administration on everything from the Epstein files to the war in Gaza. She’s appeared for a chummy confab on The View, and clips of her speaking empathetically about Americans not being able to afford health care are going viral. In an appearance on CNN over the weekend, Greene apologized for taking part in “toxic politics.” The rift exploded on Friday night, as Trump attacked Greene on Truth Social. “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia,” he wrote.

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On Saturday morning, Trump bestowed upon Greene his ultimate token of disrespect: an insulting nickname. “Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!),” he wrote in one post, which was quickly followed up by another featuring a marginally improved alternative: “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Green.” Trump, who called Greene “Wacky,” “Fake,” “a disgrace,” a “RINO,” and a “ranting Lunatic” in his various posts, said if the “right person” were to challenge her in a primary, he’d pledge his “Unyielding” support. Greene is up for reelection in 2026. Her campaign has raised $1.9 million as of September, according to the Federal Election Commission, and her closest Republican challenger is a woman by the name of Star Black, who has $78,000 cash on hand and four followers on TikTok. “It’s astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level,” Greene wrote on X. In a post Sunday night, Greene said Trump’s “unwarranted and vicious attacks against me were a dog whistle to dangerous radicals that could lead to serious attacks on me and my family.” Since her ascension to Congress, Greene has fashioned herself as Trump’s most loyal foot soldier on Capitol Hill. She even looks a little like Trump; her hair is dyed platinum blond, and makeup covers her face in a cloak of ocher. Her smile, which comes easily, is the same perfect white as the vinyl trim her family’s construction business puts on the outside of homes across Georgia. Most Popular Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto: Read the Exclusive Excerpt News Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto: Read the Exclusive Excerpt By Olivia Nuzzi Timothée Chalamet and Adam Sandler Unite for Vanity Fair Scene Selection Live Hollywood Timothée Chalamet and Adam Sandler Unite for Vanity Fair Scene Selection Live By John Ross Inside the $700 Million Art Trove to Be Sold at Christie’s&-and That’s Not Counting the Secret Room Style Inside the $700 Million Art Trove to Be Sold at Christie’s—and That’s Not Counting the Secret Room By Nate Freeman On the day we met last week for an interview at her office, she wore nude pumps, black pleather pants, and a blue velvet blazer. From her neck dangled a crucifix; on her wrist, an iced-out paperclip bracelet. As I sank into a chesterfield sofa in the sitting room of Greene’s office, the president and his top officials were reportedly pressuring several House Republicans to kill a discharge petition compelling the release of further Epstein files. Greene, they had apparently determined, was a lost cause. That morning, Congress released thousands of documents from Epstein’s estate, several of which revealed shocking insights into the president and the disgraced financier’s relationship. Trump publicly urged Republicans to move on from the issue, calling it a “Hoax.” At a briefing last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the revived controversy “truly a manufactured hoax by the Democrat Party.” Greene had a distinctly different take. “If the cover-up continues, protecting rich, powerful people continues, we’re sending the scariest message to any victim—that no one will fight for you,” she told me.

Democratic Lieutenant Governors want to be their party’s future

As Democrats continue to look around for a way out of the political wilderness, a group representing the nation’s seconds-in-command is suggesting primary voters consider making 2026 the Year of the Lieutenant Governor. “The LGs are a uniquely dynamic, diverse group of individuals and we should be the leaders that folks are elevating,” Austin Davis, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and chair of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association, told NOTUS in a recent interview. “We’re in a moment when the Democratic Party is looking for leadership who aren’t just going to go to Washington or go to their state capitals and be part of the problem, but who are going to be part of the solution.” His candidates, Davis said, his fellow LGs, “are very exciting folks.” The DLGA just came back into being recently after years of dormancy. Like the official campaign arms for Democratic governors, senators and House members, it recruits new candidats and tries to grow the number of lieutenant governor seats held by Democrats. But unlike those groups, the DLGA is actively helping lieutenant governors run for different offices in open Democratic primaries.

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The 2026 cycle will be the first major push for this plan, though the group spent some money on races in 2024. The “open primaries” distinction is incredibly important to the project, sources close to the DLGA said. When Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado of New York announced his intention to primary a fellow Democrat, Gov. Kathy Hochul, the DLGA pointedly said it was staying out. “We will offer our support only to Lt. Governors seeking higher office in open primaries,” the group said in a statement. The DLGA’s political operation expects to spend large sums backing candidates in high-profile primary campaigns like that of Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, running for the open Senate seat in Minnesota, and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, running in the open Senate primary in Illinois. The group is also spending money in high-profile gubernatorial open primaries like the one in Michigan, where Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist is running to replace the term-limited Gretchen Whitmer. The DLGA has also formally endorsed Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis in the open California gubernatorial primary (though Kounalakis has reportedly intimated she’d drop her bid if Kamala Harris enters the race, as many expect). A source at the DLGA said the group has already maxed out in hard money contributions to Flanagan, Stratton, Gilchrist and Kounalakis. The bulk of the support the open primary candidates get will come from an independent expenditure group. It’s too early to know exactly how big that total will be, but the expectation is seven figures of political spending in each targeted race.

If Democrats regain the White House, Trump's ballroom could be an early casualty

The East Wing that President Donald Trump tore down last month stood for decades. The ballroom he’s building in its place could be gone not long after the first wave of guests sit down for dinner, depending on the outcome of the 2028 presidential race. If elected, a Democratic president would have plenty to worry about aside from White House decor; war and peace can easily fill up a day. But a new president may face considerable pressure from within the Democratic fold to do something about a massive new ballroom forever linked to Trump. Already, prominent Democratic officials are workshopping ideas for repurposing the space in favor of something that’s decidedly un-Trump. If any of these come to fruition, the $300 million ballroom that Trump birthed could take on a function that he never intended.

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Should the ballroom be used as the president plans? “No way,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who said he will consider a presidential bid if Democrats gain control of the House in the upcoming midterm elections. “This is a space that’s owned by the people and that serves the people,” Raskin said in an interview. “So, it should be used opposite of what Trump has in mind, which is for the American aristocracy and plutocracy to gather.” Rep. Ro Khanna of California, another Democrat viewed as a possible presidential candidate, said the ballroom should be used in a way that “celebrates and empowers forgotten Americans” as opposed to accommodating guests for glitzy state dinners. Letting the 90,000-square-foot structure remain a ballroom would only validate the means by which Trump built it: demolishing the East Wing without forewarning and bankrolling the project with private donations, Democratic officials suggested.

Faith-based institutions navigate Trump’s higher ed policy changes

Leaders of faith-based colleges and universities have spoken out on a slew of political issues in recent months, sometimes standing alongside secular universities and at other times differentiating themselves and defending their unique standing and missions. The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities signed on to an October statement from the American Council on Education opposing the administration’s higher education compact, for example. Over the summer, CCCU also came out with a statement on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that echoed those of secular associations and institutions, expressing concern that “it ultimately falls short in supporting student access and success.” ACE’s Commission on Faith-Based Colleges and Universities was among the higher ed groups that lobbied hard against Pell Grant cuts, later dropped from the bill. At the same time, the University of Notre Dame and other faith-based institutions fought for an exemption for religious institutions from the higher education endowment tax, ultimately left out of the legislation’s final version.

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Like their secular peers, faith-based colleges and universities have been buffeted by the rapid-fire policy changes roiling higher ed this year. Some leaders of religious colleges say their institutions are enjoying renewed support that they hope sets a precedent for future policymakers across party lines. At the same time, some advocates fear religious colleges—and their missions—are suffering collateral damage in Trump’s war against highly selective universities, and they’re making careful decisions about when and how to speak out. “I knew change would be coming,” said David Hoag, president of CCCU, “but I never expected the pace to be this fast.” Under any administration, CCCU’s job is to “make it possible for our institutions to achieve their missions,” Hoag said. But some recent policy changes pose an obstacle to that. Christian colleges—which tend to be small, enrolling about 2,500 students on average—can’t afford to join Trump’s proposed compact for higher ed, he said. He believes some of the compact’s demands, such as freezing tuition for five years, are a tall order with campus expenses on the rise. He also opposes the compact’s standardized test mandate when so many Christian colleges offer broad access, and he’s concerned by the possibility that government could have some control over curriculum, though he said the compact was unclear on that score. “On the curriculum side, most of our institutions are conservative. We have a solid Christian mission,” Hoag said. “I’m fine with civics being a part of some of the work that we do, but it, to me, starts to … step over academic freedom.” Christian colleges are also balking at the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which these institutions use to bring in visiting professors from other countries.

Judge scolds Justice Department for 'profound investigative missteps' in Comey case

The Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with all grand jury materials from the case. Those problems, wrote Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, include “fundamental misstatements of the law” by a prosecutor to the grand jury that indicted Comey in September, the use of potentially privileged communications during the investigation and unexplained irregularities in the transcript of the grand jury proceedings. “The Court recognizes that the relief sought by the defense is rarely granted,” Fitzpatrick wrote. “However, the record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding.”

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The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of the Justice Department’s actions leading up to the Comey indictment. It underscores how procedural missteps and prosecutorial inexperience have combined to imperil the prosecution pushed by President Donald Trump for reasons separate and apart from the substance of the disputed allegations against Comey. The Comey case and a separate prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James have hastened concerns that the Justice Department is being weaponized in pursuit of Trump’s political opponents. Both defendants have filed multiple motions to dismiss the cases against them before trial, arguing that the prosecutions are improperly vindictive and that the prosecutor who filed the charges, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed. A different judge is expected to decide by Thanksgiving on the challenges by Comey and James to Halligan’s appointment. Though grand jury proceedings are presumptively secret, Comey’s lawyers had sought records from the process out of concern that irregularities may have tainted the case. The sole prosecutor who defense lawyers say presented the case to the grand jury was Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience who was appointed just days before the indictment to the job of interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. In his order Monday, Fitzpatrick said that after reviewing the grand jury transcript himself, he had come away deeply concerned about the integrity of the case.

National Republicans send deceptive text to ‘confuse and intimidate’ Missouri voters

Political text messages are a dime a dozen, helping campaigns and political action committees (PACs) raise funds, promote candidates, or denigrate their opponents. But few go as hard as an intimidating message urging Missouri voters to remove their names from an anti-gerrymandering petition “before it’s too late.” The manipulative text, sent out last week, is just the latest tactic Republicans are using in their madcap effort to prevent Missourians from putting the GOP’s gerrymander plans to a statewide referendum. And unlike many such political texts, this one came directly from the national Republican Party. Referendum supporters are calling it a “blatant attempt to confuse and intimidate voters.”

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“Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has declared TENS OF THOUSANDS of petition signatures IMPROPERLY COLLECTED. Did you accidentally sign this? Text back or call 417-612-9044 to withdraw your signature before it’s too late,” the message reads. It came to public attention after Elad Gross, a former Democratic candidate for Missouri Attorney General, received the text and published a screenshot on Facebook. Soon, other Missourians responded saying they had also received it. The ad was paid for by the Republican National Committee (RNC), according to a disclosure accompanying the text. Missouri is one of three states that moved to gerrymander its congressional map this year solely at the behest of President Donald Trump, who is demanding GOP-controlled states redraw to win more Republican seats in 2026. But unlike in Texas and North Carolina, the Missouri Constitution gives voters the power to stop the gerrymander by collecting signatures and putting a veto referendum on the ballot. To do that, People Not Politicians, the advocacy group leading the referendum effort, must gather over 106,000 signatures within 90 days after the state legislature’s special session on redistricting adjourned. That deadline is coming up on Dec. 11.

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