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December 12, 2020

Marine vet whose legs were blown off in Iraq now is only 2nd double amputee police officer in US

A Marine veteran who had his legs blown off by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become only the second double amputee police officer in the United States.

December 12, 2020

Texas School for the Deaf wins football state championship

The Texas School for the Deaf football team won its first state championship Friday night.

December 12, 2020

Texas GOP Chair Allen West says SCOTUS setback may call for new 'union' of 'law-abiding states'

The leader of the Republican Party in Texas suggested Friday that “law-abiding states” might want to form their own "union," after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Lone Star State’s lawsuit over the 2020 presidential election, according to reports.

December 11, 2020

McEnany argues Supreme Court ‘hid behind procedure' in rejecting Texas election lawsuit

The Supreme Court justices who rejected Texas' bid to overturn the election results in four key states "hid behind procedure" instead of reviewing the "facts of the case" that "still stand," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told "Hannity" Friday.

December 11, 2020

CNN's Cuomo cheers SCOTUS rejection of Texas case: 'Trumpers lost ... packing the court didn't beat justice'

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo could not contain his excitement Friday over the Supreme Court's rejection of Texas' effort to nullify the presidential election results in four key swing states.

December 11, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear Trump-supported Texas case over election results in four other states

The Supreme Court has denied a Texas effort Friday that would have essentially nullified the presidential elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.

December 11, 2020

Texas AG Paxton rips Pa. AG over lawsuit criticism: 'To call it seditious is really ridiculous'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defended himself Friday from charges by his Pennsylvania counterpart that Paxton's lawsuit seeking to nullify the election results in four key states is a "seditious abuse of the judicial process."

December 11, 2020

Van Duyne's race for Texas' 24th Congressional District cast as Pelosi's 'most bitter loss'

Texas Rep.-elect Beth Van Duyne is the only Republican candidate in the country to have won an open seat where President Trump won in 2016,  and where President-elect Joe Biden won in 2020, with Republicans strategists calling her seat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “most bitter loss.” 

December 11, 2020

Cheney, Buck lead House resolution backing Trump legal efforts: 'Must protect the integrity of our elections'

House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Ken Buck on Friday are leading a group of 18 lawmakers in sponsoring a resolution in the House that backs the legal action by President Trump on the presidential election, which most recently includes a request to join the Texas lawsuit aiming to block four states' presidential electors from casting their votes.

December 10, 2020

'Texit' test: Texas lawmaker floats referendum to secede from U.S.

A Texas state lawmaker says he plans to introduce a referendum pushing for the state to secede from the U.S.