New reporting reveals that Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley and Chief Justice Paul Newby elevated a convicted sex offender with appointments to North Carolina GOP leadership positions and support for fundraisers.
Whatley was repeatedly told by several members of party leadership about "grave concerns" that the party was condoning a fundraiser hosted by "a man who plead guilty to sexual crimes against three minor girls."
Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward.
I want to make a point that is important here.
The US did not give many long range munitions to Ukraine. In fact probably not enough for one night of bombing Iran. I’ll outline exact details later.
This is an absolute red herring
The CDC announces 2,318 new measles cases in 2026, already surpassing the surge of cases in 2025.
More measles cases have been reported since Trump took office than in the last 25 years combined.
Border Patrol pulls over a 20-year-old in Slidell, LA for “white lights on the back of your vehicle… your reverse lights are on the whole time.”
Then, before writing a single ticket, the agent asks: “What’s your citizenship?”
The driver, Alan Laureano, was born in Slidell. His passenger — his 13-year-old stepbrother — was born in Pearl River, Louisiana. Both are U.S. citizens.
Didn’t matter. Twice, on camera, the agent tells Laureano he’s going to “check” the kid and “if he’s illegal, I will take him.”
He tries to open the 13-year-old’s car door himself. Laureano locks it and rolls the window down instead.
The agent then interrogates the child directly — full name, spelling, date of birth, birthplace — while Laureano stands his ground and refuses to hand over his own ID, telling the agent he doesn’t have the right to stop him over a taillight.
Immigration attorney Michael Gahagan reviewed the video and called it what it is: “an illegal detention.” Border Patrol isn’t authorized to detain someone over a traffic violation — they need independent reasonable suspicion of an immigration violation, and that has to come first, not get invented after the stop.
DHS’s after-the-fact statement claims the stop was based on “reasonable suspicion or probable cause of federal law violations” — but doesn’t say what that violation was. WWL Louisiana asked twice. No answer either time.
This is the pattern: pretext stop, pivot to citizenship, threaten a kid with removal before confirming anything. It only looks “routine” until you’re the one being asked to prove you belong in the country you were born in.
Scoop: On June 11, Ken Paxton threatened to sue the Big 12 if it sanctioned Texas Tech for fielding QB Brendan Sorsby.
The day before, Texas Tech Regents Chair Cody Campbell, a Sorsby defender, donated $274,300 in support of Paxton's #TXSEN bid: https://t.co/PFXypvzrz1
New reporting reveals Trump's private company was paid $2,000,000 by a South Korean aluminum company that faced investigation by the Commerce Department.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire: For the Salgado family, life will never be the same. At no fault of theirs, Mr. Salgado was chased by a unmarked vehicles. Before he could identify himself and speak as a Houstonian, he was shot and killed. We will use all of our resources to pursue an independent and transparent investigation.
Russia spent last week murdering civilians sleeping in their homes with ballistic missiles and now the Olympics invites them back. That means the russian anthem will play at the next games. This is absolutely disgusting.
Republican Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton just announced that he is calling for nationwide “restrictions” on IVF.
This comes days after the Texas GOP passed a measure calling to completely ban IVF across the state.
The Acting Attorney General is a corrupt lawbreaker.
@DAGToddBlanche will be disbarred.
He will be investigated next year by Congress.
And if the fact warrant it, he will be prosecuted by a future Administration.
November is coming.