Texas GOP’s proposed platform signals party’s rightward shift
The new proposed Texas GOP platform has drawn outrage among Democrats and stoked concern from some Republicans, signaling the degree to which Lone Star State conservatives appears to be shifting rightward as the party looks to maintain its hold there in the November midterms. On Sunday, the state party adopted a resolution that rejected President Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election, formally embracing former President Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud. Additionally, the convention’s attendees voted on a platform that criticized homosexuality as “an abnormal life
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Read MoreNYC Mayor Adams wants to end gun violence — will the Supreme Court prevent him?
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made ending the rising tide of gun violence a top priority. He describes it as “the civil rights battle of our lifetime” and explains that guns are “destroying the anatomy of our cities and our communities.” The mayor has met with President Joe Biden, appointed a “gun violence prevention czar,” issued a 15-page
Read MoreTwo former Missouri frat brothers charged in hazing incident
A grand jury indicted two former fraternity members at the University of Missouri in connection with a hazing incident last fall that left a student blind and with permanent brain damage. The grand jury in Boone County, Mo., charged Ryan Delanty and Thomas Shultz with a felony charge of hazing and a misdemeanor charge of supplying alcohol to a person under 21. Shultz is also charged with tampering with physical evidence. Daniel Santulli, who was at a pledge for Missouri's Phi Gamma Delta fraternity chapter, was found unresponsive at the chapter’s house on the night of Oc
Read MoreBiden praises newly unionized Apple workers
President Biden on Monday praised workers at an Apple store near Baltimore that voted to form the first American union at the Silicon Valley tech giant. “I’m proud of them,” Biden told reporters. “You know, workers have a right to determine under what conditions they’re gonna work or not,” he continued. “And I think the thing that everybody kind of misunderstands about unions, they tend to be, especially in the trades, the best workers in the world.” A majority of the 100 workers at Apple’s Towson, Md., location voted to join the International Association
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