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Since launching his bid for U.S. Senate last year, U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke has painted Republican incumbent Ted Cruz as a senator whose national ambitions havedistracted him from his Texas duties. Cruz has questioned what accomplishments the congressman from El Paso has to his name.
Here is a lesson to George W. Bush and all the rest of the "never Trumpers" in the Republican Party. But rather than change course, Democrats refuse to acknowledge that the corporatist rot within their ranks is the single reason unmotivated voters won't turn out.
If gun rights activist Cody Wilson gets his way in his legal battle, soon anybody including convicted felons and the mentally ill with a few raw materials and access to an industrial 3D printer could build a plastic firearm, gun control advocates say. Tech experts and stakeholders in the gun control debate are divided on whether the emergence of 3D-printed plastic guns presents an immediate safety threat to U.S communities.
The May 28 op-ed by Debra Patt and Ray Page, "Support bipartisan fixes to the 340B Drug Discount Program," mischaracterizes the 340B program. It is a crucial resource for taking care of vulnerable patients, and the notion that "bad actors" are taking advantage of the program for their own financial gain simply does not match the situation on the ground in Texas or anywhere else in the nation.
But as he spoke for more than 20 minutes Friday night to thousands of Democrats gathered in Fort Worth for their state convention , he laid out the case for party members to elect him in November to replace Republican Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate. He said he wants to fight for those who need it most - from the migrant children taken from their parents at the state's border to cotton farmers, veterans and teachers.
The Trump administration told a federal court on Thursday that it would no longer defend crucial provisions of the Affordable Care Act that protect consumers with pre-existing medical conditions. Under those provisions of the law, insurance companies cannot deny coverage or charge higher rates to people with pre-existing conditions.
Rise Fund has enlisted former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as a senior adviser, bolstering its credibility as the fund sets out to prove that financial returns and social good can go hand-in-hand. Kerry said he will help identify investments and advise portfolio companies across Rise's various sectors, with a focus on renewable energy opportunities.
A woman in Texas was sentenced Wednesday to a five-year prison term for voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election while on supervised release for a tax fraud conviction. When she voted in the 2016 election, Crystal Mason had already served almost three years in prison for her fraud conviction, but had not yet completed her sentence and was still serving a three-year supervised release period, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
A woman in Texas was sentenced Wednesday to a five-year prison term for voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election while on supervised release for a tax fraud conviction. When she voted in the 2016 election, Crystal Mason had already served almost three years in prison for her fraud conviction but had not yet completed her sentence and was still serving a three-year supervised release period, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
American Airlines said Wednesday that it's opposed to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $8.5 billion O'Hare International Airport expansion plan because of what American called a "secret provision" that was inserted at the last minute to award more gates to United Airlines, which is based in the Windy City. "The United gate deal would undermine competition, allowing the largest airline at O'Hare to expand its size advantage for years into the future," American Airlines said in a statement.
An Ohio man who admitted he plotted to kill U.S. military members after receiving training in Syria apologized to his family and adopted country Monday before a federal judge sentenced him to 22 years in prison.
Women across the country, who marched a year ago for equal rights, will rally again on Saturday to demand more. Countless women in cities stretching from Fort Worth to Las Vegas will participate in anniversary marches geared to boost female political involvement and empowerment.
Speaking at Fort Worth's Martin Luther King parade, two leading Democrats suggested President Trump is fueling racial tensions and making it feel like "midnight in America," Monday January 15, 2018. Speaking at Fort Worth's Martin Luther King parade, two leading Democrats suggested President Trump is fueling racial tensions and making it feel like "midnight in America."
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety via the Houston Chronicle shows Julia Poff, a woman accused of mailing potentially deadly homemade bombs to then-President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2016. Poff was arrested, in part, due to cat hair, a cigarette box and an almost-destroyed shipping label bearing her address.
One-hundred-and-forty-six. That's how many pairs of women's shoes, arranged in the shape of the state of Texas, covered a corner of Fort Worth's Magnolia Green Park on Wednesday.
North Texas has a new airline, but this one won't be competing with the likes of American and Southwest for its share of the traveling masses. Instead, Hillwood Airways, based out of Fort Worth Alliance Airport, is looking to entice corporate travelers and other high-fliers.
In this artistic rendering provided by the Fort Worth contracting company Penna Group shows a proposed to wall along the United States' southern border with Mexico. The Trump administration said Thursday, July 27, 2017, that prototypes for a proposed border wall with Mexico have been delayed until November because two companies, WNIS and Penna Group, have objected to the bidding process.
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas . [8] The city is in North Central Texas and covers nearly 350 square miles in the counties of Denton , Parker , Wise , and Tarrant , of which it is the county seat .
Sen. Bernie Sanders is known for his disheveled hair, but he likely won't be calling LaRonda Hunter's salons in Fort Worth, Texas, for a shampoo appointment anytime soon. Hunter, a small-businesswoman who owns five Fantastic Sam's Salons in Fort Worth, questioned Sanders during Tuesday night's Obamacare debate with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a 90-minute-long substantive discussion by the two runners-up in the presidential primaries.