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Weeks before the May 5 election, Republican state Rep. Jonathan Stickland of Bedford published several Facebook posts describing Bhojani as "a dangerous man" and "a Muslim, lawyer and lifelong Democrat who supports raising your taxes." Some voters asked if he planned to bring Shariah law into Euless.
Democrats mischaracterized emails between top Environmental Protection Agency officials to claim Administrator Scott Pruitt wanted "misuse" of taxpayer dollars by creating a new agency office in his hometown. Pruitt directed his staff "to establish a new EPA office in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma," sparking a wave of media coverage that added to the growing list of complaints against Pruitt, House Democrats claimed .
In this June 27, 2017 photo, Ronald Smith gets on his bicycle after stopping at the Triple S Food Mart, where Alton Sterling was shot by police one year ago, in Baton Rouge, La. A year later, visitors routinely stop by the store to photograph the mural of Sterling's smiling face on its aluminum siding.
The Texas Tribune asked all 38 members of the state's congressional delegation whether they would consider a ban on "bump stocks," the type of gun attachment used by the Las Vegas mass shooter. WASHINGTON - Over several hours on Wednesday afternoon, something quite unusual happened on Capitol Hill: A small gun-control measure began to pick up public consideration from a half-dozen or so congressional Republicans.
The event will take place at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 7, 2017, at the nonprofit's future headquarters located at 2428 Pine Street, Dallas, Texas, 75215. The 2nd Saturday CDC began in 2009 as a volunteer home improvement project.
Cutting-edge research in Texas and other parts of the U.S. is finally getting the go-ahead from the U.S. Energy Department after being locked in limbo for months. Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson announced late Wednesday that the agency run by former Texas Gov. Rick Perry had decided to release all remaining Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funds that had been frozen despite being awarded as part of last year's budget.
Budget director Mick Mulvaney speaks to the media about President Trump's proposed budget May 23. Tuesday morning, during a White House conference on President Trump's proposed 2018 federal budget , Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney invoked a musical that, seven years ago, won a government grant worth nearly $700,000. When asked if the administration considered climate change programs to be taxpayer waste, Mulvaney replied, "The National Science Foundation last year used your taxpayer money to fund a climate change musical.
The political battleground over climate change on Tuesday shifted to the House, where two prominent Texas lawmakers led ever-intensifying sparring over the Environmental Protection Agency. On one side was Rep. Lamar Smith, the San Antonio Republican who crafted the provocative hearing title of "Making EPA Great Again."
A group of leading scientific organizations wrote to President-elect Trump to urge him to make scientific research and education a priority in his administration. "Science has not been, nor do we think it should be, a partisan issue.
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a hearing Wednesday seemingly with the goal of affirming that chairman Lamar Smith has the authority to subpoena those investigating whether the oil industry covered up what it knew about climate change. But Democrats on the committee used the hearing to slam Smith and the GOP for what they say are embarrassing efforts to defend the oil industry.
Lamar Smith, a 29-year veteran of the U.S. House of Representatives, has long been hostile to climate science. The Texas Republican, who serves as chairman of the House Science Committee, gained notoriety for his harassment of scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
" Anger over the police shootings in Dallas must not be allowed to divide us, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday, as he and fellow lawmakers sought to set an example of unity for Congress and the nation. That message was promptly undercut by a Texas Republican congressman, who suggested President Barack Obama bore some responsibility for recent police violence.