(WBAP/KLIF) Austin – Most forms of consumable Hemp Derived products will continue to be legal in Texas as the legislature ends the second special session late Wednesday without any action on the Senate Bill. A last minute effort earlier Wednesday to reach a compromise was not successful. It was not known if Governor Abbott would…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) AUSTIN, TX – The following is from a press release issued by the office of State Senator Paul Bettencourt Texas Senate District 7 In the final days of the 89th 2nd Called Special Session, the Texas House gave finalpassage to House Bill 8 (HB 8) with a key Senate amendment to restore the critical…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela that was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang. The president said 11 were killed in the rare U.S. military operation in the Americas. He said in a social…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday agreed with immigrant rights groups that Trump improperly invoked…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – DALLAS, TX – The Bank of Nova Scotia, commonly known as Scotiabank is opening their regional headquarters in Dallas. The terms include a $60 million dollar capital investment in Dallas by Scotiabank which will occupy up to 100,000 square feet of office space in Victory Park in Downtown Dallas. The Canadian bank will…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — A hearing in Texas could be the final chance for families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims to demand criminal prosecution of the company. U.S. District Chief Judge Reed O’Connor is set to hear arguments Wednesday in Fort Worth on a motion to dismiss a felony fraud charge against Boeing. The charge…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from state and local officials in both cities. Asked Tuesday by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians — to the Justice Department “as soon…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee has publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The folders contain hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell. They also contain video files appearing…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama. It reverses a decision by former President Joe Biden’s administration to keep it in Colorado. This decision ends a four-year battle between the two states over the headquarters. The decision follows a review by the Defense Department inspector…… MORE
