AUSTIN – Today, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick gave public testimony at the Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief hearing in Arlington. It was a standing-room only crowd of about 500 people. “Lowering property taxes has always been one of my top priorities,” said Patrick. “Last session the Texas Senate and voters successfully…
t’s been quite clear that Ted Cruz is not a popular guy in Washington—from extreme examples like Sen. Lindsey Graham joking about how to get away with murdering him, to benign statements expressing discontent with the Texas senator like former President George W. Bush saying ‘he just doesn’t like the guy.’ Enter John Boehner, former speaker of…
Reagan’s Daughter Pens Letter to Will Ferrell on His Role Portraying Her Father With Alzheimer’s Ronald Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, penned a raw open letter to actor Will Ferrell Thursday after she heard the news of Ferrell’s upcoming role playing her father in the film “Reagan.” Davis, 63, indicated that she was less than thrilled…
The billionaire businessman’s Super Tuesday III run-of-the-table reinforced his aura of invincibility, just as Wednesday’s speech at Washington, D.C.’s Mayflower Hotel is designed to reinforce his policy chops. Trump said Wednesday morning that he would be naming foreign policy advisers during the speech, calling the group “very good people.” “We need new thinking,” Trump said.…
Appeals court: Tom Brady must serve ‘Deflategate’ suspension New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game “Deflategate” suspension imposed by the NFL, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court…
Declaring the Republican presidential contest at “a fork in the road,” Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party’s last, best chance to stop Donald Trump, even as the New York billionaire surged toward another big delegate haul. Trump, the Republican front-runner, lashed out at what he called…
Rescuers used military-type vehicles and boats to remove more than 50 senior citizens from two assisted-living facilities in Houston. In north Harris County, rescuer Chris Westfield told CNN affiliate KTRK-TV on Wednesday that he was conducting house-to-house searches on a pontoon boat for residents who had refused to evacuate a day earlier. “You have a…
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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com As many as 31 people were killed and more than 180 injured as coordinated terrorist bombings rocked the Brussels airport and subway system during rush hour Tuesday morning in the Belgian capital. Two bombings at Zaventem Airport, where 11 people were reportedly killed, and another at the metro station…
In January, Eswin Mejia, reported to be an illegal immigrant, went street racing in Omaha, Nebraska and caused a fatal car crash, killing 21-year-old Sarah Root. The Omaha police alerted Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities and they took Mejia into custody. He was released on $5,000 bail and has not been seen since. How could this happen? Sen.…
Cruz, Rubio Again Team Up to Blast Trump Conservative Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio reprised their roles as fierce Trump critics at last night’s presidential debate in Detroit, relentlessly attacking the frontrunner they’re both chasing. Their positioning last night, as in the recent Houston debate, was symbiotic. One would punch at Trump and land…
(1) Marco Rubio won. Rubio generally performs well in these settings, with one infamous exceptionearly in the New Hampshire forum — but tonight felt different. He came after Trump with ridicule and persistence, hammering the frontrunner on a host of issues, most memorably on immigration, Israel, and Obamacare. Early on, Rubio prodded Trump on his vague-at-best healthcare plan, leading to the…
Apple’s decision to fight an order to help hack the phone of a shooter in the deadly terror attack in San Bernardino, Calif., in December adds another twist to the ongoing encryption battle between the tech industry and government. “The [tech] industry is not known for its courage, but they will really get behind Tim…
Rubio-Christie exchange: The whole event got off to a rocky start with moderators Martha Raddatz and David Muir botching the candidate announcements, but the debate moved forward. Hot Air’s Mary Katharine Ham was also present to ask questions, which some are were the best of the night. As for Rubio, he had a rough night, especially…
Trump: Cruz Used ‘Fraud’ to ‘Steal’ the Iowa Election, So I Demand a Do-Over On Monday night, I wassomewhat taken aback by the magnanimity, brevity, graciousness, and (dare I say it?) humility of Donald Trump’s concession speech. He praised the people of Iowa, who’d just dealt him a setback, and congratulated Ted Cruz on his hard-earned…
Coin toss broke 6 Clinton-Sanders deadlocks in Iowa — and Hillary won each time While it was hard to call a winner between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders last night, it’s easy to say who was luckier. The race between the Democrat presidential hopefuls was so tight in the Iowa caucus Monday that in at…
Cruz Clinches Sweet Win In Iowa, ‘Tonight Is A Victory For The Grassroots’ Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) nabbed a sweet win in Iowa last night, taking 27 percent of the vote to Trump’s 24 percent and Rubio’s 23 percent. Dr. Ben Carson, who was spotted shaking hands with caucus-goers in West Des Moines, ended the night…
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was a bit mellower than usual at the rally for veterans he held in direct competition with the GOP debate Thursday night. A jovial and relaxed Trump shared the stage with his friends and GOP presidential rivals, and at one point left the stage for about half an hour to…
Battle For Iowa: Rubio Shines, Cruz Holds His Ground As terrorism continues to be the top concern of American voters, the final GOP presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses Monday was heavily focused on foreign policy, national security and radical Islamic terrorism. The biggest battles between candidates came on the issue of illegal immigration. Fox…
