ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — When asked why he has not called for a special election to fill the vacant seat left by the passing of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Governor Greg Abbott said Harris County will need “adequate time” to conduct the election after “repeated failures” in the past. But Democratic lawmakers at the state …
The Texas Election Code requires the governor to call a special election to fill a vacant office. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, allowed two key deadlines to pass that prevented the solidly Democratic seat from being on the May 3 ballot. Rogani Odems | Posted onApril 3, 2025, 4:47 PMFacebookTwitter/XLinkedIn Email Five Democratic state lawmakers from …
It’s the first bill the governor has vetoed this legislative session Idaho Gov. Brad Little gives his annual State of the State address on Jan. 6, 2025, on the House floor at the Statehouse in Boise. (Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun) Gov. Brad Little vetoed a bill to ban Idaho businesses, local and …
A Republican congressman has introduced a resolution calling for the firing of the judge that blocked President Donald Trump‘s El Salvador deportations. Why It Matters The resolution introduced by Arizona Representative Andy Biggs seeks to bypass the impeachment process, in which two thirds of the Senate would have to vote to fire Judge James Boasberg. Were it to succeed, it …
By Anders Lorenzen A leading energy think tank says that last month, less than half of the US electricity capacity came from fossil fuels. The country where President Donald Trump has waged wars on the leading renewable energy sources, solar and wind, hit a new electricity generation low for fossil fuels in March 2025, data from the global …
The Trump administration said that “radical judges” will “soon learn that denying” President Donald Trump his “constitutionally granted authorities is a gross infringement of the law and will not stand on appeal” after a Bush-appointed judge blocked the administration from firing intelligence agency employees tied to DEI programs. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga, a President George W. …
WASHINGTON ― The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Harmeet Dhillon to run the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, putting one of President Donald Trump’s own legal advisers and someone with a long record of attacking voting rights in charge of protecting those rights for millions of Americans. The Senate confirmed Dhillon by …
Artificial intelligence will limit some human roles but could make others more accessible Artificial intelligence promises to expand and broaden opportunities for humanity—even as it takes over many tasks limited until recently to human ingenuity. But whether AI enlarges or shrinks the space for human talent depends on how widely AI tools are available and …
Federal health agencies are undergoing one of the most significant restructurings in decades, with 20,000 positions being eliminated at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The move, announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., consolidates multiple agencies under a new umbrella group and is expected to save $1.8 billion annually. The shake-up impacts departments that …
About 10,000 people across the United States Department of Health and Human Services were laid off this week as part of a massive restructuring plan. In a post on X on Tuesday afternoon, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the layoffs represented “a difficult moment for all of us” but that “we must shift course” because Americans are …