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WASHINGTON — Michael Leach, the White House’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer, is leaving the administration, the White House confirmed on Thursday.

An activist who carries the hashtag “Abolish Borders” on her Twitter profile said she had met with the acting chief of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday.  “Yesterday I met with ICE’s new Chief of Staff [Michael Lumpkin] to make clear our demands for a world without ICE detention and a future … Read more

Lawyers failed to persuade courts to stay the execution, arguing procedure amounted to cruel and unusual punishment Alabama has carried out the first execution of a death row inmate in the US using nitrogen gas, an untested procedure which the prisoner’s lawyers had argued amounted to a form of cruel and unusual punishment banned under … Read more

Harry Connick Sr., the longtime New Orleans district attorney, and father to two, including musician and Harry Connick Jr., has passed away at the age of 97.  The younger Connick’s publicist confirmed the elder Connick’s death to Fox News Digital Thursday, saying that he died peacefully at his New Orleans with his children and wife … Read more

An Alabama congressman said everyone “has some type of racist in them” during a Wednesday night debate with his Republican opponent.  Rep. Jerry Carl made the remarks during a GOP primary debate against fellow Rep. Barry Moore. Both lawmakers are vying to be the Republican nominee for a congressional seat in the state’s March 5 … Read more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday his state has no plans to comply with an order from the Biden administration to grant Border Patrol agents access to a riverfront park that is at the center of a border dispute.  The defiance comes in the wake of a Supreme Court decision earlier this week that … Read more

Nikki Haley has ramped up her criticism of Donald Trump over the course of the 2024 campaign. Now she’s taking the attacks and the back-and-forth to a new level.

The investigation by the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General was prompted by complaints during the Trump administration.

NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard reports on the candidates’ process for receiving their party’s presidential nomination. He gives a breakdown of what a delegate is and how they are acquired by candidates in each party. 

The latest Supreme Court decision in Texas’ battle with the Biden White House has sparked a showdown over the Lone Star State’s constitutional authority to defend itself with the federal government seemingly getting in its way.  On Monday, in a 5-4 decision on an emergency appeal, the Supreme Court ruled to temporarily overturn a lower … Read more