Texas house speaker directs committee to study annexing parts of New Mexico

New Mexico governor calls order ‘not serious’ as south-eastern counties note divisions with Democratic Santa Fe The speaker of Texas’s house of representatives says he is entertaining the idea of expanding the state by annexing some New Mexico counties. Dustin Burrows, who has been the chamber’s speaker since 2025, ordered a state legislative committee on … Read more

New AI coalition targets Washington, Big Tech as group warns child safety risks outpacing safeguards

As artificial intelligence expands into classrooms, workplaces, and homes, a new coalition warns that risks to children and workers are growing faster than efforts to control the new technology. The newly formed Alliance for a Better Future (ABF) is pushing for AI safeguards as Washington debates regulation. “We know that we’ve got to decide, is … Read more

Legal powerhouse accused of bailing on panel exposing their ‘monopoly’ over law school accreditation

FIRST ON FOX: The American Bar Association’s expected panelist from its council on law school accreditation ended up no-showing at a conservative Federalist Society event about the ABA’s “monopoly” on law school accreditation. The Trump administration has accused the ABA of acting as a politicized gatekeeper, executive agencies have restricted their members from attending ABA … Read more

NJ school district’s secretive transgender policy faces legal threat for bucking Supreme Court ruling

A New Jersey school district is being threatened with legal action unless it repeals a policy that lets schools withhold students’ gender-identity information from parents, setting up what could become an early test of the Supreme Court’s recent intervention in the fight over parental rights and school disclosure rules. The Thomas More Society, a conservative … Read more

Supreme Court declines to hear ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic’s challenge after murder-for-hire conviction

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, commonly known as Joe Exotic, a pop culture icon from Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary on Monday. The case stems from his conviction for a murder-for-hire plot. Maldonado is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence for the conviction, which he is seeking to have … Read more

Mike Rowe unleashes on Jimmy Kimmel’s latest ‘tone-deaf’ takedown targeting everyday Americans

Everyman host Mike Rowe called out late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for his “tone-deaf” comments mocking new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for being a former plumber, admitting he is a “tad butt hurt” by the dig. The “Dirty Jobs” veteran ripped into Kimmel over his remarks, which some have called elitist. Rowe said he took … Read more