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Three people were shot, one of the them fatally, following a fight at a house party Saturday morning in Humble, Texas. FOX 26 reported that the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. when “several people started shooting.” There were approximately 100 people at the party, ranging in age from the teens to their early 20s.  Twenty-year-old Daniel Rangel was pronounced dead at the scene. The two other shooting victims, both of whom are expected to survive, are 19 years of age. ABC 13 quoted Harris County Sgt. Sidney Miller saying, “What we know at this point is that there was some type…

GOP hard-liners who promised voters they’d use their new majority in Washington to enact anti-trans legislation are increasingly frustrated their leaders don’t seem to share the same commitment. A record number of bills that would roll back access to health care, sports participation and military service for transgender individuals have been introduced over the last year and a half after Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars campaigning on the issue in 2024. The party has struggled, however, to get more than a handful to President Donald Trump’s desk, and some Republicans worry the weak showing could deflate red state…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund was “deeply offensive.” Host Kristen Welker said, “You’ve heard about the president’s $1.8 billion fund, the so-called anti-weaponization fund, to pay people who say they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted by the government. It’s tied up in the courts right now. But, Mr. Vice President, should the government, in any instance, compensate people who attacked law enforcement officers on January 6?” Pence said, “Well, look, I think that the weaponization fund is a bad idea from the start. And, I would…

The conservative US commentator has rejected accusations of “Russian collusion” US conservative political commentator Candace Owens has brushed off criticism of her visit to Russia after posting photos from what she described as an “unbelievably beautiful” Moscow.Owens described the trip to her 6 million YouTube subscribers as a “family vacation.” Some fellow commentators criticized the visit, with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro labeling it an act of “ideological subversion.”“I’m starting to understand why the talking heads panic and shout and lie about ‘Russian collusion’ when they learn an American with a platform is traveling here,” Owens wrote on X on…

President Donald Trump has sent an amended peace proposal back to Tehran seeking more explicit commitments surrounding Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, nuclear program, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after declining Friday to immediately approve a proposed framework agreement during a Situation Room meeting with senior advisers, according to multiple reports published Sunday. Axios first reported Sunday that Trump requested more specific language governing how and when Iran’s highly enriched uranium would be transferred, while also seeking revisions to portions of the draft addressing the future reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News and the New York…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump had “departed” from the conservative agenda. Host Kristen Welker said, “Senator Lindsey Graham was on this program several weeks ago. He told me the Republican Party is the party of Donald Trump. Is the Republican Party the party of Donald Trump?” Pence said, “Oh, I don’t think there’s any question about the president’s popularity. I give him all the credit in the world for the hold that he has on Republican voters. But I maintain to you that it’s because of the president’s commitment to take…

Authorities in Mexico reported the discovery of a narco-tunnel that spanned almost the length of three football fields and connected the border city of Tijuana with San Diego. The discovery comes at a time of great tension between the U.S. and Mexico’s government over the widespread corruption and cartel influence throughout the country. The discovery happened this week in the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood in Tijuana, a prepared statement from Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) revealed. The discovery took place when authorities carried out an investigation into a large house that was being used by cartel gunmen. Believing that guns or…

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he was “absolutely expecting” more Republican opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda. Partial transcript as follows: JONATHAN KARL: And just before Congress went on the Memorial Day recess, we did see some Republicans standing up on this, particularly those that aren’t coming back largely because they’ve been frozen out, you know, by Trump. Cassidy lost his — his Republican primary in Louisiana. I mean, now Cornyn is going to be coming back. He’s now a lame duck as well. Are you — are you expecting that there’s going to be more…

Washington has reportedly coordinated the passage of 70 cargo vessels despite Trump’s abrupt suspension of Project Freedom The US military has been covertly guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing officials familiar with the matter.Iran closed the vital waterway, which previously handled around 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, to ships from “hostile countries” in response to the US and Israeli airstrikes launched on February 28. Tehran later said that vessels from third countries could pass if they paid a toll and complied with military…

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said controversial Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner “has questions to answer.” Partial transcript as follows: JONATHAN KARL: One of the marquee Senate races, of course, is in Maine, where the Democratic nominee, presumptive nominee, is Graham Platner. And a lot of allegations against Graham Platner, including the very latest, a controversy that The Wall Street Journal has reported on, alleging that Platner’s wife, Amy, flagged sexually explicit texts between Platner and a half dozen other women to the campaign during the vetting period. And in a video posted on X, his…