Category: Texas

Rancher Offers Musk 100 Acres of Free Land to Relocate Twitter; Trump Investigation Informant Found Dead | NTD Evening News

A Texas rancher is offering billionaire Elon Musk 100 acres of land for free in the Lone Star state. The rancher says he wants Musk to move Twitter to the Lone Star state. An informant who worked with federal authorities in its investigation of former President Donald Trump was found dead in Los Angeles. …


Supreme Court Rebuffs Biden Admin, Rules Deaf-Blind Woman Can’t Seek Damages for Denial of Interpreter

The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that a deaf and blind woman may not claim damages for emotional distress for a physical therapy clinic’s decision to deny her an American Sign Language interpreter. The court’s opinion in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller PPLC, court file 20–219, came April 28 after the case was argued Nov. 30,…


Fort Worth, Texas, Becomes First American City to Mine Bitcoin

The city of Fort Worth, Texas, has become the first city government in the United States to mine bitcoin, advancing its goal of becoming a leading center of tech and innovation, city authorities announced on April 26. The bitcoin mining pilot program was launched by the Office of Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and the…


Texas Sues Biden Homeland Security Over Rule Allowing More Asylum-Seekers

The Texas Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit Thursday to block the Department of Homeland Security from allowing more asylum-seekers to remain in the United States. Targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Joe Biden, the lawsuit (pdf) seeks a permanent ruling against an interim rule that the attorney general says will “release even…


Texas Sues Biden’s Homeland Security Department Over Rule Allowing More Asylum-Seekers

The Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from allowing more asylum-seekers to remain in the United States. The lawsuit (pdf), filed April 28, seeks a permanent ruling against an interim Biden administration rule that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says will “release even more illegal aliens…


Despite String of Fires, Manufactures Confident Food Supply Is Secure

At least 16 U.S. food processing plants have been destroyed or damaged by fire since November 2021, leaving some to worry that the national food supply is under attack. But food industry experts are not concerned, saying the fires are unrelated. To put it in perspective, the United States had 38,821 food and beverage manufacturing…


Despite String of Fires, Manufacturers Confident Food Supply Is Secure

At least 16 U.S. food processing plants have been destroyed or damaged by fire since November 2021, leaving some to worry that the national food supply is under attack. But food industry experts are not concerned, saying the fires are unrelated. To put it in perspective, the United States had 38,821 food and beverage manufacturing…


Federal Court Dismisses Challenges to Texas Anti-Abortion Law

A federal court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a provision of the Texas anti-abortion law that was signed last year. “Having received the ruling of the Texas Supreme Court that named official defendants may not enforce the provisions of the Texas Heartbeat Act … this court REMANDS the case with instructions to dismiss all…


Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court to Let It Drop ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program

The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on April 26 that it should not have to continue operating the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program that required non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing. The case at hand is Biden v. Texas, court file 21-954. The high court agreed on…


Texas Death Row Inmate Melissa Lucio Granted Stay of Execution

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for a woman who was set to be judicially killed on Wednesday for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children, ordering a lower court to review new evidence in the case. Lawyers for Mexican-American Melissa Lucio, 52, say new evidence…