Last week, I proudly voted for the annual National Defense Authorization Act. Fully funding our military is a fundamental duty of Congress — one that has never been more vital as America’s adversaries seek to undermine global stability. This year's NDAA passed the House with several provisions I championed that will support our brave servicemembers and their families, equip our warfighters with the tools they need to win, and deter our adversaries’ aggression around the world.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Texas to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from flooding beginning on July 12, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all federal disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas is extending the application period for the new federal Workforce Pell Grant program, giving more colleges and technical schools additional time to submit eligible short-term training programs. The extended window will expand access to affordable, short-term training that prepares Texans for good-paying, high-demand careers in construction, health care, information technology, advanced manufacturing, and other skilled trades that power the Texas economy.
Thirty years ago, we saw communism sweep the world, and the United States of America drew a line in the sand, determined it would end with us. Not even half a century later, it’s coming in through the back door, quietly and subtly as it takes root in our classrooms and universities and spills over into our cities. The Democrat party is going through a critical fracture. Hakeem Jeffries now appears moderate in light of today’s progressive democrats, and the choice between common sense and crazy has never been clearer to the American people.
To think that the DSA leadership, or any Democratic Party leader, truly cares about the welfare of blacks is absolutely ridiculous. Blacks and “minorities” are nothing more than tools the DSA is using to get where it wants to be: on top, with totalitarian power and control over…everybody. And, as proven in every communist hellhole on earth in the past 100 years, they don’t care how many people they murder, torture, or impoverish to reach their goal.
"Teledentistry has expanded access to care for countless Americans, and when used appropriately, it can be a valuable tool – but convenience should never come at the expense of patient safety," said Congressman Brian Babin – Chairman of the House Science, Space & Technology Committee and a practicing dentist of more than 40 years – as he introduced the Oversight of Responsible Teledentistry for Healthy Outcomes (ORTHO) Act to establish common-sense patient safety standards for teledentistry.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to extend the time Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients can apply for replacement benefits for food lost or destroyed by recent flooding. SNAP recipients living in Bandera, Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde & Val Verde counties have until August 3, 2026, to apply.
Do Democrats WANT Non-Citizens & Dead People to vote? It’s a serious question, because they do NOTHING to stop or prevent it – and then preposterously deny it’s happening. President Trump revealed in last Thursday Evening's Speech that the Dept. of Homeland Security has identified more than 250,000 non-citizens that are registered to vote in just New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California & Nevada. Meanwhile, the SAVE America Act - which requires proof of Citizenship for New Voters - is still stalled in the Senate because EVERY Democrat is against it.
Reentering the workforce presents significant challenges for formerly incarcerated individuals. At the same time, Texas employers face persistent labor shortages due to the state’s tremendous economic growth. Hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), the Growth through Reentry to Advance Careers & Employment (GRACE) Conference is your opportunity to learn how second-chance hiring can strengthen your workforce while providing a fresh start for formerly incarcerated individuals.
President Trump has said from the beginning that preventing Iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon was the primary purpose. NATO Sect. Gen. Mark Rutte has publicly agreed, and said Iran's acquiring Nuclear & Ballistic-Missile Capability "is posing a threat not only to the Middle East – including posing an existential threat to Israel – but is also posing a huge threat to us in Europe." Americans cannot intelligently judge this war when Major News Organizations discuss its costs – while refusing to, or barely mentioning, the danger it was intended to prevent.
Governor Greg Abbott celebrated Texas as America’s jobs leader with today’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment release showing Texas led all states with a gain of 43,400 nonfarm jobs over the month of June. Texas also led for jobs gained over the last 12 months. The Texas labor force totaled 15,904,900 with a gain of 29,700 people over that period. Texas has gained more than 2.6 million jobs since January 2015 when Governor Abbott took office.
Wayne Christian voiced his support for the joint directive issued by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dustin Burrows, which requires state agencies and institutions of higher education to review and reduce their base Legislative Appropriations Requests (LARs) by 3% for the 2028–29 biennium. The directive reflects a responsible approach to lowering government spending while maintaining the state’s commitment to delivering meaningful property tax relief for Texans.
We've had some major run-ins with Michael Bloomberg when he was New York City mayor, spreading climate change Gloom & Doom and taxing Big Gulps. But his 12 years as mayor were a sanity-filled paradise compared to the "collectivism" agenda being promoted by Zohran Mamdani. Bloomberg is calling for Common Sense these days, ringing the alarm against government ownership of key business sectors.
Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encourages Veterans, Military Members, and their families to attend the Collin County Veterans Expo on Saturday, July 25, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Allen Senior Recreation Center hosted by the VLB, the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC), and Credit Union of Texas (CUTX).
But now we can see what happens when governors really care about children and families, put learning as their priority, and let the marketplace work to give parents freedom to choose what they see as best for their kids. Under the leadership of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas set up its Education Freedom Accounts program, establishing a platform through which parents have available scholarship funding to use to choose where to send their children to school.
Journalists are supposed to be in the business of reporting "Facts & Truths." Yeah right. Allowing leftist politicians to get by with hiding their anti-American attacks under the "Mis-Information" cloak (remember that media whopper?) of the "Democrat Party" is bias of the worst kind. It advances a lie, AND cover for the destruction that's taking over the election. It will destroy America from within. Democrats want a "Socialist" Nation — a Marxist/Communist Nation — they just don’t want to let on because they know it’s too soon for voters to accept.
He may be a New York Times "conservative," but on this one, Bret Stephens is right on target. On the ‘The Fifth Column’ podcast, Stephens skillfully shoots down the "Gaza is Genocide" war cry that’s been playing nonstop among Leftist Circles. It's one of the main drivers of the Socialist's anti-Jewish shift in the Democrat Party — and you already know this, but the flawed narrative that Israel is committing genocide is deeply ingrained in the minds of Democrats, especially the young ones.
"The next wave of technology and innovation shouldn’t come at the expense of hardworking Americans. Our outdated Energy Grid is already in desperate need of modernization, and isn't prepared to take on the power demands of data centers without impacting the wallets of our citizens," said Cong. Byron Donalds, introducing the "Protecting Ratepayers Act" to ensure private developers, rather than American taxpayers, bear the costs of data center developments while advancing the nation's technological dominance.
