Texas Capitol jolted by investigation of attorney general, accusation House speaker was drunk on job
Texas lawmakers have revealed a monthslong corruption investigation into Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
2023-05-24 07:48
US Border Patrol says agents who killed man in Arizona were answering report of gunfire
Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he threw something and abruptly raised his arm
2023-05-24 07:46
Everything Elon Musk has said about the 2024 election so far
For years, Elon Musk kept fairly quiet about his political beliefs. He was a registered independent voter in California and claims to have supported Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. But the days of Mr Musk keeping his politics quiet are over. Since the onset of Covid-19, Mr Musk has become increasingly vocal about his right-wing politics — railing against Covid restrictions and work-from-home policies, urging people to support Republicans in the midterm elections, being accused of tweeting antisemitic statements, and offering a platform to Tucker Carlson. On Wednesday, Mr Musk will reportedly make his most direct foray into the 2024 presidential election yet when he is expected to help Gov Ron DeSantis of Florida launch his campaign. NBC News first reported the collaboration. Mr Musk said that his appearance with Mr DeSantis on Twitter Spaces is not an endorsement. It is, however, another instance of the Twitter owner providing a friendly platform to a far-right figure. The conversation between Mr Musk and Mr DeSantis will be moderated by tech entrepreneur David Sacks, who has given tens of thousands of dollars to the governor’s political committee. “I will be interviewing Ron DeSantis, and he has quite an announcement to make,” Mr Musk said at a Wall Street Journal event on Tuesday. “And it will be the first time that something like this is happening on social media and with real-time questions and answers, unscripted.” Mr Musk appears to be keeping close tabs on the developing Republican primary field. On Monday, Mr Musk retweeted a live stream of Sen Tim Scott of South Carolina announcing his candidacy for president in North Charleston. But Mr Musk has long praised Mr DeSantis, who has pushed during his tenure as Florida governor to ban gender-affirming care for minors, ban discussions of race, gender, and sexuality in public schools, compromise the state’s tenure system, and punish corporations like Disney for their stances on social issues. “Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America,” Mr Musk tweeted in July of last year. “If DeSantis runs against Biden in 2024, then DeSantis will easily win – he doesn’t even need to campaign.” Mr Musk appears much less bullish on Mr Trump, even though he reinstated the former president’s Twitter account after he took over the platform. Mr Trump was initially banned from Twitter in the aftermath of the events of January 6. “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset,” Mr Musk tweeted last year. “Dems should also call off the attack – don’t make it so that Trump’s only way to survive is to regain the Presidency.” Mr Musk also tweeted that Mr Trump is “too much drama,” and asked whether Americans “really want a bull in a china shop situation every single day!?” He also suggested, in one of his standard attempts at humour, that the maximum age for the start of a presidential term should be 69. The fact that Mr DeSantis is launching his campaign on Twitter speaks to the platform’s rising currency with Republican voters under Mr Musk’s leadership. Mr Musk’s embrace of Republican politicians and right-wing talking points has come as his purchase of Twitter has given him an outsize role in shaping public conversation around the campaign. It’s also led to a barrage of hate speech. Since Mr Musk’s takeover of Twitter and reinstatement of a number of previously banned accounts, the amount of hate speech targeting Black people, LGBTQ+ people, Jews, and other groups has surged. “Elon Musk sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business,” Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, told The New York Times last year. “They have reacted accordingly.” Read More Ron DeSantis to launch 2024 presidential bid on Twitter with Elon Musk Twitter HQ was once a paradise. It’s working with Elon that’s ‘morally wrong’ Musk gadfly has a new jet to track - the one used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Who is David Sacks: the controversial entrepreneur hosting DeSantis 2024 event Casey DeSantis gives cheeky response to reports husband is launching 2024 campaign
2023-05-24 07:24
Packers' Eric Stokes walking again, but unsure when he can return from foot injury
Green Bay Packers cornerback Eric Stokes doesn’t know when he will be ready to return from the knee and foot injuries that ended his 2022 season prematurely
2023-05-24 07:17
Former Fed Chair Bernanke argues economy must slow further to bring down inflation
Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who steered the central bank during the Great Recession, argued in a newly released paper that the Fed still has more work to do to bring inflation down.
2023-05-24 07:17
Reviews from Jordan Love’s first practice don’t sound encouraging
Packers quarterback Jordan Love got in his first reps as QB1 this past week, and it looks like he'll have some hurdles to overcome in 2023.The reviews from Jordan Love's first practice as the Green Bay Packers starting quarterback are in, and the media feels... lukewarm about him, at b...
2023-05-24 06:59
Texas GOP Roiled as Paxton Demands Speaker Quit Over Inebriation
The Texas Legislature meets for just five months every other year to pass a budget and get through
2023-05-24 06:57
Ukraine war: US distances itself from Belgorod incursion into Russia
Washington says it does not encourage strikes in Russia, after a border attack.
2023-05-24 06:53
Column: Masters showed golf can get along, even in Ryder Cup
The Masters will be the most significant major of the year because it showed golf can still be civil amid the great divide caused by LIV Golf
2023-05-24 06:52
Why the Royals moved on from Hunter Dozier, and what's next in free agency
On Monday, the Kansas City Royals surprisingly moved on from Hunter Dozier. Here's why they did it and what's coming next.In recent weeks, the Kansas City Royals had been internally discussing whether to move on from infielder Hunter Dozier.They had just signed Dozier to a four-yea...
2023-05-24 06:52
'RHONJ' star Gia Giudice claims 'it's over' with Joe and Melissa Gorga after they skip Teresa's wedding
The preview for Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas' wedding special is out, and there's a lot of turmoil in the middle of the lavish ceremony
2023-05-24 06:51
Cowboys Ezekiel Elliott replacement could be a retired all-time great
The Cowboys have yet to secure a suitable Ezekiel Elliott replacement. Could this future Hall-of-Famer back be in the mix?He was born and raised in Texas, he's impressed Jerry Jones, and he's not done playing in the NFL just yet. Former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson se...
2023-05-24 06:51