Flooding victims' families sue Camp Mystic

The families of the 15 victims who died in July Flood at Camp Mystic A lawsuit was filed Monday in Central Texas accusing the camp of gross negligence. A lawsuit filed in District Court in Travis County, Texas by the parents of campers Margaret Bellows, Lila Bonner, Molly DeWitt, Lainey Landry and Blakely McCrory and…

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Those justices are not fools 

It’s never a good idea to treat U.S. Supreme Court justices as if they’re idiots. And yet U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sawyer, inits 5th novemberDefense of President Trump’s tariff authority, came very close. Sometimes lawyers are called upon to defend the indefensible. And those who refuse to do so may quit or are sometimes…

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Demand Justice report spotlights Trump judicial picks’ handling of 2020 election questions

The progressive group Demand Justice released a report Tuesday outlining an “unprecedented” pattern of President Trump’s judicial nominees repeatedly avoiding directly confirming the results of the 2020 election. The 10-page report, which was shared with The Hill, is based on a review of questionnaires submitted by 27 judicial nominees this year as part of their…

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A civilian’s reflection on Veterans Day

I did not serve in the army. As my father – a three-time Vietnam War veteran – liked to remind me, I “never missed a meal or heard a gunshot in anger.” This makes my writing about Veterans Day seem a little presumptuous at first. But maybe that’s why citizens like me should speak out….

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Stefany Shaheen blasts shutdown deal backed by her mother

Thanksgiving dinner can be a little awkward in the Shaheen household. Stephanie Shaheen, the Democratic candidate for Congress from New Hampshire, said she “cannot support” a deal to end the government shutdown that the Senate is holding. voting on monday eveningComplicating things is that his mother, Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), supports the proposal. Chhoti…

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Trump says the GOP 'broke' Schumer

President Trump criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)’s handling of the government shutdown in an interview on Monday, saying Republicans bested him in the process. “I think they made a mistake by going too far,” Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle. “He thought he could break the Republicans and the…

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