Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas has been tapped to replace Dan Coats as national intelligence director. President Trump announced Coats’ departure as Aug. 15 in a tweet Sunday and thanked him for his service. I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No cash? No problem. Austin, Texas, is launching a pilot program that will let fans digitally tip their favorite musicians. The Austin American-Statesman reports the city is providing 10 artists with a DipJar, a device that enables fans to tip musicians using a credit or debit card. The chosen artists will test the…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities are accusing a Texas woman of taking part in an undercooked scheme in which she claimed she was served raw hamburger meat at two different locations of a fast food chain. Cassandra Brooks, a former lieutenant with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has been charged with insurance fraud and faces…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – An attorney for three Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. says they have been forced to receive IV drips at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their third week of a hunger strike. A court official says the U.S. Department of Justice filed…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his job next month, ending a two-year tenure marked by President Donald Trump’s clashes with intelligence officials. Trump tweeted Sunday that the nation’s top intelligence official would step aside on Aug. 15, and that he would nominate a Texas congressman, Republican John Ratcliffe, to…… MORE