WASHINGTON (AP) – Sharply lower prices for gas and cheaper used cars slowed U.S. inflation in August for a second straight month, though many other items rose in price, indicating that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households. Consumer prices surged 8.3% in August compared with a year earlier. Though still painfully high, that…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are dismissing his retention of top-secret documents at his Florida home as a “storage dispute.” His attorneys are urging a judge to keep in place a directive that temporarily halted key aspects of the Justice Department’s criminal probe. In a motion filed Monday, the Trump team also…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Secretary of State John Scott has released the first installment of ‘SOS 101,’ a series of videos educating voters about election administration in Texas ahead of the November 8, 2022 General Election. In the first SOS 101 video, Secretary Scott provides an overview of the voter registration process in Texas, including…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas continues working to stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people across the southern border. According to Governor Greg Abbott, since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to more than 302,600 migrant apprehensions and more than 19,700 criminal arrests, with more than 17,200…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says that he wishes his agency would have taken command of the police response the the Uvalde shooting massacre. Steve McCraw made comments to USA Today as part of an interview published on Sunday. On May 24, a gunman armed with an AK-47…… MORE