Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Fed Governor Cook Seeks Court Order Blocking Her Firing by Trump
A case that could provide the Trump administration with new and expansive power over the traditionally independent Federal Reserve got its first court hearing Friday. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Coo...
Aug 30, 2025
Court Finds Trump’s Tariffs an Illegal Use of Emergency Power, but Leaves Them in Place for Now
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump illegally used emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs but left them in place for ...
Aug 30, 2025
Attorney General Ken Paxton is Looking Into Reports of Anti-Semitic Behavior by Students and Staff at Plano ISD
(WBAP/KLIF) – PLANO, TX – In a letter to the superintendent, Paxton stated that he’s alarmed that the district may have excused absences for students who walked out over the crisis i...
Aug 30, 2025
A Federal Appeals Court is Set to Decide on a Texas Law That Gives Police the Powers to Arrest Illegal Migrants
(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel that the law is unconstitutional, and now the full court will consider whether ...
Aug 30, 2025
Changes Are Coming to What Texans Can Eat and Buy at the Grocery Store
(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – Governor Greg Abbott has signed three new health bills into law, which are all part of Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Junior’s plan to make Ame...
Aug 30, 2025
Israel Declares Gaza’s Largest City a Combat Zone as Death Toll Surpasses 63,000
Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 63,000 as Palestinians face the start of Israel's expanded...
Aug 30, 2025
Trump Ends Ex-Vice President Harris’ Secret Service Protection Early After Biden Had Extended It
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection that otherwise would’ve ended next summer. That's according to senior Trump ad...
Aug 30, 2025
Trump Blocks $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid Approved by Congress
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesIn a letter sent to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign...
Aug 30, 2025
Appeals Court Rules Against Trump’s Plans to End Legal Protections for 600,000 Venezuelan Migrants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled against President Donald Trump's plans to end temporary protections for 600,000 Venezuelans who have permission to live and work in the U.S. This...
Aug 30, 2025
Key US Inflation Gauge Holds Mostly Steady Though Core Inflation Ticks Higher
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge mostly held steady last month despite President Donald Trump's broad-based tariffs, but a measure of underlying inflation increased. P...
Aug 30, 2025
