From the States
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Texas oil and gas industry prepared to provide power through storm
As of Saturday, RBN Energy reports statewide natural gas production remains strong at 27.24 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), any reductions would be “well within the anticipated impacts,” TXOGA says.
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Nearly 1 million without power as massive winter storm rages
Nearly 290,000 were without power in Tennessee and 140,500 in Mississippi as of mid-morning Sunday.
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Walz deploys 1,500 National Guard troops in Twin Cities
Gov. Tim Walz activated the troops Saturday after agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse and U.S. citizen. Homeland Security said shots were fired in defense, and Pretti was armed.
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Noem defends fatal shooting of armed man in DHS confrontation
Noem said the man, identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse and U.S. citizen, arrived at the scene Saturday armed and intent on impeding a federal immigration enforcement operation.
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Walz activates National Guard after armed man fatally shot by federal agent in Minneapolis
The man shot was identified as a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse
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Democrats in Virginia legislature for push mandatory DEI curriculum
The bill's summary includes racial minorities, immigrants, women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, or "any other group of individuals that the Board of Education deems appropriate."
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Dodgers' first baseman Freddie Freeman loses $2M on home sale after taxes
A so-called mansion tax to get money for services that help the homeless or people in trouble sounds good. “But as we've seen, the money is intercepted by these Minnesota-style NGOs.
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Minnesota faith group says more than 100 clergy members were arrested at airport in anti-ICE protest
The group, which is an organization "calling for racial and economic justice in Minnesota," were part of a protest demanding airlines take a stand against federal immigration enforcement.
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Federal jury in Texas gives a landmark win to parental rights and free speech
The jury found that officials from Marlin Independent School District, outside of Waco, unlawfully retaliated against parents who publicly complained about the district and violated their constitutional rights.
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California sues Trump admin over control of two oil pipelines
The pipelines have been closed since the 2015 Refugio Beach oil spill when a corroded segment of one pipeline ruptured. Three thousand gallons of oil were released in the ocean.
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Michigan files antitrust suit against oil companies, trade group
The suit, filed Friday in federal court against Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP and the American Petroleum Institute, alleges violations of state and federal anti-trust laws.
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Texas House Dems who absconded last year fined nearly $10,000 each
Last July several Democrats left the state to meet with the governors of Illinois and California to look for ways to oppose a Congressional redistricting effort underway in Texas. Gov. Abbott ordered them to return to Austin.
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Illinois lawmakers clash over ICE funding as DHS bill advances
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, said he could not support the funding package without stronger oversight of ICE operations, arguing the agency has been used “against the American people.”