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Texas Conservatives Defeat Resolution Honoring Former Planned Parenthood President (Just the News) — Texas conservatives defeated a memorial resolution that would have honored former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards. Texas legislator Brian Harrison delivered a floor speech speaking out against the resolution before it was pulled from the floor. "Grateful for every one of my conservative colleagues who had the courage to stand up and defeat today’s resolution honoring Planned Parenthood’s President," Harrison wrote Thursday evening on X. "What a damning indictment of Speaker Burrows that a successful day in the Texas House is NOT honoring Planned Parenthood." Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline was also among the group of conservatives who opposed the resolution. "Texas will never honor those who mass murder our unborn children!" he wrote on X. "We will speak for the 63.6 million babies that have been murdered by the Abortion Industrial Complex! Texas is a PRO-LIFE STATE!" See full story	After 44 Years, Democrat Senator FINALLY Calling It Quits (PJ Media \| Paula Bolyard) — Longtime Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is finally retiring. He announced the news on X –why are these lefties still using X, seeing as literally Hitler owns it? – that he would not seek reelection when his term is up. "The decision of whether to run for reelection has not been easy. I truly love the job of being United States senator, but in my heart, I know it's time to pass the torch, so I'm announcing today that I will not be seeking reelection at the end of my term," the Democrat said in the video. "The people of Illinois have honored me with this responsibility longer than anyone elected to the Senate in our state's history," he added. He then went on to warn of the usual threats to democracy: "The challenges facing our country are historic and unprecedented. The threats to our democracy and way of life are very real, and I can assure you, I'll do everything in my power to fight for Illinois and the future of our country." He noted that he's spent more than half of his life in Congress, which is not something to brag about, and declared that he's always "tried to stand up to power on behalf of the people of Illinois and our country." See ful story
Noem’s Purse Containing DHS Access Badge, $3K In Cash Stolen At DC Restaurant (The Hill) — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse, containing $3,000 in cash and her DHS access badge, was stolen Sunday night at a restaurant in downtown Washington, an official confirmed to NewsNation. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told NewsNation’s Ali Bradley that Noem was eating dinner when a thief stole the purse, which also contained Noem’s passport, her driver’s license, blank checks and her keys. McLaughlin explained to Bradley that Noem was celebrating Easter with her family, so she had those items with her. “She had the cash because her whole family was in town (including children and grandchildren) and was treating them to activities, dinner and Easter gifts,” McLaughlin said. CNN, which first reported on the incident, noted the thief also stole Noem’s medication and makeup bag. See full story UPDATE: Arrest Made – Accomplice Also	2 More Illegal Aliens Arrested In Another Maryland Killing (Daily Signal) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this week it had arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien, Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, 24, and charged him in the killing of his girlfriend in Maryland. According to authorities, Barrera-Rosa killed Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, and then buried her body near Cedarville State Forest, where it was found on April 17. Berrera-Rosa’s uncle, Rolvin Eduardo Bererra-Bererra, 37, told authorities in recorded testimony that he had helped his nephew bury the body of Guerra, who was the mother of two. The victim was last seen March 31 and was reported missing April 2. Both men are in custody. Bererra-Bererra, who has been charged with accessory after the fact of murder and altering physical evidence, is also unlawfully in the U.S. See full story
Texas Troopers Continue To Find Missing Children, Arrest ‘Most Wanted’ Criminals From Border Crisis (Center Square) — Texas Department of Public Safety officers continue to find missing children and arrest those on its criminal illegal immigrant most wanted list. With April being “Child Abuse Prevention Month,” DPS troopers have rescued more than 600 children through its Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) Program, DPS said. IPC officers are trained “to identify victims of exploitation, missing children, crimes against children and high-risk threats against children,” DPS said. Through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, DPS troopers rescued more than 900 children illegally brought into the U.S. in Texas alone under the Biden administration, The Center Square reported. So far this year, DPS and other agencies have arrested 21 Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives, sex offenders and others, including six sex offenders and seven criminal illegal immigrants – with $25,000 in rewards being paid for tips that yielded arrests, DPS said. See full story	Trump Puts 10 Mining Projects On Fast-Track List, Some Have Languished In Permitting For Decades (Just the News) — Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced Wednesday that energy projects that usually take a year or two to obtain permits would have their permitting processes shrunk down to as little as 28 days. The new procedures apply to a wide range of projects, including coal, uranium and critical minerals. The announcement comes less than a week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at advancing critical mineral projects with greater transparency in the permitting and review process for 10 specific mining projects. The order sets up a Federal Permitting Dashboard to enhance interagency coordination and decision-making. “This tool will play an invaluable role in ensuring that these projects receive the most efficient review and authorization process possible in order to bring the benefits of next generation infrastructure to communities across the nation,” Manisha Patel, acting executive director at the Permitting Council, said in a statement. See full story
Highland Park Parade Shooter Receives Seven Life Sentences, One for Each Victim Killed (National Review) — The gunman who admitted to fatally shooting seven people during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., in 2022 is set to serve seven consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole, the presiding judge said Thursday. Circuit Judge Victoria Rossetti handed down the maximum sentence while Robert Crimo III, 24, was absent from the courtroom. The defendant chose to forgo attending his sentencing hearing, which started Wednesday and extended into Thursday. He also declined to provide a written statement in court. Crimo was found to be “irrevocably depraved” by the court and determined to be “beyond any rehabilitation,” Rossetti said. He is said to have shown no remorse for his actions that left seven victims dead and nearly 50 more injured on July 4, 2022. Crimo appeared “calm” and even “cavalier” during a recorded confession following his arrest, according to testimony from a Highland Park police officer. See full story	Victim In Random Bronx ‘Knuckle Knife’ Attack Narrowly Avoided Stab To Heart (NY Daily News) — The victim in a random knife attack on a Bronx subway deflected a stab to his heart with his arm, prosecutors revealed at the arraignment of the mentally ill parolee accused of attacking him. The 21-year-old victim was on his way to work with his uncle when stranger Lateef Green, 50, allegedly lashed out with a “knuckle knife” on a No. 5 train nearing the 219th St. station in Williamsbridge Friday morning. Green, who police say was pacing back and forth between cars on the moving train, stormed up to the victim and stabbed him multiple times in the arm and stomach, according to cops. His knife had holes in the handle for the wielder’s fingers, providing a firmer grip, according to police. Had the victim’s arm not gotten in the way, Green’s knife would have pierced his heart, prosecutors said Saturday. Police released surveillance images of Green, asking the public’s help identifying him, before nabbing him about 12 hours later. Prosecutors said his parole officer recognized him and the victim picked his face out of a photo array. See full story
Army Suspends Commander After Trump, Vance, Hegseth Vanish From Chain Of Command Board (Fox News) — The commander of Fort McCoy was relieved of duty after the U.S. Army base failed to install photos of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a wall displaying their chain of command. Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez was suspended as garrison commander of Ft. McCoy in Wisconsin. "This suspension is not related to any misconduct," the U.S. Army Reserve Command said in a statement, "We have no further details to provide at this time while this matter is under review." Hegseth on Sunday reposted an X post claiming: "Commander of Fort McCoy, whose base chain-of-command board was missing photos of Trump, Vance and Hegseth, has been SUSPENDED." It came after the Defense Department (DOD) announced a probe into why a wall displaying the chain of command had empty frames on the wall where Trump, Vance and Hegseth’s images would typically be displayed. A new image they posted of the wall showed the frames had been filled. See full story	Trump Asks SCOTUS To Uphold His Ban On Transgender Troops In The Military WASHINGTON (Daily Wire) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow the Pentagon to enforce its ban on troops who suffer from gender dysphoria or have undergone transgender medical treatments. The Trump administration’s appeal comes after two federal judges blocked the administration from removing troops who identify as transgender, ruling that the Trump order is probably unconstitutional and motivated by discrimination rather than negative impacts on the military. But the Defense Department’s policy is based on findings during the first Trump administration showing that individuals with gender dysphoria impact “military effectiveness and lethality,” as the appeal states. Service members who undergo so-called transition surgeries can take a minimum of 12 months to recover, often using heavy narcotics, and during this time they are not physically capable of meeting military readiness requirements, the White House has previously said. They also require consistent medical care, which is not conducive to deployment or other readiness requirements. See full story
With Proposed Glue Trap Ban, San Francisco Sides With The Pests (Reason) — Blue cities and blue states can't deliver projects on time and on budget, which is dragging down economic growth and sending people fleeing to red states that can. As much truth as there is to that complaint, it ignores the other reason people hate progressive governance: the complete inability of politicians and bureaucrats to keep their noses out of individuals' private business. Earlier this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on an in-the-works proposal from the city's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare to ban the sale, and potentially even the use, of glue traps. Per the Chronicle's reporting, the commission – an advisory body that makes policy recommendations to the San Francisco government – is considering such a ban because of the allegedly cruel nature of glue traps. See full story	U.S. At Tipping Point For Return Of Endemic Measles (NewsMax Health) — The United States is at a tipping point for the return of endemic measles a quarter century after the disease was declared eradicated in the country, researchers warned on Thursday. At current U.S. childhood vaccination rates, measles could return to spreading regularly at high levels, with an estimated 851,300 cases over the next 25 years, computer models used by the researchers suggest. If rates of vaccination with the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, shot were to decline by 10%, an estimated 11.1 million cases of measles would result over 25 years, according to a report of the study in JAMA. Measles has not been endemic, or continuously present, in the United States since 2000. With vaccination rates dropping for MMR shots as well as for other childhood vaccines, outbreaks of preventable infectious diseases are increasing. See full story