Category Archives: BREAKING NEWS

Texas Lottery Commission Disbanding As State Game Faces New Restrictions.

Texas Lottery Commission Disbanding As State Game Faces New Restrictions.

AUSTIN – (AP) – On Sunday night, Gov. Greg Abbott ensured the Texas Lottery will continue for another four years, signing into law new provisions to clamp down on the state’s games after lawmakers weighed abolishing the lottery entirely. As lawmakers sparred over high-profile issues like public school funding, property tax cuts and THC regulation,…MORE

Diddy Will Not Testify; Trial Almost Over

Diddy Will Not Testify; Trial Almost Over

ASSOCIATED PRESS – NEW YORK (AP) (WBAP/KLIF) — Sean “Diddy” Combs told the judge at his sex trafficking trial that he’s doing an “excellent job” as he confirmed Tuesday that he won’t be testifying. Combs made the comment to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian after being asked if he planned to testify. The question was…MORE

Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries

Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries

WBAP/ASSOCIATED PRESS – (WBAP/KLIF) – A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, as President Donald Trump continues his sweeping immigration crackdown that has sparked widespread protests, high-profile detentions and various court challenges. The Supreme Court’s action lifts for now a…MORE

Iranian Attack on America’s Military Bases in Qatar; “Shelter in Place” Orders

Iranian Attack on America’s Military Bases in Qatar; “Shelter in Place” Orders

UPDATE: 6/23/2025 5:14 PM Fox News reports President Trump says both Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. More details as they become available. UPDATE 6/23/2025 3:45 PM: Iran fired 19 missiles at the base in Qatar, and one impacted the facility but caused no casualties, a Qatari military officer said late Monday. Maj.…MORE

Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government. But the justices also have 10 cases to resolve that were argued between December and…MORE

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials expect inflation to worsen in the coming months but they still foresee two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, the same as they projected in March. The Fed kept its key rate unchanged for the fourth straight meeting Wednesday, and said the economy is expanding at…MORE

Southlake’s Gateway Mega-Church Announces Layoffs

Southlake’s Gateway Mega-Church Announces Layoffs

SOUTHLAKE – (WBAP/KLIF) – Southlake’s Gateway Church announces layoffs that will run through the month of July, because of a significant drop in regular donations from members. The church, not detailing how wide those layoffs will be, but packages including offers of voluntary resignations will reportedly run up to four months’ salary. Last fall, former…MORE

What to know about the impacts of the Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender care for youth

What to know about the impacts of the Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender care for youth

ASSOCIATED PRESS – (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth in a ruling that’s likely to reverberate across the country. Most Republican-controlled states already have similar bans. In his majority opinion Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that Tennessee’s ban does not violate the Constitution’s equal…MORE

Texas Governor Abbott Deploys Thousands of National Guard and State Troopers for Saturday’s Nationwide “No Kings” Day Immigration Raid Protests

Texas Governor Abbott Deploys Thousands of National Guard and State Troopers for Saturday’s Nationwide “No Kings” Day Immigration Raid Protests

AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Morning News reports Governor Greg Abbott is deploying more than five thousand Texas National Guard troops and two thousand state troopers with special agents working alongside the Texas Rangers for scores of protests statewide against President Trump’s immigration raids. The events Saturday in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Frisco, McKinney,…MORE