DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is moving forward in its search for a new Chief of Police. Chief Renee Hall announced her resignation earlier this year and plans to leave the department at the end of this year. The City Manager has hired a search firm to identify candidates. The position is now…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. It’s a stunning move on the heels of Trump’s failed reelection bid. It could also unsettle U.S. allies and partners. The conventional wisdom is that stability atop the Pentagon and the military be maintained during a possible transition to…… MORE
Undated (AP) – The 2020 presidential election has officially hit the highest voter turnout in more than 50 years. The turnout rate in last week’s presidential election eclipsed the 61.6% of voting-age Americans who voted in the 2008 election. It now has the highest turnout rate since 1968. As new votes are still slowly tallied,…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President George W. Bush has has congratulated President-elect and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. In a news release from his Dallas home, Bush said, “Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country.”…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States. Biden vanquished his Republican foe after a campaign as bitter and divisive as Trump’s own presidential term. Victories in “blue wall” northern industrial states propelled Biden to the White House, where he’ll confront America’s deep…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has seen more than 210,000 COVID-19 tests in 2020, as Texas nears a million cases. North Texas has over 2,200 deaths. Dallas county eclipsed 100,000 cases, Friday with 1,127 pandemic deaths. Tarrant county has over 72,000 positive tests and 757 fatalities, while Collin county is approaching 20,000 confirmed Coronavirus cases and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in the number of ballots counted in the state, which Trump must win to have a shot at reelection. The contest is still too early for The Associated Press to call.…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The ongoing absentee ballot count in Tarrant county has put Joe Biden on top by a few hundred votes. As ballots are still being counted in Texas, Joe Biden has pulled ahead of President Trump as a result of votes tallied from the Fort Worth area. The numbers won’t change the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — President Donald Trump says that he is being cheated in a race that is still too close to call. The President from the White House moments ago says – in his words “if you count the legal votes”, he easily wins. The President also called election polling as election interference. President Trump at the…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) _ With the results of the presidential race still up in the air, demonstrators held a peaceful rally at Dallas City Hall Wednesday evening. Their message was they wanted all ballots to be counted. A number of different organizations attended and speakers talked to the crowd of around 100 people. A candlelight vigil…… MORE
