AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) – A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Republicans are overpowering unified Democratic opposition to vote Monday on President Donald Trump’s nominee a week before Election Day. On Sunday, the Senate voted 51-48 to begin to bring the process to a vote…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – On a call with reporters Sunday, former Texas Govenor Rick Perry said that President Trump is focused on battleground states in the last days of the presidential campaign and insists Texas is not one of them. Perry reportedly said, “He’s going to be in battleground states and Texas is not a battleground…… MORE
Here’s what’s happening Monday in Election 2020, eight days until Election Day: ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. Democrat Joe Biden also plans to…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – According to a new Dallas Morning News and UT-Tyler poll, Former Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Trump in Texas 48%-45% among likely voters. That’s within the margin of error, but it’s also 5-points up from the last such polling last month. The democratic party is using the poll as an…… MORE
DFW (WBAP/KLIF) – Among a string fatal shootings over the weekend, that left 10 dead and 7 injured in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton is a shooting incident in Denton where police are investigating after two men were shot. Police responded Saturday night to multiple 9-11 calls of shots in the 100 block of Duchess…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) -The Office of the Governor announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) activated additional resources to help combat COVID-19 in the El Paso region. According to a press release, “these resources will arrive this week and are based on needs assessments and communication between the local medical…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Police say three men have been found shot fatally in a northwest Dallas warehouse district. Officers went to the scene about 2:30 a.m. Sunday where they found the wounded men. A police statement says one man died at the scene while the other two died a short time later at a hospital.…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Tropical Storm Zeta is now about 295 miles southeast of Cozumel. It’s moving north at only 1 mile an hour, but that is likely to change as time goes by. Zeta is forecast to make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast about mid week, probably somewhere between central Louisiana and the Florida…… MORE
Laredo (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Border Patrol officials say an agent fatally shot a person driving a vehicle as part of a suspected human smuggling operation. Customs and Border Protection says federal and local law enforcement had stopped a semi in Laredo carrying people suspected of being in the country illegally, when another semi drove onto…… MORE
Austin (AP) – With 10 days until the official election day, more than 6 million votes have already been cast in Texas. That’s more than in any other state in the country. The avalanche of early votes is feeding Democrats’ hopes, especially since polls show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden running unusually close. President Trump…… MORE
