In today’s KLIFnotes, Dave and Amy discuss the raucous support former President Trump got at CPAC, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of his sexual harassment claims, and Texas dumping a wholesale electricity provider.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Another Stimulus and More Vaccines Soon
The House passes a new stimulus bill, but it may hit some snags in the Senate thanks to the minimum wage add-on from Democrats. Plus, how quickly will we see the Johnson & Johnson vaccine available to receive? Fox’ Rachel Sutherland explains to Dave and Amy, THEN the two discuss a GoFundMe page gone wrong.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: President Trump Speaks!
Former President Trump was the keynote speaker at Sunday’s CPAC in Florida, and he certainly met many people’s expectations. Fox’s Eben Brown was there and joined Dave and Amy to talk about it.… MORE
Texas Jail Inmates Hungry, Shivering During Freeze
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When an unusually heavy winter storm blanketed much of Texas with snow, knocking out electricity to millions of homes and leaving many struggling to find clean water, one sector of the population was particularly vulnerable: inmates at the state’s largest county jail. Raul Carreon, a pretrial inmate at the Harris County Jail, said it…… MORE
Trump Calls for GOP Unity, Repeats Debunked Claims About Election Loss
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for GOP unity, even as he exacerbated intra-party divisions by attacking fellow Republicans and promoting lies about the election in a speech that made clear he intends to remain a dominant political force. Speaking…… MORE
COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Texas Down 1,400 From A Week Earlier
DALLAS (AP) – Texas reported 197 more deaths from COVID-19 Sunday following a steady decline in the number of people hospitalized with the disease caused by the coronavirus. The Texas Department of State Health Services also reported 2,921 new confirmed cases of the virus Sunday and another 715 probable cases. The state has reported more…… MORE
Fraud in the U.S. Unemployment System
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Massive fraud in the nation’s unemployment system is raising alarms even as President Joe Biden and Congress prepare to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into expanded benefits. A government watchdog agency says that as of December, nearly two dozen states had not started using a key system to block fraud.…… MORE
Eviction Moratorium Declared Unconstitutional
Washington (AP) – The Justice Department says it will appeal a judge’s ruling that the federal government’s eviction moratorium is unconstitutional. Prosecutors filed a notice in the case on Saturday evening, saying that it is appealing the matter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell…… MORE
Brouhaha On American Airlines’ Flight
Phoenix (AP) – An American Airlines flight was diverted and two women arrested in Phoenix after authorities say one of the women spit on a fellow passenger who asked them to stop using racial slurs in their conversation, and the other slapped his hand when he started recording them. The airline said the flight from…… MORE
Winter Storms Staggered Houston Jail
Austin (AP) – An unusually heavy winter storm knocked out electricity to millions of Texas homes and left many people without water service, but it also left inmates at the state’s largest county jail vulnerable, hungry and cold. Advocates and lawyers say Harris County Jail inmates have told them of stinking jail toilets that couldn’t…… MORE
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