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The Christian Post reports: A bill seeking to allow Texas public and charter schools to hold voluntary prayer and readings of religious texts has stalled after lawmakers failed to take action on the legislation. The House Committee on State Affairs grappled with Senate Bill 11, which would allow school boards to decide whether to carve out time for private prayer …

NewsNation reports:  In a press briefing on Monday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed the Biden administration for the current issues at Newark, adding that he will be requesting an investigation by the Office of Inspector General into why a radar center that controls the airport’s airspace was moved to Philadelphia. Duffy announced that copper wires at Newark, JFK and LaGuardia …

Axios reports: President Trump will name deputy attorney general Todd Blanche to be the acting Librarian of Congress, a Justice Department official confirmed to Axios. Blanche, who represented Trump in his hush money trial, already holds the number two position at the Justice Department. His interim appointment represents another example of administration officials juggling multiple posts. Trump recently ousted former …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’ David Webb claimed that President Donald Trump is “losing money” in his capacity as commander-in-chief on Outnumbered Monday, despite reports that the Trump family’s net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to his cryptocurrency business alone, which has flourished in the months since Trump took office. In a discussion about the financial position of former …

Punchbowl News reports: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by 16 points in a new poll commissioned by the Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP-leadership backed super PAC. SLF is supporting Cornyn. Their poll has Cornyn trailing Paxton 56-40, according to two people briefed on the survey. In a three-way contest with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), who …

We can only hope for another brain worm: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed Sunday that he took a dip in Washington, D.C.’s, Rock Creek with his grandchildren, despite long-standing warnings that high bacterial levels make the Potomac River tributary unsafe. According to the National Park Service (NPS), “swimming and wading are not allowed due to high bacteria levels.” …

The Hill reports: A Republican tax bill released late Sunday seeks to block states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) models for the next 10 years. The bill text from the House Energy and Commerce Committee would bar states from enforcing laws or regulations governing AI models, AI systems or automated decision systems. The bill, which comes as Republicans gear up …

Cleveland’s NBC affiliate reports: Cuyahoga County Public Library officials, in a police report obtained by 3News, accused a man of checking out 100 books on Jewish history, Black history and LGBTQ education last month before filming a book burning and posting the video on a social media site described by advocates as a hub for white supremacist, neo-Nazi and extremist …

Houston Public Media reports: House Bill 229 strictly defines men and women based on the reproductive organs they were born with, and orders state records to reflect this binary. The bill, titled the “Women’s Bill of Rights,” lays out the “biological truth for anybody who is confused,” said author Rep. Ellen Troxclair, an Austin Republican. The bill passed on second …

The New York Times reports: President Trump signed an executive order that asks pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily lower drug prices. But it was not clear what legal authority Mr. Trump would invoke, and he threatened to “use the power of the federal government” if companies do not comply. Trump also asserted that a reduction in drug prices will be part …