Blake Neff University of Texas at Austin (UT) President Greg Fenves announced the school will allow concealed handguns in classrooms but not in dormitories, setting up what could be a contentious fight with the state government. Last year, over the vociferous protests of many academics, Texas lawmakers passed S.B. 11, a bill requiring public colleges to…
Russ Read The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Wednesday that three Israeli missiles struck Syrian army outposts near the capital of Damascus. If the reports are confirmed by the Israeli government, it would mark the first time Israel has been directly involved in the now five-year Syrian civil war. No casualties have…
Connor D. Wolf The New York Times editorial board called on Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday to support the $15 minimum wage. Clinton and her primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders have been split on whether a $15 minimum wage is a good idea. Sanders has made the policy a…
Guy Bentley Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is viewed as the least honest and trustworthy of all Democratic and Republican candidates, according to the latest YouGov poll. Asked whether they think Clinton is honest and trustworthy, 56 percent of respondents say she is not. A little more than a quarter of those polled think…
Kathryn Watson Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees watched porn on the job, stole government equipment — selling it for quick cash — and drove under the influence while on the clock, but Americans who fund their salaries will likely never know their names. The EPA Office of Inspector General (IG) investigated dozens of EPA…
Vice President Will Attend Scalia Funeral Instead By: Elias J. Atienza President Obama will not be attending the funeral of the late Justice Scalia, the White House confirmed today. Instead, he and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to the Supreme Court on Friday in order to pay respects to the late Justice. Scalia’s body will…
Guy Bentley More than 10,000 people have signed a Change.org petition urging Facebook to change its definition of a tobacco product to exclude vaping products. Started by Kevin Price, the petition gathered 10,072 signatures at the time of this report’s publishing. The petition is addressed to Facebook Chief Executive and Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg and reads:…
Russ Read A car bomb is believed to have killed 18 and injured 45 in the Turkish capital of Ankara Wednesday, with speculation the blast may have targeted a nearby military facility. Turkish media first reported a large explosion around 6:50 p.m. local time, with a local governor first confirming casualties about an hour…
A Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against presidential candidate Donald Trump was filed by a Republican lawyer following allegations that Trump is unlawfully mixing his corporate interests with his campaign. This comes a week after the Trump Organization’s attorney, Alan Garten, sent letters to pro-Jeb Bush groups threatening legal action if the ads contain “any false, misleading, defamatory, inaccurate…
Apple refuses to give FBI backdoor to users’ data Apple made huge news today when they announced that they will not be cooperating with federal authorities that have requested they hack into the iPhone of belonging to one of the shooters in last December’s terrorist attack in San Bernardino. A federal magistrate has ordered Apple…