Bethany Blankley

3 days ago | thecentersquare.com | Bethany Blankley

(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won a $1.375 billion settlement in principle with Google, the highest recovery received against Google by any state. It’s also the latest of several major wins against big tech in lawsuits filed by Texas. “In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law. For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services. I fought back and won,” Paxton said.

3 days ago | thecentersquare.com | Bethany Blankley

(The Center Square) – Following through on a commitment made during his first term, President Donald Trump’s administration has surged resources to investigate thousands of violent crimes committed against American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people. The administration did so ahead of a new report from the National Congress of American Indians, which highlights an alarming number of missing indigenous people nationwide.

1 week ago | thecentersquare.com | Bethany Blankley

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has filed another bill to help U.S. service members negatively impacted by the Biden administration's COVID vaccine mandate at the Department of Defense. Under former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, active-duty service members were required to take an experimental COVID vaccine, and nearly all who submitted Religious Accommodation Request (RAR) exemptions were denied.

1 week ago | kdhnews.com | Bethany Blankley

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) - Six Frio County officials, including the county judge, have been indicted and arrested for election fraud crimes related to a vote harvesting scheme. Named after the Frio River which runs through it, the county is located south of San Antonio and has a population of roughly 18,000.

1 week ago | thecentersquare.com | Bethany Blankley

(The Center Square) – A multi-agency operation targeting the Sinaloa Cartel in five states led to the largest seizure of fentanyl in U.S. history. The operation targeted a drug trafficking network in the U.S. orchestrated by the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, “one of the largest and most dangerous and foreign terrorist organizations in our country,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said.