Day: April 16, 2025

Texas GOP could stall Trump’s bold AI vision with red tape as China races ahead: ‘Investors are nervous’

7:50 am April 16, 2025

President Donald Trump’s high-tech moonshot may hit a Texas-sized speed bump — and it’s coming from his own party. Trump’s AI initiative, dubbed “Stargate,” aims to build 20 ultra-powerful data centers across the country. Backed by heavyweights like OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and the UAE-funded MGX, the project represents a $500 billion bet on the future […]

Florida man accused of killing girlfriend and her mother, dismembering one of the bodies

7:39 am April 16, 2025

Authorities say a man accused of killing his girlfriend and her mother in St. Petersburg, Florida, dismembered one of the bodies. Kirk Hysell Jr., 41, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 10:15 a.m. Saturday, two women were reported dead in their home by a […]

DOT Sec Sean Duffy finalizes $150M grant to build new port of entry on southern border

7:22 am April 16, 2025

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that a $150 million federal grant had been finalized to construct a new port of entry facility and road for the San Diego-Baja California border. As part of the agreement for the grant, Green New Deal requirements from the Biden administration, including a zero-emission vehicle […]

Biden recalls seeing ‘colored kids’ on segregated bus during his youth in post-presidency speech

7:12 am April 16, 2025

Former President Joe Biden, while reflecting on his youth and witnessing segregation firsthand, referred to Black students as “colored kids” in his first major address since exiting the Oval Office. “We lived in an apartment complex, and she’d [Biden’s mom] drive us only about half a mile to Holy Rosary School in Claymont. But it […]

New Mexico vehicle crash claims lives of 2 US service members, 1 in serious condition

7:11 am April 16, 2025

Two U.S. service members are dead and another remains in serious condition after a crash on Tuesday near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The three service members, deployed in support of Joint Task Force Southern Border, were involved in a “vehicle accident” at about 8:50 a.m. MDT near Santa Teresa, according to a news release from […]