Michael Cloud

Rep. Michael Cloud and Sen. Joni Ernst are forwarding the "Return to Sender" Act to defund a multibillion-dollar "boondoggle" that is attempting to refit the USPS fleet with EVs.

Hundreds of people rallied at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to mark 60 years since "Bloody Sunday," when authorities beat peaceful protesters who were marching against race discrimination in voting.The big picture: The anniversary follows President Trump's moves to ax federal affirmative action programs and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and many of Sunday's marchers displayed protest signs warning civil rights remain under threat. People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during 'Bloody Sunday" commemorations on March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images A rally outside Selma's Brown Chapel AME Church during "Bloody Sunday" commemorations on March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images A contingent of Masons marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during commemorations of the 60th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' on March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images People hold signs with a picture of late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis on them before marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 9 in Selma, Alabama. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Selma's foot soldiers walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" on March 9. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images People sing "We Shall Overcome" while marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images People march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge during commemorations of the 60th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' on March 9 in Selma. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Attendees at a rally near a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside Brown Chapel AME Church on March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Martin Luther King III, Waters, Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Jonathan Jackson walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 9. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesGo deeper: Civil rights questions cloud "Bloody Sunday" anniversary in Selma

Republicans attempted to lock the mayor into answers as the fate of the city’s federal funding hangs in the balance.

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Louisiana voters will voted on Proposed Amendment 3 on March 29, deciding whether to make it easier for the legislature to add more charges for which juveniles can be tried as adults.

House GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke with reporters after the first hearing of her DOGE subcommittee under the House Committee on Oversight.

The bill from Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) builds on 2024 legislation from Cloud and then-Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).

Congressman Michael Cloud (TX-27) of Victoria has been appointed to the newly formed Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The new agency is tasked with slashing government waste and providing increased transparency when it comes to government spending. It was created via executive order on Monday.

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office of the White House. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

'not committing yet!'

In 1962, for nine children in Minnesota, it was a year that started with a terrible tragedy. But there was a triumph at the end of it, just before Christmas.

President Joe Biden signed a congressional spending bill into law Saturday morning, putting to bed the threat of a potential Christmastime government shutdown and kicking the issue for a new Congress and a new president to address next year.

More than 30 House Republicans voted against the government funding bill to avert a shutdown on Friday night. The legislation cleared the lower chamber with a 366-34-1 vote, surpassing the two-thirds requirement needed as the Republican House leadership brought it up under the suspension of the rules process. Every member of the Democratic caucus, outside [...]

The Craziest Things Congress Snuck Into Its Pork-Packed Christmas Spending Spree

Members of the House Border Security Caucus pledged to back President-elect Trump's mass deportation plans and vowed to crack down on “particularly pernicious" sanctuary city policies.

Is Your Router From China—And A Security Risk? Here’s How To Check.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is asking Judge Juan M. Merchan to “pretend as if one of the assassination attempts against President Trump had been successful,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in a blistering 23-page response.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office proposed an array of options for keeping the historic conviction on the books.

Florida's 2025 legislative session will begin with 26 new lawmakers in the 120-member state House and nine new Florida senators out of 40. But the makeup of the chambers will shift in the coming months, due to President-elect Donald Trump.

'Whole-of-government equity agenda'

We reject voices that suggest that returning to the dark days of police Cmdr. Jon Burge and rampant, illegal police abuse will make Chicago safer.

Prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss Donald Trump's hush money conviction, but they expressed openness Tuesday to delaying sentencing until after his second term.

Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1." According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in Washington.

Early voting results in the race for U.S. House of Representatives District 27 have Republican incumbent Michael Cloud in the lead with 79.8% of early votes, which is 13,487 votes, according to Texas Secretary of State.

Michael Brown’s death 10 years ago was a defining moment for America’s racial justice movement, casting a global spotlight on longtime demands for U.S. police reforms.

Ayan Shetterly's novel about the 1979 Klan-Nazi shootings debuts before the 45th observance.

Kamala's Last-Ditch Pitch To Black Men Is A Dream For Scammers, Fraudsters

The Washington Post wrote an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris for president, and it was blocked from publication by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

Texas Republicans want answers about a deadly car crash that allegedly was caused by an illegal immigrant drunk driver with multiple deportations.

More than a dozen Texas Republican lawmakers and state leaders slammed Vice President Kamala Harris' planned rally in Houston Friday, blasting her for her border policies as VP.

Alteryx, Inc., Salesforce, Twilio, Box, Kyndryl, and Peraton, collaborate on joint letter for better AI regulation WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of AI integration industry leaders today submitted a joint letter to the US House of Representatives Artificial Intelligence...

Two long-standing San Jose residents with deep ties to District 6 face off for a seat on the San Jose City Council in one of the competitive races that could offset the balance between business- and labor-backed representation on the dais. Local business owner and former mayoral candidate Michael Mulcahy returns to the political sphere [...]

'Thespian in the Speaker’s failure theater'

'I think that money has had such an outside influence'

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Windward Risk Managers, the company that manages Florida Peninsula Insurance, Edison Insurance, and the newly formed Ovation Home Insurance Exchange, has signed a multi-year agreement with Vexcel Data Program, securing an enterprise...

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore says Vice President Kamala Harris should continue doing "weird and cringe" until the debate and then beat former President Trump on the debate stage.

An island-wide blackout was reported in St. John and St. Croix, and at least six cell phone towers were knocked offline across the U.S. territory, said Daryl Jaschen, emergency management director.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week.

Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump, running mate Sen. JD Vance and their surrogates have stepped up efforts to frame Harris as a far-left politician out of touch with American mainstream.

The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — 66% — comes from first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle and were made after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race and endorsed Harris.

Amid division, who works to find our moorings

The DEI attack has been brewing since the Trump assassination attempt, where several female agents were among those protecting the former president and several conservatives questioned their fitness to serve.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, after refusing to answer a majority Monday in the first congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, is facing overwhelming bipartisan calls for her resignation.

By CLAIRE SAVAGE As Congressional members on both sides of the aisle grilled U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Monday on how a gunman was able to fire shots at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt, several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and the agency’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as among the [...]

Soon after a Secret Service sniper killed the man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, officers grabbed the AR-style weapon by the shooter’s body and started to record its make, model and any details they could glean.