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Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline (R) said he wanted his children's school to be "celebrated" because it was one of the "least vaccinated" schools in the state.

In a recent Instagram post, Schatzline railed about Star-Telegram reporter Bud Kennedy, who revealed the school's unvaccinated status.

According to interviews with former and current FBI officials, Donald Trump's handpicked new Director Kash Patel has been an agent of chaos since taking over with firings, forced retirements and the threat of polygraphs causing an exodus of experience.

According to a report from the New York Times, Patel, a close associate of the president, has made good on his promise in his book “Government Gangsters" where he wrote, "The F.B.I. has become so thoroughly compromised that it will remain a threat to the people unless drastic measures are taken."

What has ensued has been a wave of firings, agents being reassigned without rhyme or reason, other agents put on leave with no reason given and threats to either accept a transfer or retire.

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The report notes, "Taken together, the moves are causing worrisome upheaval at the F.B.I., eliciting fear and uncertainty as Mr. Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, quickly restock senior ranks with agents and turn the agency’s attention to immigration," adding the moves so far have "left employees to wonder whether they, too, will be ousted, either because they worked on an investigation vilified by Trump supporters or had ties to the previous administration."

The Times is reporting that Patel is liberally using polygraphs "to hunt down the sources of news leaks," including those who are questioning his leadership.

Donald Trump's inability to manage affairs with China is creating an opportunity for the superpower to eventually invade Taiwan without fear of U.S. intervention.

That is according to longtime foreign affairs correspondent Simon Tisdale in a column published on June 1 in the Guardian.

Donald Trump on Saturday abruptly announced the withdrawal of his pick to head NASA.

Trump last year nominated Jared Isaacman, an online payments billionaire and the first-ever private astronaut to ever go on a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was brutally ridiculed by political observers on Saturday after she released an awkward selfie video at a cemetery in response to a recent town hall scandal.

The Iowa Republican came under fire at her town hall when she defended rolling back benefits for those she said were not supposed to be eligible for assistance. "People will die," one woman shouted out.

Donald Trump is handicapping his own "support system" because of an outdated grudge, according to a conservative analyst.

Former Republican Tom Nichols appeared on MSNBC for an extended interview over the weekend, and early in the appearance decoded what he called the president's "verbal tic."

Donald Trump is still waiting for a check in the mail from Elon Musk, according to a new report.

Musk had a highly publicized exit from the White House, but Trump has repeatedly said the richest man in the world will still be a key adviser at times.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was criticized after she offered a "haunting" response to a constituent concerned about health care cuts in the Republican budget bill, and now she's doubling down by giving a faux apology.

The Iowa Republican held a town hall Friday morning in Parkersburg, where she repeatedly expressed frustration with angry constituents who demanded answers on proposed cuts to Medicaid and food stamp benefits and asked pointed questions about Congress putting a check on president Donald Trump's power, reported KCRG-TV.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have a "complicated" relationship characterized by at least one recent instance of lack of communication, according to a new report.

The conservative Wall Street Journal late Friday evening published a report entitled "Inside Trump and Musk’s Complicated Relationship" in which the outlet describes how "the president and his aides have sometimes expressed frustration with Musk, but his advisers say the two remain close."

Donald Trump recently announced how much time it will take him to know what Putin's motives are, prompting one conservative foreign relations expert to decode what Trump was really saying.

Former Republican Tom Nichols appeared on MSNBC for an extended interview over the weekend, and was asked about Trump's recent statement that he will decide what to do about the Russia-Ukraine cease-fire negotiations in a week and a half or two weeks.