Following the McKinney City Council's approval of a mosque relocation and other incidents involving Texas residents, Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison is calling for the Texas Legislature to enter a special session to address the threat of Sharia law.

Last week, Harrison posted an interview on WBAP with radio host Matt Locke to discuss why he is calling for a special session "to deal with the threat of Sharia law."

During the interview, Harrison told Locke that he believes the threat is growing. He pointed to what he described as two functioning Sharia tribunals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

According to Harrison, elected officials in Texas have repeatedly stated that Sharia law is banned in the state, but he said that is "completely false."

"Texans have been told that

Plans have been made for the U.S. Department of Justice to send out 1,000 poll watchers to observe the 2026 midterm elections as the states run them.

Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general, confirms they will be watching for issues like barriers to vote for people with disabilities as well as evidence of election fraud.

“This is something that DOJ does,” she confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg. “We just did it in the primary. We will do it to the tune of approximately 1,000 election monitors in the November election.”

A report by the Washington Examiner said the role is to observe, not interfere.

The goal is a fair election.

Dhillon did confirm the deployment probably will be a record number for a Republican administration.

"We respect state law,"

“My wife says that if you don’t tip at Shake Shack, they make it more expensive per item, so we’re about to find out,” said B.D. Powell who posted the clip on Saturday after patronizing the Salt Lake City airport location.

The video shows Powell and his spouse using a digital kiosk at to purchase three $5.99 Classic Shakes – a vanilla, strawberry and cookies and cream with whipped cream, for 49 cents more.

When the duo is prompted to leave a tip, they select not to leave one, producing a message indicating: “Uh Oh! There has been a pricing update on one or more of your cart items. Please review these changes in your cart.”

With President Donald Trump attending the LIV Golf tournament at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club Sunday, two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled by NORAD to intercept two aircraft violating restricted airspace.

“All general aviation aircraft were safely escorted out of the area by NORAD aircraft,” officials said.

“Pilots: check your Notice to Airmen (NOTAMS) and FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions.”

NORAD F-16s intercepted multiple general aviation aircraft today that violated temporary flight restrictions over Bedminster, NJ.

All aircraft were safely escorted out of the area by NORAD aircraft.

Pilots: check your Notice to Airmen (NOTAMS) and FAA Temporary Flight… https://t.co/yac5sDTp1j

— North

WND News Center

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee to be Michigan's next U.S. senator, floated plans involving leveraging Trump administration officials if his party wrests control of the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.

El-Sayed told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday Democrats can hold the Trump administration "accountable" if elected by using the powers reserved for the majoroty party, such as subpoena power, to start "hauling up people like RFK Jr." The 41-year-old politician and epidemiologist endorsed by Bernie Sanders beat Democratic Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens in a Tuesday primary election.

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"Democratic voters are frustrated, as I don't need to tell you. They don't think

A report possibly linked to the U.S. intelligence community believes Israel seemingly aims to entrench itself in U.S. institutions and more permanently capture American support.

Members of the CIA and other U.S. intelligence officials allegedly wrote an assessment about Israel's strategy to connect itself to American weapons, industrial, and intelligence programs, a Capital & Empire report claims. The alleged report claimed that public U.S. aid to Israel would gradually be replaced by long-term, institutional relationships through which financial aid could subtly spread between government programs.

The alleged CIA document has yet to be publicly released, and the names of any specific individuals enacting this plan have not been disclosed, Capital