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Former President Donald Trump repeatedly pressed national security officials on whether China had a secret weapon to launch hurricanes at the United States while he was in office, three sources told Rolling Stone.

Trump repeatedly asked national security officials whether China had secret technology capable of creating a man-made hurricane, two former senior administration officials and another source briefed on the comments told the outlet. Trump also inquired whether such an attack would amount to an "act of war by a foreign power" and whether the U.S. could retaliate militarily, according to the report.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and several of their Alex Padilla senator official portraitcolleagues, introduced the bicameral Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to overhaul our nation's judicial ethics laws and restore public faith in our court system.

A bill to rename a southeast Houston post office after slain U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén is expected to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The measure introduced by Guillén's representative, Democrat Sylvia Garcia, in January, was debated on the House floor Tuesday and is expected to pass a vote on Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson in Garcia's office.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A bill aimed at keeping the memory alive of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén could soon pass as it would name a post office after the murdered soldier.

If H.R. 224 moves forward, it would rename the post office at 5302 Galveston Road as the Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building.

The post office is just a few blocks from César Chávez High School, where Guillén graduated from in 2018 before serving in the U.S. Army.

EDINBURG, Texas – Members of the Texas congressional delegation have urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to investigate Texas Governor Greg Abbott to see if he misappropriated federal coronavirus relief monies to fund Operation Lone Star.

The urging came in the form of a letter. Among those signing the letter were U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso.

– A US Post Office could soon bear the name of beloved US Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén.

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) is leading a bipartisan bill to rename the post office on Galveston Road in Houston after her constituent, SPC Vanessa Guillén.

The vote is expected to take place this week. The family hopes that Vanessa Guillén's legacy will continue to make a positive impact on military and civilian communities nationwide and here in the Greater Houston area.

President Joe Biden's promise to end new drilling for oil and gas on federal lands is colliding with the cold realities of soaring fuel costs.

Some centrist Democrats, several of whom are up for reelection this year, are requesting that Biden do more via the leasing program to bring price relief — and their ask is not where his preferences lie.

These Democrats are asking Biden to speed up development of the five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan "as required" by federal law to bring more oil and gas to market to help displace Russia's market share and lower prices.

A group of Texas Democrats urged the Biden administration on Monday to probe whether their state had misused federal funds meant to respond to the coronavirus, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) relied on pandemic relief to help pay for his crackdown on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The lawmakers' request stemmed from a string of recent budgetary maneuvers that had enabled Texas to defray the cost of its campaign, known as Operation Lone Star. Essentially, the state shifted about $1 billion in public health and safety funds to its border operations, including the deployment of Texas National Guard troops, while backfilling those agencies with federal pandemic aid, according to a Washington Post analysis of spending records.