Dan Patrick

2022 Campaign 11/12/20, 03:47

An independent regulatory agency responsible for choosing the next president has come under further scrutiny after the president revealed he attracted the majority of lawful votes at the election. The Trump 2020 campaign team is demanding answers from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) after discovering at least 52 percent of about ...

U.S. 11/11/20, 08:55

Dan Patrick, lieutenant governor of Texas, has announced a $1 million reward offered to those who have evidence of voter fraud that leads to a conviction from anywhere in the United States. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 10, Patrick announced that he will pay the sum of money from his ...

U.S. 07/01/20, 03:24

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Tuesday, June 30, blasted the top infectious disease expert at the National Institutes of Health and CCP Virus (coronavirus) task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci over his stark warning on a spike in the virus cases. During an appearance on Fox News's "The Ingraham ...

Trending 12/31/19, 07:32

Two parish church members who carried firearms to a service prevented hundreds of fellow Texans from being shot to death on Dec. 30, an official said. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has commended two parishioners for neutralizing a gunman who killed two people at the West Freeway Church of ...

Trending 12/31/19, 07:26

New rules allowing firearms to be carried into places of worship helped prevent more lives from being lost at a Texas church shooting on Dec. 30, a religious leader said. Senior Minister Britt Farmer believes a mass shooting that rocked West Freeway Church of Christ would have ended in even greater ...

U.S. 08/05/19, 04:29

Republican officials partially blamed the attacks of terror on violent video games after the mass shootings this weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. “How long are we going to let, for example, and ignore at the federal level particularly, where they can do something about the video game industry,” ...

U.S. 06/21/19, 14:45

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will send another 1,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border while accusing Congress of failing to take action on the growing humanitarian crisis. The governor said at an afternoon press conference among Republican leaders and Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris that ...

U.S. 04/30/19, 11:20

The Latest on the Texas Legislature's attempt to lessen criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana (all times local):11:20 a.m.Texas' Republican lieutenant governor says he won't support reducing penalties for small amounts of marijuana, calling it "a step toward legalization."Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's opposition Tuesday followed a historic ...

Sports 03/23/19, 08:53

When Larry Robinson and Howard Robertson created a pilot for their sports talk radio program "R&R on Sports" in 2013, something was missing from the marketplace."At the time, there were no national syndicated sports radio shows with two African-American male hosts," Robinson says.The two Memphians, who have filled that void ...

U.S. 01/09/19, 11:44

Texas Republican leaders are signaling that a failed "bathroom bill" in 2017 that targeted transgender individuals and upended the legislature isn't coming back.Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday called the issue "settled" and claimed victory, even though two attempts to restrict bathroom access for transgender persons never passed last session.New ...

U.S. 01/08/19, 13:55

A top Texas conservative, Dan Patrick, has been called away from his duties overseeing the opening of the state's legislative session for a meeting at the White House. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick headed Donald Trump's 2016 campaign in Texas and his trip to Washington comes as the president prepares to address the ...

U.S. 01/08/19, 00:08

The Texas Legislature opens with Republicans having smaller majorities in both chambers as a result of electoral defeats, which suggests that hot-button social issues could take a back seat to such matters as fixing the state's flawed school finance system, cutting property taxes and paying for Hurricane Harvey recovery.That might ...

Entertainment 11/07/18, 17:06

Bryan Cranston has confirmed that a "Breaking Bad" movie is in development, though he's not sure he's in it. Following reports that "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan is prepping a two-hour movie connected to the AMC series, Cranston on Wednesday called into the sports talk radio show "The Dan Patrick Show" ...

U.S. 11/05/18, 23:36

The U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke has grabbed most of the attention, but Texas has a full slate of candidates on the midterm ballot.FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2016 file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Will Hurd talks with a supporter at ...