House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), the first Native American to become chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, stood behind President Donald Trump Wednesday for the signing of House Resolution 7148, the funding package that will keep the federal government open the rest of the fiscal year.

Honor to the flag

Camila Murphy, left, and Paislee Hines place their hands over their hearts while presenting the flags at a Clinton Middle School assembly.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crashed in an accident that killed the pilot and a trooper on board, after they responded to a gunbattle between police and a suspect who fired on officers from multiple rooftops over almost two hours, authorities said Thursday.

(AP) — A Texas A&M University professor who was fired last year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity sued the school on Wednesday, alleging the university violated her rights by bowing to political pressure calling for her ouster.

Responded to a report of an accident without injuries in the area of Exit 71 of Interstate 40.

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