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Steaming mad at an ordinance targeting their business, four food truck vendors are hauling the city of San Antonio into court. Facing $2,000-a-day fines for operating within 300 feet of a restaurant, the food truckers say the local restrictions are unconstitutional. “San Antonio should be encouraging small-business owners like us, not trying to hurt our…

Daily fantasy sports players want to know which employees have access to user data after a DraftKings employee accidentally leaked vital information online on the same weekend he won $350,000 on rival site FanDuel. The burgeoning scandal for the booming daily fantasy sports industry has many players in this free market operation calling for—wait for…

The House Freedom Caucus is standing by its man. After Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, once the leading man to become speaker of the House, abruptly dropped out of the race Thursday, the 40 or so conservative members of the Freedom Caucus said they will continue to endorse Rep. Daniel Webster of Florida to ascend to…

Shortly after telling his Republican colleagues he was dropping his bid to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., explained his decision. >>> READ MORE: Kevin McCarthy Drops Out of House Speaker Race

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has ended his bid to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives. McCarthy, the current House majority leader, was the leading candidate among three Republicans seeking the top job of speaker. However, he lacked the 218 votes needed to win a vote on the House floor after the conservative House…

Sen. Ted Cruz’s questioning of Sierra Club President Aaron Mair turned contentious Tuesday, then went viral when the Texas Republican posted the nearly 10-minute exchange. Cruz repeatedly pressed Mair to address satellite data that found an 18-year pause in global warming, countering the Sierra Club’s claim of a warming trend. He asked the green group…

The race for a new House speaker to replace John Boehner, who is stepping down from Congress effective Oct. 30, is far from over. On Wednesday, at the monthly Capitol Hill gathering Conversations with Conservatives, six lawmakers gave their take on the leadership fight and shared what they want from their new speaker.    

Even when she was still young, Ciara Stockeland knew she wanted to open her own business. The granddaughter and daughter of entrepreneurs, Stockeland became a third-generation small business owner when she founded and successfully franchised Mode, a female fashion boutique. Now Stockeland’s afraid she could lose it all. On Tuesday, testifying before the Senate Committee…

The conservative House Freedom Caucus threw a wrench into the race for House speaker late Wednesday when members vowed to unite as a powerful voting bloc to endorse long-shot Rep. Daniel Webster of Florida. The Freedom Caucus, credited with helping push out Speaker John Boehner, has 40 or so members and effectively has veto power in the…