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No current or former Texas politician has announced a campaign for the 2024 presidential race.

It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature something the political world hasn't seen in the last 50 years: no elected officials from Texas.

Presidential aspirants running for reelection while dreaming of the highest office in the land often face an uncomfortable question: Will they commit to serving a full term — should they win one — when their best moment to take a shot at the White House may come sooner than that.

A billboard that reportedly sprung up in Los Angeles and San Francisco this week warned Californians against moving to Texas with an ominous reference to the Uvalde school shooting. The billboard, whose creator remains a mystery, claims that the so-called “Texas Miracle” died in Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School were fatally shot in May. The “Texas Miracle” is a term popularized by former Gov. Rick Perry in 2011 to highlight the state’s resilient economy amid the Great Recession.

The controversial billboard greeted Los Angeles and San Francisco residents this week. The billboard shows no obvious political affiliation or sponsor.

The billboard, which shows no political affiliation or sponsor, references Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in May.

Democratic Texas governor’s race candidate Beto O’Rourke is hoping the Uvalde school shooting can reset the contest in America’s largest red state.

The Trump White House energy secretary's denial fell apart with some comical evidence from CNN.

With violent crime increasing in much of the U.S., Republicans see a winning strategy in portraying Democrats as soft on crime ahead of this year’s elections.

The medicinal use of hallucinogenic mushrooms is making inroads in U.S. states as military veterans advocate for the therapeutic value of psychedelic drugs, including in conservative states like Utah, Texas and Oklahoma.

A grand jury has declined to indict Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson following a police investigation sparked by lawsuits from 22 women who have accused him of harassment and sexual assault.

Rick Perry's comments come amid growing fears of a potential Russian incursion into Ukraine.

Rick Perry on Sunday attacked the Biden administration's energy policies, linking them to inflation.

In the closing days of the recall effort that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, his campaign has found a familiar foil that’s as big as Texas.

Lawyers fighting sexual assault allegations against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson face a predicament: Defending their client means working to discredit the claims of 22 women who are more likely to be believed four years into the #MeToo movement.

The midsummer race for Ohio’s traditionally Republican 15th Congressional District wouldn’t typically get much national attention.

Texas Republican Jake Ellzey is the newest member of the U.S. House.

Donald Trump's advisers are angry at David McIntosh, president of the conservative Club for Growth, for persuading the former president to endorse a losing candidate in the special election for Texas' 6th District.Why it matters: Susan Wright's defeat Tuesday in a Republican runoff with Navy veteran Jake Ellzey dealt a blow to Trump's aura of invincibility as a Republican kingmaker. It's critical to his 2022 midterm endorsements and continued hold on the GOP.Get market news worthy of your time w

In 2003, during a bitter fight over a controversial redistricting proposal, Texas House and Senate Democrats left the state on two separate occasions.

Texas Democrats are camping out Washington to try to kill a Republican bill making it harder to vote in the Lone Star State.

People who work in law enforcement deal with situations most of us haven’t encountered.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to keynote the signature fundraiser for the Republican Party in South Carolina.

Many Americans aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions end are looking forward to traditional Fourth of July fireworks.

Revisiting a key witness Republicans cited for Trump's supposed exoneration.

A runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas is set.

Barr offered his resignation last Monday after weeks of tension with Trump brought about an early exit from his post. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)NEW YORK – President Donald Trump’s administration is ending how it began, with over-the-top declarations of praise for the chief executive. Attorney General William Barr offered his resignation last Monday after weeks of tension with Trump brought about an early exit from his post. In the six weeks since his defeat by Biden, Trump has been increasingly disengaged from his job. But with Trump largely in hiding, it fell to Pence to make a public show of meeting with those distributing the vaccine.

President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing several Democrats who lost congressional reelection races last month for key positions in his administration. President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing several Democrats who lost congressional reelection races last month for key positions in his administration. Their consideration continues a long Washington tradition of defeated politicians seeking shelter in a new White House. A decade later, he headlined a rally for her winning congressional campaign. “More than helping the president, these people can help the White House staff dealing with members of Congress,” said Card.

Trump said that he expected OPEC and the Russians to announce cuts of as much as 15 million barrels off the global total of 100 million. That would send a "clear message that we're just not going to let foreign oil flow in here," Perry said. This would be a win for the smaller and mid-sized producers versus United States' oil majors, who have opposed punitive tariffs. President Trump doesn't have good options. In the end, it is more likely that a US government bailout will save the industry, rather than a global market intervention.

Billionaire former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's performance in his first Democratic presidential debate was so bad that it may be the "beginning of the end" for his already late-starting campaign, pollster Frank Luntz said Thursday. Luntz, a longtime Republican pollster and consultant to NBC's hit series "The West Wing," on CNBC compared Bloomberg's debacle to Rick Perry's debate gaffe in the 2012 race for the GOP presidential nomination. "We will look back at this debate potentially as the beginning of the end [for Bloomberg] because he didn't come across as prepared. Ahead of the Nevada debate, Bloomberg was gaining ground in national polls. Despite participating in the Nevada debate, Bloomberg is not on a ballot until Super Tuesday on March 3, when a third of the delegates are up for grabs in 16 nominating primaries and caucuses.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette slammed New York state regulators on Thursday for blocking pipelines that would bring natural gas from Appalachia to New England, but did not specify whether the Trump administration could do anything to push the projects forward. New York State has blocked the construction of several pipelines that would transport fracked natural gas from the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania to New England, including Williams Cos Incs Constitution and Northeast Supply Enhancement and National Fuel Gas Cos Northern Access. During an extreme cold spell early last year, a tanker of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, arrived in the Boston Harbor from a sanctioned facility in the Russian Arctic. When Perry was secretary, he said New York posed risks to national security by blocking projects but he was unable to stop the state. The Trump administration has pursued an energy dominance policy of rolling back Obama-era environmental standards and seeking to boost production of oil and gas.

The Senate on Monday confirmed Dan Brouillette as the next U.S. energy secretary. Brouillette succeeds Rick Perry, who leaves the job as questions swirl in the impeachment inquiry about whether his dealings with Ukraine. Brouillette, 57, has served as the Energy Department's deputy secretary since 2017, and he previously worked for the department under the administration of former President George W. Bush. Trump says Energy Secretary Rick Perry asked him to call Ukrainian presidentDuring his confirmation hearings, Brouillette said he was not a part of any conversation tied to the matters behind the impeachment inquiry. "I'm not aware of the conversations that Secretary Perry had or did not have" with Ukraine, he said.

Of all the missing witnesses, though, Mulvaney stands apart. It was Mulvaney, witnesses said, who organized the unofficial channel of envoys who negotiated with Kyiv: Sondland, Perry and special envoy Kurt Volker. Make that acting chief of staff; hes still on probation after 11 months in the position. When Trump decided to hold next years G-7 summit meeting at one of his resorts in Florida, Mulvaney did not resist. And now Mulvaney has helped Trump blunder into impeachment without even getting the Ukrainian investigation of Biden that he wanted.

The ambassador, a wealthy hotel entrepreneur and Trump donor, detailed Trumps active participation in the Ukraine controversy. Testifying to the House Intelligence Committee, Sondland said he told Pence that a freeze ordered by Trump of $391 million in security aid to Ukraine appeared to be part of the pressure campaign. Trump in a July 25 phone call asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to carry out two investigations. The other involved a debunked conspiracy theory promoted by some Trump allies that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump has said he did nothing wrong in the Ukraine matter and specifically denied any quid pro quo.

REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File PhotoSondlands testimony, in a Democrat-led impeachment probe of Trumps Ukraine dealings, raises questions about Perry, who had been one of Trumps longest-serving and most scandal-free Cabinet members. Trump held up nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine as he asked Zelenskiy to investigate the Bidens. It has not come up in the testimony whether Perry had directly told Sondland that Trump wanted a probe of the Bidens. The Energy Departments spokeswoman, Shaylyn Hynes, said on Wednesday Sondland had misrepresented both Perrys interaction with Giuliani and the direction he received from Trump. Trump has said he made his July 25 call with Zelenskiy at Perrys urging.

A woman holds a sign during a protest against the execution of Rodney Reed on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Bastrop, Texas. The stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had recommended delaying the lethal injection. Bryce Benjet, an attorney with the Innocence Project, which is representing Reed, said defense attorneys were “extremely relieved and thankful” to the appeals court. The Texas Attorney General’s Office declined to comment Friday on whether it would appeal the order staying Reed’s execution. In their most recent motion to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Reed’s lawyers alleged prosecutors suppressed evidence or presented false evidence related to Fennell.

Copyright 2019 CNNWASHINGTON, D.C. - All four White House officials who are scheduled to give depositions on Monday during the House's impeachment inquiry won't show up, as a source with knowledge of the situation tells CNN that National Security Council lawyers John Eisenberg and Michael Ellis will not testify. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who was scheduled to appear Wednesday, will not participate in a closed door deposition, an Energy Department spokesperson said Friday. Two other OMB officials, Michael Duffey and Russell Vought, also won't show up to their depositions later this week, a source with knowledge of the situation tells CNN. The inquiry is rooted in a whistleblower complaint that deals with a phone call President Donald Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25. A transcript of the conversation released by the White House shows Trump repeatedly pushed Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

The head of the House impeachment inquiry said Monday that the failure of four White House officials to testify despite subpoenas adds to the evidence against President Donald Trump. "This will only add to the body of evidence on a potential obstruction of Congress charge against the president," Schiff said, noting that during the impeachment inquiry into former President Richard Nixon, an article of impeachment was based on obstruction of Congress. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in his dealings with Ukraine and repeatedly attacked the impeachment process. On Monday, he wrote on Twitter, "What I said on the phone call with the Ukrainian President is "perfectly" stated. Perry is scheduled for a deposition on Wednesday, but the Department of Energy has already indicated that the secretary will not appear.

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a news conference after the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will refuse to appear before a closed session of House of Representatives committees investigating President Donald Trump for possible impeachment, an Energy Department spokeswoman said on Friday. "The Secretary will not partake in a secret star chamber inquisition where agency counsel is forbidden to be present," spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes said in a statement. "If the committee is interested in conducting a serious proceeding they are welcome to send for the Secretary's consideration an invitation to participate in an open hearing where the Department's counsel can be present and the American people can witness," she said.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Tom BrennerABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Saturday that conversations with Saudi Arabia on a nuclear program are going forward. Speaking at a round table in Abu Dhabi he added that the United States did everything it could to have a ready global supply of oil.

The outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has said he does not believe that U.S. President Donald Trump will be formally impeached, even though political opponents are clearly determined to "harm" him. Perry, who is on a trip to Dubai, told CNBC's Hadley Gamble on Saturday that he didn't think Trump would eventually face articles of impeachment. This is as a big a 'chasing the ghost' as I've seen before," said Perry. Rudy Giuliani the president's private attorney has taken a lead role in communications with some officials in Ukraine. When asked if Giuliani had become a political liability to Trump, Perry said "I don't know," before adding that it is often important to take advice from outside of political administrations.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a news conference after the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ints KalninsPerrys departure was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday. Perry told Fox he had pushed Trump to make the July call, agreeing with a characterization the president had made earlier. Biden never came up in any discussions Perry had with Zelenskiy or the White House, he said. Perry also said he had no problems about being told to consult with Trumps personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Ukraine matters.

FORT WORTH, Texas/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will step down by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said on Thursday, a day before a deadline set by congressional Democrats for Perry to turn over documents in the impeachment probe. Trump told an event in Texas that he had known for months that Perry would resign. Well announce it pretty soon.Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, who has attended several international energy meetings in recent months, is widely expected to replace Perry. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a news conference after the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. In 2018, Trump pressed Saudi Arabia to boost oil exports ahead of his administrations unilateral reimposition of sanctions on Irans oil exports.

Rick Perry, U.S. secretary of energy, speaks during the 2019 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who will be leaving his post by year's end , said Friday that he is not sure whether he will comply with a subpoena from House Democrats conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. But Perry, who revealed a day earlier that he would be stepping down as Energy secretary, told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" that he would follow the advice of administration lawyers. The White House has rejected the impeachment inquiry as a "witch hunt" and is refusing to comply with its proceedings. Some current and former officials have opted to testify regardless of the messages from the Trump administration.

President Trump has tapped Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to take Rick Perry's place as energy secretary. "I want to thank Secretary of Energy Rick Perry for the outstanding job he has done," the president tweeted. At the same time, I am pleased to nominate Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette to be the new Secretary of Energy. Before joining the administration, Brouillette was the senior vice president and head of public policy for USAA, and a vice president at Ford Motor Company. Brouillette tweeted his appreciation of Perry Friday afternoon.

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Dan Brouillette, United States Deputy Secretary of Energy, seen during an interview with the German Press Agency (dpa) in te course of the 54th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, 16 February 2018. President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has nominated Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to replace departing Energy chief Rick Perry. "I am pleased to nominate Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette to be the new Secretary of Energy. From 1998 to 2000, Brouillette worked as a lobbyist for firm Fleishman-Hillard. Perry will step down at the end of the year, Trump said at a rally in Dallas on Thursday night.

FORT WORTH, Texas/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will step down by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said on Thursday, a day before a deadline set by congressional Democrats for Perry to turn over documents in the impeachment probe. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a news conference after the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. Well announce it pretty soon.Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, who has attended several international energy meetings in recent months, is widely expected to replace Perry. Perry was virtually free of the ethics investigations that weighed on other Trump administration officials. In 2018, Trump pressed Saudi Arabia to boost oil exports ahead of his administrations unilateral reimposition of sanctions on Irans oil exports.

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON - Energy Secretary Rick Perry will leave his job by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Perry was traveling with Trump to Texas when he told Trump of his decision aboard Air Force One. House Democrats have subpoenaed Perry for documents related to a Ukrainian state-owned energy company as well as his involvement in a July call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The spokeswoman, Shaylyn Hynes, has said Perry wanted Trump to speak with the Ukrainian leader on energy matters related to U.S. efforts to boost Western energy ties to Eastern Europe. Perry, who became energy secretary in 2017, has supported Trump's call for "energy dominance" around the world and pushed to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House official on Thursday acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trump held back military aid for Ukraine earlier this year in part to pressure Kiev to look into allegations about the 2016 U.S. presidential election. FILE PHOTO: Mick Mulvaney, Assistant to the President and Acting Chief of Staff, The White House, speaks during the Milken Institute's 22nd annual Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Mike BlakeActing White House chief of staff Mike Mulvaney told a news conference that such action was absolutely appropriate and said it was part of Trumps larger concerns about corruption in Ukraine. The look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the things that he was worried about in corruption in that nation, Mulvaney said. Mulvaneys reference to 2016 refers to a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine and not Russia interfered in the U.S. election that year and that a Democratic Party computer server was being held somewhere in Ukraine.

Washington Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified President Trump Thursday that he plans to resign, two administration sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. Bloomberg News first reported Perry had informed Mr. Trump of his intention to leave. Mr. Trump told reporters on Thursday that he already has his replacement, but he did not clarify who it is. At the Louis Vuitton Workshop ribbon cutting in Dallas on Thursday, Mr. Trump singled out Perry, who was in attendance. Mr. Trump said he was "going to miss him so much" and said he has done a "fantastic job."

Shortly after Trump's remarks, the Department of Energy shared Perry's resignation letter as well as his video message directed to Department of Energy employees. President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that Energy Secretary Rick Perry will step down at the end of the year. Instead, we arrive in their capitals espousing the benefits of American energy resources, technology and services. I am proud to have established the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response and the Office of Artificial Intelligence and Technology. An important part of the American energy story is what we are doing with science and technology to make our air cleaner.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats issued a subpoena for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday over any possible role he played in President Donald Trumps effort to get Ukraines president to investigate a political rival. Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have played in conveying or reinforcing the Presidents stark message to the Ukrainian President, the chairmen of three House of Representatives committees leading the probe wrote in a letter to Perry. The letter from the chairmen of the Oversight, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees sought documents by Oct. 18, the latest effort from Democrats in Congress to secure evidence and testimony from the Trump administration. The White House said on Tuesday it would refuse to cooperate with the congressional impeachment inquiry, hours after the administration abruptly blocked a key witness in the Ukraine scandal from testifying to congressional panels. The Ukraine investigation has cast a pall over Trumps campaign to win back the White House in 2020.

Alex Wong/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON (CNN) - Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the latest member of President Donald Trumps administration to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry, CNN and The Washington Post reported Thursday. Also on Thursday, House Democrats issued subpoenas to two associates of Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who were indicted by federal prosecutors. The leaders of the three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry demanded that Parnas and Fruman turn over documents related to communications with the White House, Ukrainian officials and Giuliani by Oct. 16. The subpoenas to Parnas and Fruman add to a rapidly growing list of subpoenas issued as part of the Democratic impeachment inquiry. More subpoenas are likely in the coming days in response to White House stonewalling of the impeachment probe.

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry reacts during a news conference after the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. House Democrats issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday, the latest salvo in the party's impeachment probe into whether President Donald Trump abused his power through his interactions with the leadership of Ukraine. The subpoena for a variety of Ukraine-related documents was issued by the Democratic chairmen of the House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees. Perry has come into focus for his role encouraging Trump to take the July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president at the center of the impeachment investigation. Trump used the call to press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Trump's potential 2020 electoral rival Joe Biden, a former vice president.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Lithuanian Minister of Energy Zygimantas Vaiciunas attend a news conference after the partnership for Transatlantic energy cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ints KalninsVILNIUS (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Monday he had no plans to resign now or next month, denying a report that he was expected to announce his resignation in November. Asked about the report in Politico, the U.S. energy secretary told a news conference in Lithuania: No. Im here, Im serving.Theyve been writing the story for at least nine months now. One of these days they will probably get it right, but its not today, its not tomorrow, its not next month, Perry said.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Lithuanian Minister of Energy Zygimantas Vaiciunas attend a news conference after the partnership for Transatlantic energy cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ints KalninsVILNIUS (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Monday he had no plans to resign now or next month, denying a report that he was expected to announce his resignation in November. Asked about the report in Politico, the U.S. energy secretary told a news conference in Lithuania: No. Im here, Im serving.Theyve been writing the story for at least nine months now. One of these days they will probably get it right, but its not today, its not tomorrow, its not next month, Perry said.

Axios cited a source saying Trump said Perry had asked Trump to make the call to discuss "something about an LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant." An employee employee walks between gas pipes at a facility operated by UkrTransGaz, a unit of NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy, in Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. The Trump and Giuliani allies driving the attempt to change the senior management at Naftogaz, however, appear to have had inside knowledge of the U.S. government's plans in Ukraine. Giuliani, Parnas and Baumgardner were there to make a business pitch involving gas deals in the former Soviet bloc to a potential investor. "The people from the company solicited my clients because Igor is in the gas business, and they asked them, and they flew to Washington and they solicited," Dowd said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is expected to announce his resignation in November, Politico reported on Thursday, citing three unidentified people familiar with his plans. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, December 11, 2018. While the beltway media has breathlessly reported on rumors of Secretary Perrys departure for months, he is still the Secretary of Energy, spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes said in a statement. The complaint mentioned Perry, who led a small U.S. delegation to Zelenskiys inauguration in May, replacing Vice President Mike Pence. Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, who has attended several international energy meetings in recent months, is widely expected by energy experts to replace Perry.

(CNN) - Three days before Christmas in 1975, President Gerald Ford signed a law creating the United States' first emergency stash of crude oil. At the time, OPEC, the cartel of oil-producing nations, had a stranglehold on the world's supply of crude. Today the United States is one of the world's largest producers and a major seller, not just a buyer, of oil. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve contains 645 million barrels the world's largest backup oil supply. They damaged the core of Saudi oil production and have temporarily knocked out 5.7 million barrels a day.

Adam Mosseri, chief of Instagram, wants users to know the service isn't getting ready to use your photos against you. "If you're seeing a meme claiming that Instagram is changing its rules tomorrow, it's not true." Governor Perry said. But an Instagram spokesperson told CNN Business "there is no truth" to the viral meme. Last week, Mosseri announced a new feature that he said would help users easily report Instagram posts containing fake news.

NEW YORK - A new wave of fear is sweeping across the globe thanks to celebrities who share a message claiming Instagram will now allow users' photos to be used against them in court. Uhhh, it's all a hoax. Celebs such as Pink, Julia Roberts, Rob Lowe and Taraji P. Henson have all shared the fake post that says "Instagram does not have my permission to share photos or messages." "There is no truth to this post," an Instagram spokesperson told MarketWatch. In fact, the hoax isn't even new as it's been out in the social media-sphere since 2012.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry, veering from the Trump administration message on climate change, told CNBC on Wednesday he believes that human activity does play a role. Perry said in a "Squawk Box" interview when pressed on what causes climate change. However, Perry did say that it's still worth developing zero-emissions technology and that the Trump administration has made great strides in cleaner energy solutions. "Common sense tells you, bring the cleaner burning fuels, bring the things that bring the emissions down. During the first round of the second Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday evening, the 2020 hopefuls on the stage all agreed on the need to urgently address climate change, but clashed over how to do it.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry said there is a great deal of healing that has to occur after five officers were killed and seven others injured in Thurday night's Dallas shooting. Perry joined CBSN by phone, see the full interview.

A triumphant Donald Trump said farewell to former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who dropped out of the field of Republicans running for president and took a parting shot at the GOP front-runner. The businessman said attacking him seemed to be an "unlucky" strategy and issued a warning to just about anybody who has taken him on. Julianna Goldman reports.

After what seemed like an endless expansion, the Republican field is now narrowing. Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has become the first Republican candidate to drop out of the campaign for President. Anthony Mason reports.

In an interview with John Dickerson, Gov. Rick Perry says Donald Trump “will be required to really get down to lay out solutions and not just sound bites.“

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he will not go quietly as Donald Trump divides the Republican party. Despite Trump’s recent criticism of Texan border security, Perry notes that immigration control is the federal government’s responsibility.

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Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is striking back at GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump after the businessman made fun of his glasses. CBS News senior political editor Steve Chaggaris discussed the feuding politicians with CBSN.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is running for the Republican nomination, talks about banking regulations and responds to criticism from Hillary Clinton on restrictive voter ID laws he supports.

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