Over 100,000 students have already applied after the explosive launch of Texas School Choice — which Gov. Greg Abbott (R) calls “the biggest and best rollout of school choice in the history of the United States of America.”

“And it’s really a gamechanger for education in our state. You know, one thing about school choice is it provides school competition,” Abbott tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program.”

“What we want to see is competition in public education, private education, homeschool education. And when we have that, it is going to lead to better educational products for all the kids in the state of Texas,” he continues.

“And listen, if this can be done in the state of Texas, there is a lot of talk that this could sweep across the United States and truly transform education in the country,” he adds.

“Can you tell me either the demographics, or the income brackets, that are mostly benefiting from this? Because there’s people who say this is going to benefit the rich,” Glenn comments.

“I’m laughing because all those talking points are nothing more than the teacher union talking points,” Abbott laughs.

“There are, income wise, three different buckets for school choice in the state of Texas. The first would be low income, which would be capped at 200% of the poverty level. The second bucket would be the gap between the 200% poverty level to the 500% poverty level. And then the third would be anybody above the 500% poverty level,” he explains.

“And what we have in applicants so far out of about 100,000, they break down pretty evenly among those three different income levels,” he adds.

However, Glenn is still curious as to how exactly this will create competition between public schools.

“Public schools have had a monopoly on educating kids in the state of Texas, and they didn’t have to get up every day and find a way to compete and provide a better education product for their kids. They didn’t have to pay as much attention in the classroom and in doing what needed to be done to truly provide the kind of product that parents look forward to taking their child to every single day,” Abbott explains.

“Now, however, with a robust school choice program that’s being oversubscribed, which means that it may be expanding in the future, it means that public schools, they’re going to have to get back to the basics,” he continues, adding, “They’re going to have to provide the quality of education that will lead to a child actually learning.”

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StopAntisemitism founder Liora Rez called for the firing of a Swiss broadcaster who criticized Israeli athlete A.J. Edelman and accused him of supporting "genocide" in Gaza.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was arrested and later released on Thursday — his 66th birthday — on suspicion of misconduct in public office. This follows after the former prince was stripped of his royal titles due to his long-standing association with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Images captured the aftermath of a truck explosion in Santiago, Chile on Thursday that killed four people, injured 17 and damaged at least 50 vehicles.

U.S.-Iran nuclear talks resumed as both nations prepare for conflict, with Iran fortifying facilities and America deploying military assets to the region.

Fox News Digital's News Quiz covers Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's overseas gaffes and a new study showing certain foods reduce bad cholesterol in older adults.

President Donald Trump joked about Nobel Prize hopes at a Board of Peace meeting, quipping he thought a Norway announcement meant he was finally getting the award.

While Texas politicians are adamant about banning Sharia law in Texas, BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales points out that it’s actually not necessary — because Islamic practices are already illegal in America.

“Sharia is already against the law. The way that they govern is already against the law. Islamic law is not the U.S. Constitution. Islamic law is not Texas law. That’s very obvious. You’re not allowed to amputate someone’s hand for stealing,” Gonzales explains.

“Can’t stone a woman to death because she was unfaithful. They can do that there. You can’t do that over here. You can’t throw someone off a building because they’re gay. They do that over there. Not so much over here. You’re not allowed to kill Christians because you think they’re infidels. Like, that’s why Islam isn't compatible with our country,” she continues.

And Gonzales has made it her “personal goal” to do “whatever is necessary to make the state of Texas the most unfriendly, unwelcoming state to Islam, because it is not here to be friendly or welcoming to us.”

What she actually believes would be “key to stopping the Islamic takeover” is halal meat.

“So in the Quran, you have halal and haram. … Halal means, basically, allowed, permissible. So halal is allowed. Haram is not allowed. Okay? So one’s good, one’s bad,” Gonzales explains.

“And generally, Muslims are only supposed to eat halal food and halal-certified meat,” she continues, noting that pork is one meat considered “haram.”

“And it can only be certified halal if the slaughterer, who has to be Muslim, if the slaughterer participates in this Islamic prayer ritual while he slits the throat of the animal, and it has to hit arteries, and it’s this whole big thing that they have to let the animal bleed out entirely,” she says.

“Now, the thing is, is that animals in this country have to be stunned before slaughter. So they do this so that the animal can’t feel the pain. It’s supposed to be more humane — except there’s a religious exemption, obviously for Muslims or any other religion who want to take that up,” she continues.

“That is why I’m asking Republicans: If you are serious about stopping the Islamic invasion, ban halal meat. Just do it. Ban it,” she adds.

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Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie push for vote on Iran-related measure as the prospect of a U.S. attack on Iran looms.

The U.S. trade deficit has fallen by nearly half since President Trump's Liberation Day tariff announcements in March.

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Truck driver allegedly ran red light in fatal Indiana crash killing Terry Schultz. Driver reportedly an illegal alien from India now in ICE custody.

The latest musical release from U2 laments the death of Renee Good, the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protester who was shot and killed by a federal agent after she swerved her car into him in Minneapolis last month.

The popular group has not released new music since 2017, and lead singer, Bono, said the surprise release of the songs on the EP was necessary to capture the moment.

'They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation.'

"These songs were impatient to be out in the world," the singer said. "They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation. Songs of celebration will follow, we're working on those now."

The lyrics of "American Obituary" condemn the shooting that was captured on video and left Good dead.

"Renee Good, born to die free. American mother of three. Seventh day, January. A bullet for each child, you see," Bono sings.

"The color of her eye. 930 Minneapolis. To desecrate domestic bliss. Three bullets blast, three babies kissed. Renee the domestic terrorist?" he continues.

The chorus sings, "America will rise against the people of the lie."

The other songs on the EP address the Russian war against Ukraine, the Israeli-Gaza conflict, and the lethal crackdowns on protesters by the Iranian regime. One track that features a guest performance by Ed Sheeran will be released with a documentary recognizing the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.

Bono says the future full album release will have more songs with a "joyful tone."

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Bono has used his platform to support philanthropic efforts and has reluctantly admitted that the best way to help impoverished communities is to bring jobs by way of expanding capitalism.

"I ended up as an activist in a very different place from where I started. I thought that if we just redistributed resources, then we could solve every problem. I now know that’s not true," he said in an interview in 2022.

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Savannah Chrisley revealed some brief tension with Sunny Hostin during an off-camera conversation about her parents while discussing her guest hosting experience on "Behind the Table."

In a move highly unlikely to succeed, ESPN has announced it intends to replace Sunday Night Baseball with Women's Sports Sunday, Variety reported.

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Robert Dorgan, who went by "Roberta," killed his ex-wife at an ice rink and a report indicates the deceased woman was also Dorgan's cousin. 

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warns citizens to immediately flee Iran, saying "the possibility of a conflict is very real" amid escalating tensions.