HOUSTON – There is a $169 million budget gap in the city of Houston’s budget for the next fiscal year, according to the numbers Mayor Sylvester Turner released on Tuesday. The city is reeling from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and local leaders are not sugar-coating it. City leaders said they need to make drastic cuts, which means thousands of city employees are facing the possibility that they could be furloughed. Turner said he will try to secure more funding to save those jobs by using federal money. “I’ve asked Chief Pena with the fire department and Chief Acevedo and others to take a look at where their employees were used specifically for COVID purposes.

A West Point cadet is catching criticism after video surfaced of her on her phone in the middle of the military academy's graduation march. The cadet is seen looking down at her phone while marching with other cadets in the video posted on the West Point Facebook page. #WithHonorWeLead Posted by West Point - The U.S. Military Academy on Saturday, May 21, 2016Some say she lacks discipline and respect. "Cadets on phones while marching, some cadets marching in platforms heels, others sneakers, some with socks, others not. Is this the best and brightest future leadership of our military," Facebook user Mark Browne wrote.