Border issues, state relations
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A Republican congressman who represents the Central Texas city where former President Donald Trump will rally supporters in his first major 2024 campaign rally on Saturday will skip out on the big hometown event, the Washington Examiner has learned.
Some were alarmed that Trump picked the site of a deadly standoff between a cult and the government for his first rally, but Dan Patrick took credit.
Rally is former president’s first large-scale campaign event as his White House comeback bid accelerates
Thousands turned out for Trump's campaign rally but some did not stay very long.
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) announced on Tuesday that he is endorsing former President Trump for the GOP nomination for president in 2024 following a meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Gooden said in a statement posted on his Twitter account that he made the decision after “careful consideration” and a “positive meeting” with DeSantis.…
Following years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations, Texas's Republican Attorney General, Ken Paxton, finds himself on the brink of impeachment, and a GOP-led panel is heading the charge
Ken Paxton drew support from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz prior to the vote
The Texas House on Saturday voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been accused by his fellow Republicans of abuse of office. The 149-member House voted 121-23 to impeach Paxton after several hours of debate during which the chamber heard speeches from both proponents and opponents of impeachment.
The Texas House later voted to impeach Paxton, triggering his suspension from office.
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Donald Trump weighed in on the possible impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, calling for the GOP-led chamber to side with the embattled official.
Paxton said the charges against him are based on “hearsay and gossip.”
The former president called out the Texas governor's silence on Paxton's impeachment.
Former CIA officer and Texas congressman pitches himself as moderate alternative to current crop of primary contenders
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached in May by the GOP-led Texas House of Representatives. His trial in front of the Texas Senate began Tuesday.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday of all charges at a historic impeachment trial that divided Republicans over whether to remove a powerful defender of former President Donald Trump after years of scandal a
Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump at a time when his party seems even more determined to embrace the former president.
Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump.
When Trump was president in 2018 and trying to build the wall he had promised, Rep. Colin Allred was one of the most vociferous Democrats opposing him in the Lone Star State.
Former President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have both made hardline immigration policies essential issues to their political careers.
Former presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke argued Sunday that immigrants make the US a safer and more prosperous nation while rebuking former President Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republican influencers all amplified a false statement on social media that suggests 2 million noncitizens have...
Keller High School will allow pro-Trump parking spots after initially nixing them.
Eagle Pass residents watch as their city becomes an arena for convoys – and policies fail to address their real concerns
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The company is accusing SpaceX of damaging its property, which it bought in 2017 to impede Trump’s border wall, and wants $15 million in damages.
Flags have been lowered to half-staff at many federal and public buildings across the country in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29.
Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott offered support Thursday for President Donald Trump’s recent executive order seeking to ban transgender women from...
Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one...
The company will expand its operations in Utah and its home state of Texas
WIRED spoke to Texas State Senator Sarah Eckhardt, who represents part of the area in Austin served by Tesla’s new and limited robotaxi service.
A Texas highway was shut down Thursday for several hours after a 64-year-old woman involved in a crash pulled out a gun and a lawn chair and sat in one of the lanes.
Search and rescue teams wade through mud-piled riverbanks for a fourth day as more flash floods threaten the region.
Search efforts continue for the dozens of people still missing after Friday's floods, as questions swirl over what went wrong. Here's what we know so far.
STORY: The death toll from devastating floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including 28 children.Among the worst impacts were felt at Camp Mystic,...
"Look, the Internet can be a strange place," Cruz said.
Footage taken from the sky and from the ground has captured just how fast floods arrived in Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, which has killed at least 82 people with hundreds more unaccounted for. [Read More]
In the wake of deadly flooding in Texas, my colleague Noel King, who cohosts the Today, Explained podcast spoke with CNN senior climate reporter Andrew Freedman about what we know about the impact of cuts to the National Weather Service and what those cuts co…
The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Along the banks of the Guadalupe River, David Muir meets with Robert Brake Jr. as he searches for his parents who were washed away by the rapidly rising floods.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
Tesla has yet to schedule its annual shareholder meeting in accordance to Texas law four days ahead of the deadline, and investors are restless.
Many states, including Texas, have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other disasters
Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt with such floods in mind — but still feels the emotional effects.
Sorry, political wise men: "Dummymander" is not a thing — the plan to create more GOP seats will probably work
The number of people reported missing in the wake of historic July 4 flooding in Kerr County, Texas, has dropped from a peak of more than 160 to three, with many now verified as being safe, officials said Saturday."Extensive follow-up work" and "extraordinary…
Democratic members have been packed into blue districts in Austin, Dallas and Houston to make way for GOP seats
Big food brands are quietly relocating to states like Texas and Tennessee. It’s not always just about the taxes
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas House Democrats have until 3 p.m. local time on Monday to return to the statehouse for the special session or risk losing their jobs.
A dramatic redistricting fight could spread to other states before next year's crucial midterm elections.
Texas GOP is threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers unless they return to vote on redrawing the congressional map. And, two NASA satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on could end.
Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) claimed Monday the Republican Party will “never have the White House again” if Democrats overtake the majority in the...
The Smithsonian acquired the shuttle from NASA in 2012, and it's openly objecting to its possible relocation.
Members are racking up bills from travels to remain outside of state boundaries.
Texas Republicans have been trying to bring the state Democratic lawmakers back in order to vote on their redistricting plan.
Eventually, they’ll have to go home.
Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps.
The battle over mid-decade redistricting in Texas -- where the state’s congressional lines could be redrawn well ahead of the upcoming census -- continues Monday.
As the Lone Star State's Democratic lawmakers resist, national Democrats should take a lesson
Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants could backfire in red states on the U.S.-Mexico border.
In a battle prompted by President Trump, Texas and California could redraw lines that change whose votes really matter in the 2026 congressional elections.
Texas' Camp East Montana, the latest and largest of the migrant detention centers being opened across the country, is being met with criticism from immigration advocates.
California Democrats have advanced countereffort to redraw their congressional boundaries, against Trump's push.
Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican...
Facing opposition from Democrats who fled the state to stall the vote, Republicans hope the new maps will lead to more seats in Congress.
The singer shared her summer hot takes as part of the 'GMA' Summer Concert Series.
Rep. Nicole Collier agreed to return to the state after fleeing to delay a vote on GOP gerrymandering—but refused to further comply with the House Speaker's inane demands.
My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • The United States Is Southern Now: From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity. (Businessweek) • The Trillion-Do…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to quickly sign off on a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map gerrymandered to help the GOP maintain ...
Governor Greg Abbott is expected to quickly sign it into law, though Democrats have vowed to challenge it in court.
Texas Republicans passed the map early on Saturday morning after a failed filibuster attempt from Democrats.
GANZHOU, China (Reuters) -Chinese copper flat wire manufacturer Wellascent's decision early last year to build a factory in Texas was a hedge against...
Critics fear a new law in Texas will prove discriminatory - but officials say it it vital to combat "adversaries".
At a busy hiring expo in Texas, new recruits answer Trump’s call.
Experts said the new map could allow Republicans to flip up to five seats.
The tropics have been relatively kind to Texas this year, especially compared with last year, when hurricane season kicked off early with Alberto and Beryl.
Texas redraw sparks gerrymandering fight nationwide, fueling voter power battles in states across the political divide.
New House maps in Texas are meant to help GOP in DC — but they could benefit Democrats in big statewide races
The president cited Colorado's mail-in voting as a factor behind his decision.
Experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels to divert floodwaters. Musk’s company wants a piece of the project.
Democrats think James Talarico is the type of Senate candidate who could win back the voters his party lost to Trump. First he’d have to win the primary.
Texas Democrat James Talarico, who just announced a U.S. Senate bid, is a big critic of Christian nationalist billionaires Farris Wilks and Tim Dunn
In South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, many people go without health insurance, and the health system struggles as a result. Similar communities dot the nation.
Multiple individuals were shot at an ICE facility in Dallas, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting migrants were among those injured.
Less than three months after devastating floods killed 27 people at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, the camp announced it will reopen in 2026, with several families criticizing this decision.
An expansion of a northeast Texas gas storage hub promises to add flexibility and reliability to the state's natural gas delivery system amid rising demand.
Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary...
Texas governor applauds move to deploy 400 National Guard members from his state to Illinois, Oregon and other states.
Gov. JB Pritzker accused the president of using troops for political gain.
Members of the Texas National Guard have been seen at an Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, ABC News has learned.
The military medical center cut ties after 20 years contracted with a Texas company.
A woman in rural West Texas says she was caught by surprise when she spotted a car-sized piece of scientific equipment that was adorned with NASA stickers.
Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to destroy a near-priceless American treasure,” one historian says
Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county in Texas have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.
Democrats need to play the long game in Texas, which doesn't mean they shouldn't take advantage of the opportunity to flip a Senate Seat in 2026.
The power to impose tariffs falls within the federal government’s authority in the Constitution, not the states.
Fans of the Buddy Holly crosswalk in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, with a painted depiction of the rock and roll legend’s iconic glasses, will soon have to...
The federalized California and Texas National Guard members sent to Portland and Chicago will return to their home states, according to two U.S. officials.
A Texas oil firm is fighting an uphill battle with the state of California to restart crude oil production and sales from three platforms in federal waters...
AG Paxton and Gov. Abbott haven’t explained why the state would be collecting the names and details of trans people, but I’m not too optimistic anything they say will provide much reassurance.
Christmas came early for some shoppers at an H-E-B supermarket in Texas. The store offered everyone in line free groceries after a computer glitch shut down the registers.
Texas builders say arrests have upended industry... (Second column, 10th story, link) Related stories:COLD AS ICE: Number in detention hits record high... More than 68,400 people... 'Construction can't continue'... Drudge Re…
NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.
Last month, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority reinstated Texas’s Republican gerrymander after a lower federal court struck it down. The plaintiffs in that case presented considerable evidence that Texas’s gerrymander was enacted, at least in part, to ra…
Rehmet won a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.
Yes, Democrats’ odds of winning a Senate seat in Texas are low, but Republicans look ready to make things interesting.
Locals think the party overlearned the lessons of Trump’s surprising gains — and should stay out of the way. The post Texas Progressives Say Democratic Establishment Is Blowing It In the Rio Grande Valley appeared first on The Intercept.
The GOP and Democratic primaries mark a potential litmus test for what direction base voters want their parties to go ahead of midterm elections this fall that will determine power in Congress.
Texans will vote in the high-stakes Senate race.
James Talarico did not mention Donald Trump when he greeted exuberant supporters at his primary night celebration. With his victory over U.S. Rep. Jasmine...
Tuesday’s Senate Republican primary in Texas ended in an anticlimax, with no candidate winning a majority of the vote. Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn will face state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a May 26 runoff. Though Cornyn will likely receive more votes than…
"For once, he’s telling the truth,” Democrat says of Dan Patrick's warning.
Paxton, the likely Republican nominee, is considered less likely to fare well against Democratic nominee in midterms.
Adam Hoffman, a former attorney from Waco, was facing a first-degree felony before Paxton’s office cut a deal with his prosecutors.
Trump-backed Paxton beat Cornyn, making him the first Texas Republican senator to lose renomination.
It was another banner week of politics in America.
James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas, knows he must put a spotlight on his scandal-ridden opponent, Ken Paxton.
Recent research suggests there's more going on with "ideological sorting" than simply moving to places that match one's politics. It's often one of many deciding factors, such as taxes or safety.
The black campaign bus with “Talarico for Texas” across its side came to a steaming stop at Memo’s Restaurant along the U.S.-Mexico border. “A lot of people...
Republicans face midterms danger as Texas alarms grow... (Second column, 10th story, link) Related stories:STAR RISING: Ossoff Gets Massive Boost in Key Race... Dems wargaming for troops at voting locations...
Gov. Greg Abbott directed regulators to audit data center projects seeking to connect to the grid amid growing backlash.
James Talarico, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Texas, is connecting to traditionally liberal border communities disillusioned with the party.
Video and photos show work underway in Big Bend National Park, the location of a border project which has sparked bipartisan fury.
James Talarico leads Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, signalling a potential shift in the Republican stronghold.
Politicians from both parties are crossing the aisle to voice their opposition to President Trump’s bulldozing of Big Bend National Park to make way for more wall along the southern border.Big Bend is a sprawling, 800,000 acre park within Texas’s Rio Grande V…
The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the h...
Last summer, Congress gave the Trump admin $46 billion to construct a wall from the Pacific Ocean to Mexico
Gov. Greg Abbott initially supported expanding AI data center infrastructure in Texas, but backlash from local residents caused him to change course.
Abbott also spoke with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl about Trump’s job performance.
The move might put the MAGA-aligned politician at odds with Trump.
Texas governor Greg Abbott says data centre companies brought the backlash on themselves. “They basically dug their own grave for the problem that’s been caused for them,” he told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “And that’s why they got the backlash they deser…
Six percent of Texas’s voters—over 1.2 million people—have had their voter registrations suspended, and many might not even know about it. The designation, which means that the voter’s county doesn’t know their address or thinks they’ve moved, doesn’t stop pe…
MAGA Inc., the super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump, plans to spend $10 million dollars in the Texas Senate race, according to a report filed with the FEC.
Landowners, ranchers and business owners in the Big Bend region of Texas along with a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the region's landscape a...
Indigenous groups, environmentalists and locals oppose the wall; Big Bend sees about 1 percent of border arrests.
(Corrects Trump's approval rating in paragraph three) By David Hood-Nuño and Evan Garcia DONNA, Texas, Sept 23 (Reuters) - South Texas unfurls in long stretches of highways across flat landscapes dotted with pump jacks, mesquite trees, and gas stations sporti…
Outgoing Texas Sen. John Cornyn told CNN's Manu Raju that he won't fundraise for Ken Paxton, who was endorsed by Trump and then lost the primary to the former AG, saying Paxton is a flawed candidate and that this is how some majority parties become minorities…
Sid Miller, the Trump-loving Texas agricultural commissioner, talks on his opposition to data centers, and why Greg Abbott may lose.
James Talarico may or may not win the Senate race in Texas. But here’s something we can say right now: Given how close Talarico is coming in this red state after running such an overtly pro-immigrant campaign—which Talarico has done on and off from the outset…
A federal judge on Friday halted the Trump administration’s border wall construction across Texas’s Big Bend sector despite federal officials’ warnings that barriers elsewhere could push illegal crossings into the region. The post Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s…
HOUSTON — As the sun set on a late-September evening, a voice rose over the din of traffic at the roadside memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old husband and father fatally shot here by immigration authorities three months ago.
Democrat James Talarico has been off the campaign trail for about a week as he battles the flu – prompting attacks from President Trump and his GOP opponent Ken Paxton.
Ken Paxton has been avoiding the debate stage for months, but now Donald Trump apparently wants to see him debate James Talarico.