Texas

politics / 8 months ago
Governor Says Texas Isn’t Shooting Migrants Because Biden Would ‘Charge Us With Murder’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said his state continued to use “every tool” in its arsenal to stop migra...
politics / 8 months ago
Illinois Governor Asks Texas To Halt Sending Migrants Amid Winter Storm
Illinois’ governor has asked for a humanitarian break in the flow of migrants sent by Texas due to a...
politics / 8 months ago
Ted Cruz Bizarrely Makes Cancun Joke While Telling Texans To Stay Warm
There are few constants in this world... death, taxes, and Sen. Ted Cruz humiliating himself with jo...
politics / 7 months ago
LGBTQ Advocates Urge The United Nations To Intervene In Texas
Five human rights groups issued a letter to the United Nations on Monday, arguing that Texas legisla...
politics / 7 months ago
GOP Invokes Nullification In Border Standoff Between The U.S. And Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s defiant statement on Wednesday rejecting the federal government’s authority...
politics / 7 months ago
Democrats Call On Biden To Federalize Texas National Guard In Growing Border Dispute
A pair of Texas Democrats are calling on Joe Biden to seize control of the Texas National Guard and ...
politics / 7 months ago
Trump Heaps Praise On Texas Governor For Border Power Grab
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 27: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald T...
politics / 7 months ago
Texas Attorney General Expands Pursuit Of Medical Records For Trans Youth
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the medical records of Texas trans youth who sought gend...
politics / 7 months ago
Nikki Haley Doesn't Want To Talk About Her Texas Secession Comments
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday tried to brush aside her recent comments a...
politics / 7 months ago
Texas Is Making An Absurd Immigration Argument — And It Could Have 'Dangerous' Consequences
In its standoff with the federal immigration authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border along the Rio ...
politics / 6 months ago
Officer Sued For Lying In Police Report — And It’s Not The First Lie He's Told
James Ybarra, who was arrested on drug charges in 2014, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against th...
politics / 6 months ago
A Texas High School Canceled A Play About Hate Crime Victim Matthew Shepard
A Texas high school has canceled its spring production of “The Laramie Project,” a play about the af...
politics / 6 months ago
Texas Executes Man After 2 Decades Of Innocence Claims On Death Row
A 50-year-old man on Texas’ death row who has maintained his innocence for more than two decades was...
politics / 6 months ago
When Your Home State Also Becomes Your Abuser
Gabriela Gonzalez had been dating her abusive boyfriend, Harold Thompson, for four months in the spr...
politics / 6 months ago
Mayorkas Says Greg Abbott 'Couldn't Be More Wrong' In Criticism Of Biden's Border Approach
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) “could...
politics / 6 months ago
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Law That Allows Police To Arrest Migrants
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally is headed to the Su...