WASHINGTON, DC — As Texas House Democrats settle in for a potentially weekslong stay in the nation’s capital, one question is becoming increasingly relevant: Who’s footing the bill? The House Democratic caucus paid for the two private jets that flew members to Washington, D.C., on Monday, according to the caucus’ executive director, Phillip Martin, who did
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AUSTIN, Texas — El Paso Democrat Joe Moody was stripped of his position as speaker pro tem of the Texas House on Thursday in the first major backlash for a Democrat who left the chamber to prevent a vote on a GOP priority elections bill. House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, announced the removal of Moody as
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DALLAS, Texas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, has been the only tool keeping millions of tenants in
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WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic state lawmakers from Texas said Wednesday that they are on Capitol Hill to drum up support for federal voting rights legislation amid a boycott of a special session to pass a bill with restrictive elections measures back at home. State legislators also said they don’t plan to travel back to the
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WASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined a group of several of other GOP senators on Wednesday in blasting the Biden Administration’s handling of public health at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their news conference came amid word that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an
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FORT HOOD, Texas — A woman accused of helping Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s suspected killer dismember and dispose of Guillen’s body last year has been indicted by a grand jury. Cecily Ann Aguilar was indicted Tuesday on 11 federal charges including accessory after the fact, destruction of records in a federal case, conspiracy to tamper
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AUSTIN, Texas — As Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on a GOP priority elections bill that would restrict voting rights in the state, the Texas Senate approved the bill Tuesday with a party-line vote of 18-4. The Senate passed the controversial elections bill — and bail legislation — a day after 51 House
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz Five members of a Texas family were arrested on Tuesday for entering the US Capitol together during the January 6 insurrection. Federal investigators pointed to extensive social media posts from many members of the family in order to make the arrests on Tuesday, in one of the largest single-day sweeps of defendants
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden declared that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” Tuesday as Texas Democrats took dramatic action to stymie their state’s latest effort in a nationwide Republican push to tighten ballot restrictions. Biden, who has proclaimed protecting ballot access the central cause of his presidency, has faced sharp
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HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — A body believed to be that of a migrant has been discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hudspeth County desert area, according to the Texas Rescue Patrol. The TRP said it joined Hudspeth County Sheriff’s deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents in using ATVs in the rough desert area “to successfully
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted Tuesday morning to send law enforcement to track down Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of Republicans’ priority elections bill “under warrant of arrest if necessary.” More than 50 state House Democrats left Monday for Washington, D.C., to deny the chamber a quorum as
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AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas law empowering individuals to sue anyone assisting a woman with getting an abortion starting with her sixth week of pregnancy. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood are among the 20
Continue Reading Texas state House Democrats left the state in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law in the remaining 27 days of the special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott. CNN’s Don Lemon talks to one of those Democrats, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, about the goals of the lawmakers who fled to Washington, DC.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats in the Texas Legislature on Monday afternoon bolted for Washington, D.C., and said they were ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in America. At least 51 of the 67 Democratic representatives took
Continue Reading By Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN The Collin County Sheriff’s office in Texas has released 41 minutes of jail security video showing the in-custody death of Marvin Scott III that occurred on March 14. The sheriff’s office said it was releasing the video because Sheriff Jim Skinner had promised Scott’s family there would be
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is now ready to send humans to the edge of space as the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday expanded the company’s operator license for full commercial space-launch. The company’s first manned space flight will take place next week on July 20, launching from its Launch Site One facility
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Agreements released Monday show Iowa is donating the use of state troopers and their equipment at “no cost to Texas” to fight crime along the U.S. border with Mexico, but a spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said there still is a chance Texas could later reimburse some costs. The agreements
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump bathed in the adulation of an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference Sunday as he easily won the informal straw poll of attendees when they were asked who they’d like to see run for the White House in 2024. The political gathering normally serves as an
Continue Reading By Ed Lavandera, Chris Boyette and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Texas man who told CNN he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a polling center in Houston to participate in Super Tuesday last year was arrested and charged this week with two counts of illegal voting. According to a June 24 indictment
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AUSTIN, Texas — Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke was among hundreds of Texans who lined up at the state Capitol on Saturday for their first opportunity during the special legislative session to testify before lawmakers against a bill which would enact sweeping voting restrictions across the state. Nearly 300 members of the public were
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston and Sara Murray, CNN As Texas’ battle over voting rights continues to unfold during the special session in Austin, the outrage stoked by former President Donald Trump’s false 2020 election claims was still on full display Saturday a few hours north at the major gathering of conservative activists where Trump will be
Continue Reading A man open fired at a couple, killing the man and injuring the woman, at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston. Houston Police Executive Chief Matt Slinkard speaks on the case.
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SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space from the Borderland. It’s intended to be a flashy confidence boost for customers seeking their own short joyrides. The lucrative, high-stakes chase for space tourists will unfold on the fringes of space —
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist While Tropical Storm Elsa was dumping heavy rain on Florida on Wednesday, Texas was dealing with its own flooding crisis. A flash flood emergency was issued for Rockport and Fulton, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon after almost a foot of rain fell across the region in a short period of time.
Continue Reading Opinion by Rabah Arezki and Per Magnus Nysveen for CNN Business Perspectives After a pandemic and a price war sent petroleum prices tumbling in 2020, they are again on the rise. A new oil price super cycle — an extended period during which prices exceed their long-term trend — seems to be in the making.
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Republicans are set to mount another push for restrictive new voting laws in their state as lawmakers on Thursday begin a 30-day special legislative session that Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants to see focused in part on “election integrity.” Abbott released an 11-item agenda for the special session that
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of the United States government was mostly responsible for the 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent history. US District Judge Xavier Rodriguez for the Western District of Texas
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Texas boy who is believed to have been abducted. Kayeden Mathew Stutzman was last seen at 11 p.m. Tuesday in San Antonio, ABC affiliate KSAT reported. The Amber Alert issued by the Texas Department of Public
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal officials say they will look into a group of 30 “disruptive” high schoolers who American Airlines removed from a Bahamas-bound flight on Monday. American Airlines said the teens were kicked off flight 893 from Charlotte to Nassau after they were told to wear federally mandated masks, caused
Continue Reading By Keith Allen and Holly Yan, CNN A Covid-19 outbreak stemming from a Texas church summer camp has grown to about 160 cases, including infections of the highly contagious Delta variant, the Galveston County local health authority said. More than 450 people attended the camp for sixth through 12th graders in late June, hosted by
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