By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state’s six-week abortion ban. US District Judge Robert Pitman’s order is a victory for abortion rights proponents, who had seen other attempts to block the law stymied by the ban’s novel design. It may, however, be only a temporary victory.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal judge orders Texas to suspend the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which banned most abortions statewide.
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FORT BLISS, Texas — Southern New Mexico GOP Congresswoman Yvette Herrell toured Fort Bliss’ Dona Ana Complex on Wednesday where thousands of Afghan refugees evacuated into the U.S. are being housed and processed. She spoke with the media following the tour, which you can watch in the video player above. Herrell has expressed concern about the recent
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MISSION, Texas — Eight Republican governors traveled to Texas to join Gov. Greg Abbott for a Wednesday tour of the border with Mexico. The Republican Governors Public Policy Committee funded the transportation to Texas, and a press release said it was a visit to the border “to witness firsthand the crisis playing out, reveal their
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas agency has approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. Monday’s unanimous recommendation by the seven member Texas
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By Fredreka Schouten Former President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to allow an election review bill to move forward in a state he won in 2020 — as Trump continues his election fraud crusade nearly a year after losing the White House. In a statement released Friday, the former
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether the law made private citizens “a proxy for the state to insulate the state from the sort of judicial oversight that would exist.” US District Judge Robert Pitman is holding a hearing Friday to consider
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek abortions since the Texas six-week abortion ban took effect, the group says. The organization says that clinics in neighboring states saw a surge in patients with Texas zip codes. In Oklahoma,
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AUSTIN, Texas — The first draft of a new Texas House map gives El Paso County less representation in the state Legislature’s lower chamber and pits two lawmakers who refused to end House Democrats’ quorum break against each other. The proposal by Texas Republicans, who have majorities in the Texas House and Senate, removes House
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case concerning Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2018 campaign and consider regulations that limit money that committees can raise after the election to reimburse loans made before the election. A lower court ruled in favor of Cruz, holding that a loan-repayment restriction
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OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin has prevailed against efforts to recall him from office as an Otero County Commissioner in southern New Mexico. Recall committee spokesman Scott Fredrick said a petition drive collected 1,229 signatures from registered voters in Griffin’s Otero County district, short of what they needed to
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EL PASO, Texas — One Republican candidate for Texas attorney general is not relying on a vast political dynasty to pull out a win. George P. Bush is the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. He’s also the nephew of former President George W. Bush and grandson of former President George H.W. Bush. But
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed In briefs filed Wednesday in the Justice Department’s challenge to Texas’ abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton touted the trips Texas women are making out of state to obtain abortions as a point in his favor in defending the law. Paxton was addressing an argument that the Biden administration had made
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Republicans released their first draft of a new state congressional map that reshapes El Paso’s two congressional seats.Fort Bliss would move from the 16th Congressional District to the 23rd Congressional District under the proposal unveiled Monday, which is expected to go through multiple revisions before state lawmakers approve it.U.S. Rep.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers on Monday released their first draft of a new congressional map for the next decade that includes two new districts in Austin and Houston — metropolitan areas with diverse populations which fueled much of the state’s population growth over the past 10 years. Republicans constructed this map with incumbent protection
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republican Rep. Brian Babin of Texas announced Saturday that he tested positive for Covid-19. Babin said in a statement that he started experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms Friday and, after a few negative tests, he tested positive for coronavirus Saturday morning. The GOP congressman and dentist, who is also
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, CNN A day after a press release obliquely announced that a “full forensic audit” was already underway in a handful of Texas counties, officials in many of those counties told CNN they’re still in the dark about the audit plans. Hours after former President Donald Trump fired off a letter to GOP
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AUSTIN, Texas — Beto O’Rourke says he is still “very seriously” thinking about running for governor — and that he is not surprised Matthew McConaughey, another potential candidate, is polling so well against Gov. Greg Abbott. During an interview Friday at the 2021 Texas Tribune Festival, the former Democratic U.S. representative from El Paso praised McConaughey for
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WASHINGTON, DC — Legislation passed by the U.S. House on Friday would guarantee a woman’s right to an abortion. But the bill’s 218-211 approval may turn out to be mostly symbolic, as Republican opposition could doom it in the U.S. Senate. The House vote is part of an effort by Democrats to circumvent a new
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden harshly condemned images of Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up Haitian migrant families in Texas, saying those responsible for the actions will be punished. “It’s horrible what you saw. To see people like they did, with horses, running them over, people being strapped, it’s outrageous,” Biden said at the White
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN The final report produced by Cyber Ninjas, the company hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to conduct a months-long, partisan review of the 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County in the 2020 election, shows that the results of reviewers’ hand recount are nearly identical to the county’s tally.
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortion providers are again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a new state law banning most abortions. The request filed Thursday comes weeks after the deeply divided court allowed the law to take effect. Abortion providers say it has resulted in women
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Matthew McConaughey is still considering a run for political office. The “Dallas Buyers Club” actor, a native of Texas, said in a recent episode of the “Set it Straight: Myths and Legends” podcast that he’s “measuring” the idea after members of the country band Midland said he should run for office
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AUSTIN, Texas — If SB3 becomes law in Texas, transgender student athletes would have to participate on the sports team that corresponds with the sex they were assigned at birth. The bill now up for debate in the legislature’s third special session, was defeated in the regular session and the first two special sessions, according
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students recently filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of school song “The Eyes of Texas.” The complaint filed earlier this month with the U.S. Department of Education alleges Black students and faculty are
Continue Reading Bridget Cambria, Executive Director of Aldea – The People’s Justice Centre, discusses the Haitian migrants attempting to reach the U.S. and the systemic issues with America’s immigration system.
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan and Devan Cole, CNN Abortion-inducing drugs in Texas will now be harder to obtain after the state’s Republican governor recently signed restrictive legislation into law, weeks after another strict abortion law went into effect in the state. Senate Bill 4, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, prohibits a person
Continue Reading DEL RIO, Texas — With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods to deter migrants from crossing into the state, including parking Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles for miles along the border to create a “steel barrier.” The
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN A Texas school district board voted unanimously to give notice of a proposed non-renewal of the contract of a principal at the center of controversy over critical race theory. James Whitfield, principal of Colleyville Heritage High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was placed on paid administrative leave
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A San Antonio doctor who wrote a Washington Post op-ed claiming that he had violated Texas’ six-week abortion ban now faces a lawsuit brought against him under the ban. Dr. Alan Braid had all but dared supporters of the near-total ban on abortion to try making an early example of him and file
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