Gov. Abbott orders Texas National Guard to help with migrant arrests at border
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas National Guard deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border will start helping troopers make arrests, Republican Gov. Greg…
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Republican Jake Ellzey has won a U.S. House seat in Texas over a Trump-backed rival
ARLINGTON, Texas — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former…
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Trump snubs Bush by endorsing Paxton in Texas AG race
By Jamie Gangel and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his bid for re-election,…
Continue Reading Biden administration terminates two border wall contracts in Texas
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection is terminating two border wall contracts in the Laredo sector that cover approximately 31…
Continue Reading Why Texas’s lone Black freshman Democrat refuses to give up on the fight for voting rights
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, holding public office was not a goal she ever set. Neither was becoming a civil…
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Abbott won’t impose new mask mandate despite increasing Texas virus cases
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite Covid-19 cases being on the rise…
Continue Reading Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications
By Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN An extraordinary effort by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to block nominees from being confirmed to vital…
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Fox News says Abbott’s Texas border wall is a chain-link fence
DEL RIO, Texas — Fox News is giving an inside look at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, which is actually a chain-link…
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Texas Dems infect aides for Pelosi & White House, dimming chance to meet Biden
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers who hightailed it to the nation’s capital in a faceoff over voting rights said Tuesday that they were pressing on…
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Las Cruces lawmaker says politics led to denial of Communion
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A New Mexico lawmaker from Las Cruces says he was denied Communion by his local Catholic priest because of his…
Continue Reading 6th Texas House Democrat tests positive for Covid in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– One additional Texas House Democrat has now tested positive for Covid-19 while in the nation’s capital. Nearly 60 lawmakers are in…
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Abbott to unveil plan restricting transition medical care for transgender kids
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he was preparing to take action to restrict transition-related medical care for transgender children…
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Las Cruces residents without masks show up at City Council meeting to speak out against mask mandate
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A group of about a half dozen Las Cruces residents refused to show their vaccine cards or wear their masks at the first…
Continue Reading 5 Texas Democrats who fled elections bill vote now have Covid
WASHINGTON, DC — Five Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives who traveled to Washington D.C. last week have now tested positive…
Continue Reading 3 Texas House Democrats test positive for Covid-19 in Washington, DC
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Three Texas state House Democrats who traveled to Washington, DC, this week have tested positive for Covid-19, The Texas House…
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Las Cruces requiring proof of vaccination, or you must wear a face mask at City Hall
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The mayor of Las Cruces has issued an emergency proclamation, saying the city remains in a public health emergency. Mayor…
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Federal judge in Texas blocks new DACA applications as illegal
HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain…
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Biden picks former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall for New Zealand ambassador
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden is nominating former New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. Udall, a…
Continue Reading What’s in the restrictive voting bills being pushed by Texas GOP lawmakers?
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Democrats’ dramatic trip to Washington, DC, this week stemmed from uniform opposition to two voting bills being…
Continue Reading Manchin meets with Moody, Texas Dems on federal voting rights
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a key vote in the effort to pass federal voting rights legislation, on Thursday said he and a group of…
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Beto O’Rourke raises $500k to help pay for Texas Dems in DC
WASHINGTON, DC — As Texas House Democrats settle in for a potentially weekslong stay in the nation’s capital, one question is becoming…
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El Paso’s Moody stripped of speaker pro tem title due to Texas House Dems walkout
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…
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With federal moratorium set to expire, will New Mexico do enough to limit evictions?
SANTA FE, New Mexico — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended…
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With moratorium set to expire, are evictions in Texas about to increase?
DALLAS, Texas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration…
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Texas Dems in DC push Congress to pass federal voting law
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic state lawmakers from Texas said Wednesday that they are on Capitol Hill to drum up support for federal voting rights…
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Cornyn, Cruz speak out amid order coming on border health limits
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…
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El Paso’s Blanco among 9 no-shows as Texas Senate passes voting restrictions bill
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…
Continue Reading Biden declares GOP voting restrictions in Texas, other states to be ‘un-American’
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden declared that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” Tuesday as Texas Democrats took…
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Texas House GOP votes to track down absent Dems, arrest them
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…
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Lawsuit targets Texas law using citizens to enforce abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas law empowering individuals to sue anyone…
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