El Paso, Texas — Election season is in full swing for both New Mexico and Texas. Many Borderland residents may not feel comfortable waiting in line at polling locations for fear of contracting the coronavirus. RELATED CONTENT: Voting during the pandemic: Everything you need to know about the 2020 election Registered voters can opt to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — As Covid-19 cases surge in her state, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday afternoon issued new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the virus. They include limiting gatherings to five people or less, an expansion of the mandatory quarantine for visitors from high-risk states, reduced hotel capacities and a
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EL PASO, Texas — The first day of early voting in Texas saw a record high turnout in El Paso, but relatively few glitches as voters surged to polling places despite the coronavirus pandemic. Tuesday kicked off a high-stakes Texas election that has Republicans battling to maintain their dominance statewide in a raft of down-ballot
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — As the latest poll in Texas shows the presidential race tight, Democratic nominee Joe Biden sent his wife to the Lone Star state to campaign on the first day of early voting. As the first ballots were being cast on Tuesday, Jill Biden visited El Paso along with two other Texas
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — By the fifth day of early voting in New Mexico, Doña Ana County residents had already cast more than 5,200 ballots, according to the clerk’s office. RELATED STORY: Early voting kicks off in Texas with long lines to cast ballots in El Paso “It’s a very encouraging sign to see
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THE VILLAGES, Florida — Sara Branscome’s golf cart whizzed down the smooth asphalt path that winds through The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, an expanse of beautiful homes, shops and entertainment venues that bills itself as “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown.” Branscome’s cart was festooned with two American flags that flapped in the warm afternoon breeze.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Protesters used a rope and chain to topple a monument in New Mexico’s capital city as activists faced off with authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border in neighboring Arizona as part of demonstrations meant to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Officers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety responded Monday after protesters blocked traffic near
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s White House doctor says Trump has tested negative for Covid-19 on consecutive days using a newer rapid test from Abbott laboratories. The assessment from Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley comes as Trump is traveling to Sanford, Florida, to headline his first campaign rally Monday since becoming infected with the coronavirus.
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Chamber hosted a mayoral forum Monday during the noon hour featuring the six El Pasoans seeking the city’s top elected office. The candidates fielded questions on a variety of business-related topics such as economic development strategies, transportation infrastructure projects, bi-national trade, and cultivating emerging sectors. “Understanding each candidate’s
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WASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci did not consent to being featured in a new advertisement from the Trump campaign touting President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert said his words were taken out of context. “In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never
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WASHINGTON, DC — The White House doctor said Saturday night that President Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus, a diagnosis that comes as the president prepares to resume campaign rallies and other activities. In a memo released by the White House, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley said Trump meets the
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Taylor Swift is choosing to be fearless about endorsing her pick for president. The superstar singer has announced she will be voting for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the upcoming November election. She expanded on her decision to do so in the new issue of V Magazine. “The change we need
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump on Saturday delivered remarks from the White House at his first in-person event since he tested positive for coronavirus, but White House officials wouldn’t say if he was still contagious. In his approximately 18-minute speech, Trump said a Covid-19 vaccine “is coming out very very quickly” in “record time.” Trump,
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AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and his Democratic opponent, MJ Hegar, butted heads Friday night in a debate over a host of timely issues — the coronavirus pandemic, race and policing, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The two appeared together in Austin as Cornyn leads challenger Hegar by 8 percentage points, 50%-42%, in
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WASHINGTON, DC — On Saturday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus. Two weeks after the Rose Garden event that is now considered a “superspreader,” Trump is planning to convene another large crowd outside the White House for an event on “law and order.” That’s
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WASHINGTON, DC — The fate of the final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into uncertainty as the campaigns offered dueling proposals for moving forward with a process that has been upended by the president’s coronavirus infection. By Thursday afternoon, it was unclear when or how the next debates would proceed,
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Post-debate poll: Harris seen as winnerFact Check: Holding the candidates accountableTalker Moment: Fly lands on Pence’s headTakeaways: 5 key debate itemsHit and misses: Analysis of the debate SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — There was briefly another participant swooping into Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate. For several minutes, a fly landed in Vice President Mike Pence’s hair, not moving as he answered questions about racial injustice and whether justice has been done in the death of Breonna Taylor. Conversation about the fly briefly
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that bars would soon be allowed to re-open in Texas for the first time since June. But only at 50% capacity in areas of the state with low hospitalization rates from Covid-19. Counties must also grant permission for bars to begin opening up next week and are
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that 2 million Houston voters can’t receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections officials for November’s election. The Texas Supreme Court decision Wednesday is the latest defeat in a string of losses for Democrats whose efforts to change Texas voting laws during the coronavirus pandemic
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — At least 990 people waited in line to cast their ballots in-person at the Doña Ana County government center on the first day of early voting, according to clerk’s office. “We’ve seen incredible numbers,” said Chief Deputy Doña Ana County Clerk Lindsey Bachman. “They were here before 8 a.m. Before
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott teased in a tweet Monday that he would soon allow “more openings” of Texas businesses, setting off speculation that he will allow bars to reopen a second time because he ended the message with the word “Cheers!” and included an image of two beer mugs clinking. Abbott wrote in the tweet that
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WASHINGTON, DC — The morning after leaving the hospital, President Trump on Tuesday tweeted that he plans to attend next week’s presidential debate in Miami. The debate is set for Oct. 15 — two weeks after the president tested positive for the coronavirus on Oct. 1. When asked about the president campaigning, Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley,
Continue Reading Click here for blog on the latest developments ABC News poll: 3 in 4 Americans feel Trump didn’t take proper virus precautions ABC-7 exclusive: El Paso insider says not following CDC guidelines allowed virus to spread inside White House BETHESDA, Maryland — President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night
Continue Reading WILMINGTON, Delaware — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is detailing his approach on what he’s called a “national mask mandate” as he campaigns against President Donald Trump. Biden told NBC News during a town hall Monday night that he doesn’t believe a president can impose a national mandate nationwide. But Biden says as president he’d
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is accused by seven of his most senior aides of bribery and abuse of office, will not resign his post as the state’s top lawyer, he said Monday. The statement comes after a Republican Texas congressman became the most prominent member of his party to call for the
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Monday afternoon that she is self-quarantining after potential exposure to Covid-19. The governor’s office said in a statement that a custodian at the governor’s mansion who reported feeling ill late last week has tested positive for the coronavirus. The statement said the custodian
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UPDATE: El Paso police on Monday provided additional details on the arrest of City Council candidate Shawn Nixon and released his jail mugshot photo (see below at bottom of article). Investigators said they obtained a warrant for Nixon’s arrest on allegations that he wrote over $10,000 in bad checks to a cleaning company he had
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas John Bash, the top federal prosecutor for a vast region that extends from El Paso to Austin, announced Monday that he is stepping down at week’s end. “This Friday—eight years to the day after I first joined the Department of Justice—I will step
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AUSTIN, Texas — Accusations that Texas’ attorney general engaged in crimes including bribery and abuse of office “raise serious concerns,” Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday. In a single-page letter, seven senior lawyers in the AG’s office wrote that they reported their boss, Ken Paxton, to “the appropriate (federal) law enforcement authority” for potentially breaking the law “in his
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