Biden resumes fast-track deportations of migrants from Texas
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration has resumed fast-track deportation flights of undocumented immigrants, Department of Homeland…
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EXPLAINER: Are evictions in Texas about to increase?
DALLAS,Texas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration…
Continue Reading U.S. Attorney General threatens to sue Texas governor over order targeting migrants
WASHINGTON, DC. — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland threatened legal action against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order…
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Iowa taxpayers to pay $200,000 to send their state troopers to Texas border
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said this week that it’s likely Iowa taxpayers will pay the cost of sending 28 Iowa Department of…
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Beto O’ Rourke continues journey with prominent bishop, Willie Nelson on 30-mile Texas voting march
UPDATE, July 29: AUSTIN, Texas — Church leaders and former Democratic El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke continued leading a nearly 30-mile…
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Cowboys’ Prescott out of training camp with shoulder strain
OXNARD, California — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was listed Thursday as day-to-day because of a right shoulder strain after leaving…
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SEC votes to invite Texas & Oklahoma to join league
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Southeastern Conference university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team…
Continue Reading Congressional committee holds hearing on Texas voting rights
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House Oversight and Reform’s Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee held a hearing regarding voting bills in…
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ZZ Top’s bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies in Texas at age 72
HOUSTON, Texas — ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio’s bearded figures, his died at the age of 72. ABC affiliate KTRK reported…
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At least 2 dead and dozens injured after an acetic acid leak at a facility near Houston
LA PORTE, Texas — At least two people were killed and dozens were injured after an acetic acid leak at the LyondellBasell facility near La…
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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…
Continue Reading Big 12’s Texas, Oklahoma make formal request to join SEC
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Texas and Oklahoma made a request Tuesday to join the Southeastern Conference — in 2025 —- with SEC Commissioner Greg…
Continue Reading 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 Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Jeff Bezos wants to spot NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company…
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Horizon City truck driver killed in fiery crash with another 18-wheeler on west Texas highway
KERMIT, Texas — A Horizon City man was one of two semi-truck drivers killed in a fiery weekend crash when their 18-wheelers collided on a west Texas…
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El Paso native Ricardo Pepi named MLS Player of the Week after netting hat trick for Dallas FC
DALLAS, Texas — El Paso native and FC Dallas forward Ricardo Pepi has been voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2021…
Continue Reading El Paso native Ricardo Pepi of Dallas FC is youngest hat-trick scorer in MLS history
FRISCO, Texas — Led by El Paso native Ricardo Pepi’s three-goal performance, Dallas FC secured a 4-0 victory over the LA Galaxy on Saturday…
Continue Reading Acid-shooting whip scorpions are roaming a national park in Texas
By Rachel Trent, CNN Some freaky-looking creatures are out looking for mates this summer. And no, we’re not talking about the contestants on…
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…
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Border crossing restrictions between US, Mexico extended until at least Aug. 21
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The United States Department of Homeland Security has once again decided to extend border crossing restrictions between the…
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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‘Best day ever’: Watch as Bezos successfully completes passenger space flight
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE RACE TO SPACE VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first…
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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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Texas hospital reports state’s 1st case of Lambda Covid variant
HOUSTON, Texas — A major Texas hospital system on Tuesday reported its first case of the Lambda Covid-19 variant, as the state reels from…
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Blue Origin brings space tourism to quiet town of Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains,…
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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