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Study cited by Texas judge in abortion-pill case under investigation
Pharmaceutical sciences professor Chris Adkins was perusing news on his computer in December when he came…
Texas is using a disaster proclamation to take over land near the border, attorneys say.
The edges of a pecan farm in Eagle Pass have been taken over by state troopers.…
Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes
After a Black journalist rejected her offer from the university other professors, students and alumni express…
Eagle Pass the latest battlefield in the Abbott-Biden war over control of U.S.-Mexico border
The riverside city, sometimes referred to as ‘La Puerta de Mexico’ or ‘Mexico’s Door,’ ‘is at…
WATCH: Struggle Session on MSNBC to Defend Joe Biden Is Comedy Gold
Watching Democrats spin in circles over Devon Archer’s testimony has truly been a sight to behold.…
FEC Reports Confirm Legal Expenses Are Crushing Trump’s Massive Fundraising Operation
Federal Elections Commission filings released Monday show former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC has $3.6…
There May Be Many More Gun Owners Than We Thought.
American gun owners are many and varied, but there really aren’t good numbers for how many…
Progressive Leaders Question Conservative Support of Representative Shawn Thierry
Critics of the controversial state representative noticed a surge of right-wing donors after her anti-LGBTQ votes…
Texas A&M’s botched hire may be a sign for diversity education in the state’s schools
Just days after the signing ceremony at Texas A&M, Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalist, was informed…
APTOPIX Immigration Texas Border Floating Barrier
A migrant walks past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio…
Texas is aligning climate and energy needs
Climate advocates and the energy industry can work together, and Texas is proving it. Known as…
Immigration Texas Border Floating Barrier
A migrant walks past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio…
Governor Abbott Announces $87.7 Million In Housing Tax Credits
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has…
Will Greg Abbott Keep Losing on School Vouchers?
This year, Governor Greg Abbott made “school choice,” or vouchers, one of his top legislative priorities.…
‘Objectionable’ & ‘explicit’ Montgomery County moves forward with limiting teen access to LGBTQ-themed books
In addition to the new restrictions, county commissioners also voted to add more books with politically…
Part 3: Under Trump, Texas’ foot soldiers became federal judges, securing a conservative stronghold in the courts
A federal judiciary full of ideological allies is helping Texas block Democratic priorities and advance right-wing…
U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson “briefly detained” by officers at rodeo near …
The Amarillo Republican, a doctor, was trying to help somebody experiencing a medical emergency in a…
Texas A&M University System regents name Mark Welsh interim president of flagship campus
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted unanimously Sunday evening to make acting President…
Righting the Rule of Law
Over the past quarter century, a war machine was constructed inside the Texas Office of Attorney…
Inside the Republican plot to dismantle US environmental policy
Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” is a blueprint for a GOP president to gut climate protections.
Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial will shape Texas GOP primaries
As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial draws closer, the political fallout inside the GOP…
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Austin American-Statesman. July 30, 2023. Editorial: Political meddling threatens academic freedoms in Texas The Republican war…
Texas A&M University System regents name Mark Welsh interim president of flagship campus
The board also gave university lawyers the green light to negotiate a possible settlement with Kathleen…
Democratic group already targeting Ted Cruz with ads ahead of 2024 election
The five-figure digital ad campaign aimed at seniors warns that Cruz is a ‘threat to your…
AM radio served the country for 100 years. Will electric vehicles silence it?
Bipartisan legislation that would require car manufacturers to keep the AM band in their dashboards is…
Eagle Pass the latest battlefield in the Abbott-Biden war over control of U.S.-Mexico border
The riverside city, sometimes referred to as ‘La Puerta de Mexico’ or ‘Mexico’s Door,’ ‘is at…
Meet the Press
Chuck Rosenberg, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Fmr. Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), Leigh Ann Caldwell, Stephen Hayes,…
High school boys are trending conservative
A popular narrative suggests young people are liberal and getting more liberal. Thus, social media buzzed…
Trump Crushing DeSantis and G.O.P. Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds
The twice-indicted former president leads across nearly every category and region, as primary voters wave off…
Part 2: Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution
Barraging the Obama administration with lawsuits, the Texas attorney general’s office wasn’t just trying to block…
Editorial: Political meddling threatens academic freedoms in Texas
Debacles at Texas A&M reveal threats to academic freedom as politicians and their allies impose their…
A hardcore conservative faces a former basketball coach in a hotly contested Senate election
NATCHITOCHES — The two candidates for state Senate District 31 in north-central Louisiana represent different strands…
Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial will shape Texas GOP primaries
As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial draws closer, the political fallout inside the GOP…
Part 3: Under Trump, Texas’ foot soldiers became federal judges, sec…
A federal judiciary full of ideological allies is helping Texas block Democratic priorities and advance right-wing…
Part 2: Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterp…
Barraging the Obama administration with lawsuits, the Texas attorney general’s office wasn’t just trying to block…
Why Trump Is So Hard to Beat
The first Times/Siena poll of the G.O.P. primary shows he still commands a seemingly unshakable base…
Texas A&M University System regents name Mark Welsh interim president…
The board also gave university lawyers the green light to negotiate a possible settlement with Kathleen…
Frustration emerges among GOP spending ‘cardinals’ as conservatives push for cuts
The House Republicans who craft the conference’s government funding bills are showing signs of frustration as…
Drunken-Sailor Spending: Biden Admin Wastes Your Hard-Earned Money to Find out Why Minority Children Dig Japanese Comics
Without the government, who would pay for studies to figure out why minority children enjoy reading…
Desperate Progressives Seek to Weaponize IRS Against Moms for Liberty by Filing Tax Complaint
It looks like these authoritarian leftists are getting quite desperate. Only a month after the Southern…
Cue the Laugh Track: Sen. Chris Coons Says ‘Not One Shred of Evidence’ Ties Biden to Hunter Deals
We know some politicians are shameless and will say and do virtually anything to stay in…
Gov Greg Abbott defends building floating border wall along Rio Grande
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed a nearly 1,000-foot line of bright-orange buoys to create a divide…
Letters to the Editor: For Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, the cruelty is the point
Readers react to the Texas governor’s cruelty to migrants, both along the Rio Grande and those…
FREE: Race for statehouse: Lamar GOP chairman to run in District 1
Now there are three.In an unexpected move at a meet and greet forum Thursday night for…
Two dozen lawmakers have electric cars. Not all are Democrats.
AOC and two House Republicans have gone plug-in. Ted Cruz is thinking about it. Josh Hawley…
Chip Roy and Leo Terrell Spar Over Roy’s Support for Ron DeSantis as Larger Point Is Made
Well, the “everything is stupid” phase of the 2024 GOP presidential primary campaign cycle is in…
EXCLUSIVE: Investigator Asks if Devon Archer Will Be 3rd to ID Biden as ‘The Big Guy’
An investigator with the Tallahassee, Florida-based Government Accountability Institute told RedState in an exclusive interview that…
New Report Claims Hunter’s Laptop Contains Secret Agreements With Foreign Business Partners; Will This Finally Lead to Impeachment?
Another new development in the Hunter Biden saga suggests even further that if the amount of…
Wisconsin Officials Try to Force Catholic Healthcare System to Perform ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgeries
Apparently, it is not enough for progressives to use social pressure to browbeat us into accepting…
POTUS Candidate Will Hurd Gets the Trump Treatment After Insulting Donald at Iowa Lincoln Dinner
Former CIA agent (and former Congressman) Will Hurd was booed off the stage at the Iowa…
Eagle Pass the latest battlefield in the Abbott-Biden war over control of U.S.-Mexico border
The riverside city, sometimes referred to as ‘La Puerta de Mexico’ or ‘Mexico’s Door,’ ‘is at…
Latent intolerance drove the McElroy fiasco at Texas A&M
I’ve seen this movie before, way too many times in the half-century since I was a…
Reactionary conservatives won against diversity at Texas A&M
Three years ago, Kathleen McElroy, then director of the School of Journalism and Media at the…
GOP rivals prepare to take on “happy warrior” Tim Scott
His campaign also sees opportunity in the crowded Republican primary to appeal to a diverse coalition…
U.S. Capitol Police to open Texas field office, citing rising threats against members of Congress
AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) — In response to increasing threats against members of Congress, the U.S.…
“These were my tapes”: Trump pushes back on new charges in classified docs case
Trump also said that he would not end his presidential campaign if he is convicted and…
Estrich: Politics kills promising academia
This is what happens in academia when the donors are calling the shots. Heads roll, all…
Lawsuit seeks to block Texas book ban
AUSTIN, Texas — A group of book sellers and publishers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking…
States’ rights make a comeback as Republicans rush to defy Washington
Several red states are rejecting the authority of not just the federal government – but also…
Texas university system sets a bad example
Texas A&M finds itself at the bleeding edge in a way that no university should want…
Texas Tesla plant receives false alarm of active shooter
Police in Texas on Friday were investigating a 911 call reporting an active shooter at a…
Trump shares stage with Republican rivals amid mounting legal woes
Trump launches new attack on closet rival Ron DeSantis at conservative event in Iowa.
Trump largely ignores new federal charges at major Iowa Republican gathering
Former President Donald Trump charged ahead with his bid for the 2024 GOP nomination Friday at…
For Republican Candidates, Iowa G.O.P. Dinner Is a Hands-Off-Trump Event
Almost every one of the former president’s 13 rivals who attended declined to go after the…
Studies describe impact of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election
Meta disputed findings released in four studies in academic journals examining Facebook and Instagram’s impact on…
Trump faces increasing legal perils after new charges filed
Former US president faces four more charges in classified documents case amid speculation that a January…
Texas A&M regents could offer a settlement to the journalism professo…
The system’s board also plans to formally appoint an interim president after Katherine Banks resigned last…
Are Places Like Portland Oregon the Left’s Testing Ground for Recruiting Young People?
Many movements in world history have used the notion of “Get ’em while they are young”…
Judge Noreika Doesn’t Seem to Be Buying Hunter Biden’s Excuses, Bans His Lawyers From Contacting Clerk
U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is handling Hunter Biden’s currently defunct plea deal, doesn’t…
California’s Marxist Math: The Once-Golden State Is Past the Point of No Return
These days, if you were to draw one of Kamala Harris’s beloved Venn diagrams with one…
Congressional Black Caucus Wants to Use the Justice Department to Take Action Against Florida’s History Educational Standards
It appears the battle over Florida’s black history curriculum has entered into a new phase. A…
Comer Lays out Why Those 170 Biden Suspicious Activity Reports Are So Bad
The House Oversight Committee is accumulating a lot of evidence regarding Joe Biden and the Biden…
Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Places Warrantless Surveillance in the Crosshairs
In what seems like an ocean of news stories featuring the federal government concocting new and…
‘Disgusting’: Black Republicans livid over DeSantis’ slavery attack
Most saw it as an unforced error at a time when Black Republicans feel they’re making…
GOP lawmakers once praised Catholic Charities. Now they want to defund the group.
GOP representatives want to cut funding to a DHS program that supports Catholic relief centers at…
Texas Is Quietly Leading the Way on Limiting Child Protective Services Overreach
Policy changes aimed at reducing the number of children who end up in foster care—many championed…
Scoop: Democrats target Ted Cruz and Rick Scott with Medicare ads
New DSCC ads target the two conservative senators on Medicare.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Asylum rule struck down, Mexico record migration, Texas updates
With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the…
New Poll Makes a Compelling Case for Stripping Power From the Federal Government and Returning It to the States
Does this make the case for more federalism and focus on states with a weakened or…
Eagles Founding Member and Skilled Musician Randy Meisner Passes Away at 77
Randall Herman Meisner, a skilled musician and a founding member of the Eagles, died on Wednesday…
The Smartphone Revolution: Will Digital IDs Redefine Government Interactions?
We all love technology, don’t we? It has not only given us wonderful new toys and…
Weird GOP mailer launches a wild 2024 campaign: ‘It’s like one-party rule on Red Bull’
Warning: Don’t open your mailbox from now through March 5 and Super Tuesday. Otherwise, you risk getting…
Texas Democratic Rep. Lina Ortega to Forgo Re-election in 2024
Ortega’s El Paso district is solidly blue, making it all but assured Democrats will keep her…
‘Battle plan’: How the far right would dismantle climate programs
Hundreds of conservative operatives outlined a plan that Donald Trump, or any Republican, could use to…
Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say
In four new studies, researchers found complicated results from experiments on Facebook’s and Instagram’s algorithms, suggesting…
Jeff Leach showed the courage we need from Texas lawmakers
For a democracy to function, elected officials must be able to rise above party politics, self-gain…
Biden Says Republican Party Is ‘Undermining’ the Nation’s Military
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday accused the Republican party of “undermining…
Protected by ‘shield laws’, US health workers skirt abortion state bans
For weeks, American nurse Lauren Jacobson has been supervising the daily dispatch of around fifty parcels…
GALLERY: Governor Youngkin visits Virginia National Guard at southern border in Texas
Governor Glenn Youngkin made a trip to the southern border of Texas to meet with Virginia…
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Prevent Fentanyl Poisoning
“Fentanyl is ravaging Texas communities, and poisonings among children and teenagers have skyrocketed in recent years…
Comer Reveals New Damaging Info About Biden and Offshore Accounts
I have to say that House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) certainly seems like a…
We’re Moving Toward a Civil War Where Lines Will Be Drawn by Streets, Not States
A disturbing trend is hitting America that is being wildly underreported because it’s one that could…
Official Court Transcript From Hunter’s Foiled Plea Agreement Hearing Sure Seems to Show Attempted Fraud on the Court
When the official court transcript from Hunter Biden’s foiled plea agreement hearing Wednesday in Delaware was…
As McConnell Tries to Convey Business as Usual, His Future Is in Doubt
The minority leader’s health episode at the Capitol has intensified talk about a possible succession, a…
New study shows just how Facebook’s algorithm shapes conservative and liberal bubbles
Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook’s algorithms…
Congregation to leave ACNA, seeks new affiliation with Episcopal Diocese of Texas
[Episcopal News Service] An Austin, Texas, congregation of the Anglican Church in North America announced July…
Conservatives Bombarded With Facebook Misinformation Far More Than Liberals In 2020 Election, Study Suggests
Misinformation thrived in conservative echo chambers—but there were no liberal equivalents, according to the findings.
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
In a presidential contest cycle, Senate races don’t get the same kind of attention when there’s…
Jimmy Anderson: Fear thy neighbor: How conservatism is turning us against each other
Conservatives from the echo chambers of right-wing media to the Wisconsin Assembly floor exploit their viewers’…
Texas teachers say they were fired after attending drag show, posting on social media
Two teachers say they were fired after attending a drag show and posting it on social…
Some Republicans fear they may be focusing too much on the Hunter Biden ‘soap opera’
“I think when we get home, the focus is the economy, the border, crime,” the chair…
A checkered history: Texas Attorneys General
The office of the Texas Attorney General has been graced by many illustrious figures and many…
‘Project 2025’: the plan to dismantle US climate policy for the next Republican president
Rightwing groups penned a conservative wish list of proposals for the next conservative president to gut…
State Rep. Ryan Guillen finds himself in the middle of the action in …
The longtime Rio Grande City representative, who switched parties in 2021, has played a key role…
Constitutional law professor predicts Biden administration’s legal victory in Texas border lawsuit
Texas built its barrier of buoys in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass as part of…
Texas authorities charge 14-year-old driver with human smuggling after pursuit near US-Mexico border
A Texas teenager was arrested after dashcam footage captured him attempting to smuggle four migrants across…
Heat Wave
Long-term impacts assuming average summer temperatures one degree above the historical average through 2050 were also…
Texas border buoys ‘inhumane, ineffective,’ State Department official says
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – U.S. and Mexican officials met here on Wednesday to pledge continued…
GOP abortion revolt swells against McCarthy spending bill
Roughly a dozen Republicans are trying to kill abortion pill restrictions.
Opinion: Conservatives are right to object to intellectual conformity on campus
As Republican governors and state legislatures increasingly seek to reshape higher education along lines more congenial…
Misleading Mailers and Mazes
“Shysters” is the only word I could think of to describe political operatives who are bombarding…
