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When Jennifer Toon arrived at yet another prospective Austin rental in November 2021, she was welcomed…
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In the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines have become more of a life-saving necessity—and yet more controversial. These…
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of…
Bill Maher may be a liberal at heart, but he continues to provide some of the…
At 12:30 PM Pacific, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library…
Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing — where we take a quick look at the week’s…
It’s no mystery that there are forces attempting to get access to your kids in order…
Here come the Marines! Last Friday, a Marine celebrated his 100th birthday. On December 7, 1941,…
The recent ethics investigation into New York socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apparently had her scrambling and…
Talk about your Friday news dump. The White House has released a statement from Joe Biden’s…
When the Department of Energy came out with a new report indicating that COVID likely came…
Putin’s War in Ukraine has been dragging on for over a year now. Here are links…
Multiple Democrats joined Republicans in the Senate to pass a repeal of Joe Biden’s regulation requiring…
Ted Cruz is having himself a Wednesday, and the afternoon brought about another big hearing for…
Though Joe Biden hasn’t officially declared his intention to run for reelection in 2024, rumor has…
Republicans in general have little use for so-called “fact checkers” much, in the same way, they…
When reports of “Havana Syndrome” first began to surface several years ago, it sounded like something…
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has been in the news a lot lately, and deservedly…
More than a year and a half since Governor Greg Abbott launched his taxpayer-financed plan to…
A recently leaked FBI memo noting an “increasingly observed interest of racially or ethnically motivated violent…
SAN ANTONIO – The murder trial is underway for a San Antonio man accused in a…
One nonprofit organization is working to bridge the gap between law enforcement and historically-underserved communities by…
One Pixar executive cites the audience as the cause as he looks back at one of…
The railroad company at fault for the East Palestine train derailment, Norfolk Southern, has been told…
Once upon a time, we had a president who had a sign on his desk that…
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Public defender Donnie Yandell walked into a West Texas courtroom for the arraignment of defendants facing…
There’s a temptation to see itas deterioration,a shift from perfection,the descent of long daysto long nights,…
This report is part of a regular collaboration between the Texas Observer and Inside Climate News.…
Two years ago, if a Texan needed an abortion, they’d have to travel an average of…
Democracy is a word on a lot of lips lately, but I’m not sure what it…
Houston film critic Joe Leydon still remembers when he met the Scottish filmmaker who would make…
The idea that someone can be too mentally ill to be executed is gaining traction in…
On Thursday night, GOP Governor Greg Abbott used his fifth State of the State speech, a…
I remember the first time I saw actress and comedienne Roseanne Barr perform her stand-up routine.…
Things have been going downhill for CNN’s Don Lemon ever since CEO Chris Licht, in his…
To say I’m not a fan of the current leadership at the Republican National Committee would…
In Birmingham, England, a British layperson is enjoying freedom following her February 16th, 2023 acquittal of…
Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell for a long interview in…
No doubt because they view him as a serious political threat, Joe Biden and members of…
Twice-failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ charity New Georgia Project seems to be missing over $500,000,…
Former CNN primetime anchorman Don Lemon really stepped into it this time. As we’ve reported, Lemon…
SAN ANTONIO – Patients at Methodist Children’s Hospital are trying to get Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson…
SAN ANTONIO – A local brewery is partnering with San Antonio’s rebooted XFL team ahead of…
Dating all the way back to the IRS targeting scandal of the Obama era, we’ve seen…
Do we finally have an explanation for why the Biden administration has been so tight-lipped about…
SAN ANTONIO – A dinner run left an 80-year-old man fighting for his life after he…
Administrators at Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District and members of the public education advocacy group Raise Your…
Governor Abbott Announces School Safety As Emergency ItemGovernor Greg Abbott tonight announced school safety as an…
Governor Abbott Announces Ending Revolving Door Bail As Emergency ItemGovernor Greg Abbott tonight announced ending revolving…
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One thing that for years has kept Democrat movers and shakers up at night is the…
SAN ANTONIO – The so-called San Antonio Justice Charter is now officially Proposition A on the…
Updated February 16, 2023 at 6:55 PM ET With southern Arizona as his backdrop, House Speaker…
Activist Ling Luo says her Chinese community in Texas has gone from fearful to infuriated —…
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican church leaders say they are seeing a large increase…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) checked himself into Walter Reed Army Medical Center Wednesday night to receive…
Joe Biden has finally been forced into making comments on the three “objects” that the U.S.…
The People’s Republic of YouTube is losing its dear leader, Chief Executive Susan Wojcicki. According to…
As RedState reported in January, former FBI Chief Charles McGonigal was indicted for money laundering, US…
In the aftermath of school shootings like the one in Uvalde, what can get overlooked is…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, that pugilistic legal crusader, is backing down from a battle with four…
It’s now been two years since Winter Storm Uri sank Texas into a deep freeze and…
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of Drifting Toward Disaster, a Texas Observer series about life-changing…
Originally published by the Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that…
On August 17, 1982, LGBTQ+ Texans celebrated “Gayteenth,” as activists called it at the time—a reference…
In December 2022, I was removed from my role as dean of the Graduate College of…
Editor’s note: This is part of Drifting Toward Disaster, a Texas Observer series about life-changing challenges…
A high-ranking U.S. Border Patrol official traveled from Laredo to Austin late last year to ask…
The opinions expressed in guest op-eds are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent…
Almost invariably, Democrats will slip up and let their true colors show, like for instance how…
At this point, I’m beginning to think that the White House has become a parody of…
What exactly does the Charge d’Affaires to Afghanistan currently do? Apparently, she sits around on Twitter…
As we’ve previously documented, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ mere existence routinely brings out the absolute…
As RedState reported, a military UH-60 helicopter crashed onto a busy highway in Huntsville, AL, on…
In last week’s State of the Union address, Joe Biden blasted “junk fees” and “Americans… being…
Senators were given a closed-door briefing on Tuesday on the three “objects” that were shot down…
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Just how deep do the corrupt dealings of the Biden family go? That’s a question once…
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two years after the winter storm and cascading power failure that left millions…
On any given day, the Biden White House will tell you it’s raining when your leg…
Joe Biden is so good at his job. In fact, according to Karine Jean-Pierre, he’s the…
We’ve seen a lot of effort to censor conservatives and folks who won’t just mimic the…
Nature Magazine reported Tuesday that the second phase of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID origins…
For over a week, the US aerospace defense system has responded to a series of incursions…
If evil seems unusually visible and abundant these days, that is because we are being led…
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez will introduce new comprehensive, common-sense gun safety legislation alongside other state senators…
There’s not too much in the way of difference between MSNBC and CNN, it’s just that…
Jackie Robinson is one of the most recognizable names in Black history. In fact, his name…
You might be thinking that Joe Biden bears responsibility for allowing a Chinese spy balloon to…
We reported earlier on the train derailment that took place in East Palestine, Ohio ten days…
Trigger Warning: “Trigger Warning” needs a trigger warning. These are the days of adaptive speech. Apropos…