Governor Greg Abbott today ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Military Department (TMD) to expand their...
Read More
2022
More News Tracking:
Governor Abbott To President Biden: Texas Is Escalating Border Security Efforts
Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Joe Biden highlighting the record-breaking level of illegal immigration at America's...
Read More
Governor Abbott Requests Federal Assistance After Severe Storms In North Texas
Governor Greg Abbott today announced his request for a disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for Texas...
Read More
Governor Abbott, HHSC Announce $1.4 Billion In Pandemic Food Benefits For Texas Families
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S....
Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott expands Texas’ migrant busing plan to Philadelphia
Abbott said Philadelphia's mayor has "long-celebrated and fought for sanctuary city status, making the city an ideal addition to Texas'...
Read More
Harris County’s election missteps fuel GOP lawsuit and calls for investigation
Scattered paper ballot shortages and late openings of polling places were among the glitches that prompted calls for scrutiny from...
Read More
Ted Cruz lashes out at Senate GOP leadership after Democrats retain control
The Texas Republican demanded a delay in leadership elections and is among an increasingly vocal cohort voicing their discontent with...
Read More
U.S. can’t quickly expel migrants under pandemic-era health rule, federal judge says
Title 42 was invoked early in the pandemic by the Trump administration and continued under President Joe Biden. Since then,...
Read More
For months, almost no one knew Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner had cancer
Turner, 68, revealed earlier this month that he underwent treatment for bone cancer in June. He is "cancer-free" as of...
Read More
As Trump announces his run, Cruz and Cornyn signal openness to other GOP presidential candidates
Republican support for Trump has faltered after a midterm performance by the party that many considered a resounding disappointment.
Read More
Donald Trump said he won all of Texas’ border counties. He didn’t.
In announcing his third run for president, Donald Trump said Gov. Greg Abbott called to congratulate him for winning "every...
Read More
Meet the seven new Texans in Congress
Texas' seven freshly elected members of Congress run the ideological gamut, from impassioned conservatives to some of the most progressive...
Read More
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro wants Congress to make DACA permanent during lame-duck session
The San Antonio Democrat called on Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to "make good" on their claims about...
Read More
Rick Perry noncommittal about Trump run: “Show me what you got”
"For me personally, it's kind of like, show me what you got. Whether it's Donald Trump, whether it's DeSantis, whether...
Read More
Texas Republicans show mix of enthusiasm and reticence toward Trump’s run for president
Gov. Greg Abbott, who Trump endorsed for his reelection, has not commented about the former president's announcement to run for...
Read More
Volunteers welcome arriving migrants Gov. Greg Abbott bused to Philadelphia
Migrants began disembarking into the cold Philadelphia morning Wednesday as Pennsylvania leaders criticized Abbott.
Read More
Ted Cruz votes against Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz voted for Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, to replace the long-standing leader of Senate Republicans after a...
Read More
Texas activists arrested in D.C. during protest against offshore oil export facility
Deepwater terminals proposed for the Gulf of Mexico will fuel oil output and export growth despite the Biden administration promises...
Read More
New program improving how, where marginalized communities get health information
SAN ANTONIO - The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a lot about our health care system, including the deep inequities in minority...
Read More
Small church congregation struggling to complete big window restoration project
CENTER POINT, Texas - Members of a small Hill Country church are struggling to complete a big project. One that...
Read More