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Governor Abbott Orders DPS, TMD To Use Every Available Strategy To Combat Border Crisis

Governor Greg Abbott today ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Military Department (TMD) to expand their...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Volunteers welcome arriving migrants Gov. Greg Abbott bused to Philadelphia

Migrants began disembarking into the cold Philadelphia morning Wednesday as Pennsylvania leaders criticized Abbott.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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