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FILE – Demonstrators hold a banner to protest the visit of President Donald Trump to the border city after the Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 7, 2019. A gunman killing multiple elementary school children and adults in Texas on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, adds to the state’s grim recent history of mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File) CER802 CER802

May 24, 2022 at 11:32 pm

School massacre continues Texas’ grim run of mass shootings VIEW

The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings.

May 22, 2022 at 9:19 pm

Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton

It's been nearly seven years since Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted on felony securities fraud charges.

May 22, 2022 at 4:56 am

Texas race tests abortion’s resonance with Democratic voters

One of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress is in the toughest reelection battle of his career in South Texas.

May 13, 2022 at 9:30 pm

GOP’s new midterm attack: Blaming Biden for formula shortage

The nationwide shortage of baby formula is quickly becoming the GOP's latest election-year attack on President Joe Biden.

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May 13, 2022 at 8:37 am

Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations

The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse but did not rule on the merits of...

May 6, 2022 at 2:15 pm

EXPLAINER: Schools may be Texas’ next immigration fight

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to challenge another decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent that requires public schools to educate students regardless of legal status.

May 4, 2022 at 1:07 pm

House leaders stick with Rep. Cuellar despite abortion stand

Just a day after Democrats recommitted to protecting abortion rights, a U.S. House leader plans to campaign in Texas alongside Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of...

April 27, 2022 at 2:11 pm

Guardsman who drowned on Texas border had no float device

Texas officials say a National Guard member who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty wasn't wearing a flotation device and had not been...

FILE – This Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, file photo shows radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones at Capitol Hill in Washington. Infowars host Jones has offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened, according to court filings Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) NYSB226 NYSB226

April 18, 2022 at 4:43 am

EXPLAINER: What does Infowars’ bankruptcy filing mean?

Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments on the Sandy Hook school...

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FILE – A long line of trucks is seeing stalled at the Zaragoza International Bridge, one of two ports of entry in Ciudad Juarez going into the U.S.on April 12, 2022. The truckers blocked both north and south bound commercial lanes in protest after they have seen prolonged processing times implemented by Gov. Greg Abbott. His decision to impose additional inspections of trucks entering Texas from Mexico is Abbott’s latest move in an unprecedented foray into border security, which has long been the federal government’s domain. (Omar Ornelas/The El Paso Times via AP, File) TXELP103 TXELP103

April 15, 2022 at 1:50 pm

Texas halts truck inspections that caused border gridlock

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border this week.

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