Migrant encounters at the Texas-Mexico border have declined for months. Even so, one county along the border just declared a disaster, citing a surge in migrants.
Olivia Julianna, 22, loves politics but hates the in-fighting she sees in too many Democratic campaigns in the state.
Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Joe Biden maintained support for his priorities in Congress, including making gains among Republicans in both chambers.
The shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting some asylum claims.
Paxton sued the federal government in 2023 over rules that would have required Texas and other states to measure and report pollution on highways.
President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.” Elon Musk hold a chainsaw as he arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP)
After cuts in Trump's first term, Biden increased the federal workforce by about 5%, the highest increase in any single term since the 1980s.
Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is taking credit for a Trump administration retreat on climate. On Wednesday, Paxton’s office said it had blocked a Biden-era rule that would have