El Paso suspect said he was targeting ‘Mexicans,’ told officers he was the shooter, police say
The suspect also confessed to carrying out the shooting rampage when he surrendered to authorities, according to police. Full Story
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![A police unit at the back entrance to a Walmart where a gunman opened fire on back-to-school shoppers on Aug. 3, 2019, in El Paso.]()
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Border Patrol agents were fired upon early Friday morning, the agency reported
Agents from the Rio Grande City Station Marine Unit were patrolling near the town of Fronton when the shots came from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, according to the agency. Full Story
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T-Squared: Meet Elvia Limón, The Texas Tribune’s new engagement producer
As the Tribune’s new Engagement Producer, Elvia will forge deeper connections with our readers. Full Story
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![From left: Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican candidate for Texas House District 25, Fred Rangel. Jan. 31, 2019.]()
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Days after El Paso massacre, Julián Castro releases "plan to disarm hate"
In unveiling his latest policy proposal, the Democratic presidential candidate said that "our nation's weak gun laws enable violent extremism." Full Story
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![Presidential candidate and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro speaks to supporters at a rally in Austin on June 28, 2019. Fellow Texan and former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, also a candidate for president, held a rally an hour earlier and less than a mile away.]()
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Analysis: Bonnen repairing hurt feelings, but the political damage is real
If the members of the Texas House are still on Speaker Dennis Bonnen's side after they know just what he said to a political activist in a secretly recorded meeting, he'll keep his job. It comes down to trust. Full Story
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![Speaker Dennis Bonnen on the House floor during the House School Finance plan deliberation on April 3, 2019.]()
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Watch: Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are left to fend for themselves in Mexico
Migrants have been bused to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, under the Trump administration's “Remain in Mexico” program, a partnership with the Mexican government. Full Story
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![A group of migrants rests on the floor of the Casa INDI in Monterrey. The site was originally intended to function as a shelter for the homeless and people with addictions, but it now hosts a large population of migrants. Aug. 6, 2019.]()
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Asylum-seeking migrants pushed farther south into Mexico, left to fend for themselves
Migrants have been bused to Monterrey and, they say, Chiapas under an ever-changing and often brutal “remain in Mexico” program. The policy is being carried out up and down the border by the Trump Administration in a controversial partnership with the Mexican government. Full Story
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![A young girl stands on a chair in the dining hall at Casa INDI on Aug. 5, 2019. The Mexican government has been busing migrants to Monterrey from Nuevo Laredo.]()
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Texas Democrats sue over Michael Quinn Sullivan and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen meeting
In their lawsuit, the Democrats contend Bonnen, Sullivan and state Rep. Dustin Burrows violated campaign finance laws and demanded that Sullivan produce a recording of the meeting that he has so far played only for select Republicans. Full Story
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![House Speaker Dennis Bonnen during the Texas Fallen Heroes ceremony at the Capitol on May 25, 2019.]()
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None of the eight patients being treated at the hospital Trump visited in El Paso wanted to meet with him
Donald Trump visited a hospital in El Paso on Wednesday, where none of the patients being treated agreed to meet with him. “This is a very sensitive time in their lives,” said a spokesperson. Full Story
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![The El Paso Walmart where a gunman opened fire on back-to-school shoppers on Aug. 3, 2019.]()
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Greg Abbott invoked mental illness after the El Paso shooting. There's been no indication that was a factor.
A white gunman killed 22 Hispanic shoppers at an El Paso Walmart Saturday and injured more than two dozen more. Abbott and President Donald Trump were quick to highlight mental health issues. Full Story
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![A woman holds a sign after a silent march to Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center for the victims of the Walmart shootings in El Paso August 4, 2019. Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen were injured in a mass shooting at Walmart on Saturday.]()
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During Trump's visit, El Paso residents criticized his divisiveness — and lawmakers' inaction on gun laws
Anger and frustration about gun laws — and president's racist language — is becoming more apparent in a city still dealing with grief from what police have said is a racially motivated massacre. Full Story
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![Mary Lou Parker protests President Donald Trump's visit four days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso.]()
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Texas House committee to probe allegations against Speaker Dennis Bonnen
The House General Investigating Committee, which holds subpoena power, will review allegations that Bonnen offered media credentials to a conservative group if it targeted 10 GOP lawmakers in the upcoming election. Full Story
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![Speaker Dennis Bonnen in the House Chamber on March 27, 2019, the day the House will take up HB1, the 2020-21 budget plan.]()
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President Trump is talking about red-flag laws. Texas lawmakers have blocked those bills in the past.
In the wake of shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the president and Congress are discussing laws blocking access to firearms for people considered an imminent threat. But here in Texas, bills that would do that have made little traction. Full Story
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TribCast: The El Paso aftermath and the latest on Dennis Bonnen
In this edition of the TribCast, Matthew talks to Alexa, Patrick and Cassi about the deadly shooting in El Paso, Dennis Bonnen’s trouble in the House and a wave of GOP congressional retirements. Full Story
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![Hundreds lay flowers and candles at a shrine outside the Walmart in El Paso on August 6th, 2019.]()
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces roundtables to explore responses to El Paso shooting
Abbott announced a similar series of roundtables after the shooting at Santa Fe High School. Full Story
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![Flanked by El Paso lawmakers, Gov. Greg Abbott talks to the press after meeting with state legislators on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. From left (in front of flag): State Rep. Mary González, D-Clint; state Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso; state Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso; Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick; and El Paso state Reps. Cesar Blanco and Lina Ortega. Also present, not pictured: State Rep Art Fierro and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen.]()
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Federal lawsuit claims Texas' mail-in ballot procedures are unconstitutional
A civil rights group has sued on behalf of two residents who say their votes were rejected based on their signatures. Full Story
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![From left, Ballot by mail clerks John Paris and Carol Mizelle organize ballot packages at the Travis County Elecions division in Austin, Texas. May 19, 2014.
Compliance with federal law to make it easier for members of the military to cast ballots has elongated the primary runoff season to nearly three months.]()
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President Trump is in El Paso today. The local congresswoman won’t meet with him.
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has said that Trump’s divisive rhetoric is in part to blame for a mass shooting that officials have deemed an act of domestic terrorism. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, speaks to the media before a march at Houston Park in El Paso on August 4, 2019.]()
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Victims in the El Paso shooting hailed from three countries and were living life at varied stages
From a high school student about to begin his sophomore year to a couple who had been together for six decades, 22 people were killed in El Paso last week after a gunman allegedly targeted Hispanics and opened fire in a Walmart. Full Story
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Analysis: State Rep. John Zerwas, a rare mix of politics and calm, moves on
The Texas House is a rambunctious place, known for big personalities and tough politics. It's about to lose one of its real experts — and a calm voice, too. Full Story
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![State Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, speaks to pages on the House floor on April 4, 2019.]()
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Ahead of Donald Trump's visit to El Paso where 22 are dead, the president tells Beto O'Rourke to be "quiet"
The former El Paso congressman said he and his hometown would not be silent about "an act of terror" he said was inspired by the president's racism. Full Story
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