Rick Perry On Donald Trump’s Border Wall: Never Going to Happen
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry shot down Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border Monday. Full Story
Khorri Atkinson was a reporting fellow and a Chips Quinn Scholar at The Texas Tribune in 2016. He received a master’s degree at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and previously worked at MSNBC.com as a digital intern, where he wrote about national politics and the 2016 presidential election. He is a former board member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry shot down Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border Monday. Full Story
When police mistakenly identified a peaceful protester who was legally, openly carrying a weapon as a suspect in the Dallas attacks, it sparked outrage among black gun owners who say they're discriminated against for exercising their Second Amendment right. Full Story
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Alabama counterpart have dropped their legal bid to squelch a U.S. Virgin Islands investigation of Exxon Mobil after the U.S. territory agreed to with draw a subpoena for company documents. Full Story
More than 2,500 Texas inmates will participate in a national experiment starting next month so that the federal government can study whether reinstating Pell Grants for prisoners might boost their chances of finding employment. Full Story
Donald Trump on Sunday said Texas will not secede from the United States if he is president because "Texas loves me." Full Story
Also, Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger pulls the plug on a candidacy to lead the powerful House Appropriations panel, and Texas Democrats mull how to use Donald Trump's rhetoric to their advantage. Full Story
Undocumented Texans and immigration reform advocates on Thursday denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s immigration executive order. Full Story
A week after the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history, the U.S. Senate voted down four gun control measures, including one put forward by Sen. John Cornyn seeking to ban the sale of weapons to people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list. Full Story
Donald Trump on Friday used a rally in The Woodlands to ratchet up his rhetoric against terrorism, calling the gunman in the recent Orlando terrorist attack a "son of a bitch" and imploring Americans to arm themselves and be more willing to report suspicious activity. Full Story
At a unity press conference this week, a Sanders representative says his base will not take their "foot off the gas" on pushing the Vermont senator's key proposals. Full Story