Texas Sen. Pat Fallon exploring primary challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
Fallon could be the highest-profile Republican yet to take on the state's senior U.S. senator. Full Story
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San Antonio sued for excluding Chick-fil-A from airport
The lawsuit, filed by five area residents, cites state legislation passed this year that outlaws government retaliation based on “membership in and support to religious organizations.” Full Story
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Ken Paxton is leading a probe against Google with almost every other attorney general in the U.S.
The investigation will look into whether Google is monopolizing the online advertising market. Full Story
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Migrant mother and her lawyer refused to take "no" for an answer from U.S. border agents
An attorney from the Rio Grande Valley recently pushed back against the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico Policy. She tried to get her client — who was nearly eight months pregnant — paroled and back into Texas. Full Story
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![Yulisa waits on the international bridge that stretches over the Rio Grande from Brownsville to Matamoros, Mexico. Yulisa is almost eight months pregnant.]()
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Federal officials credit Trump's crackdown after border apprehensions dropped in August
The monthly total is the lowest since January — and less than half of this year's peak in May. Full Story
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Judge blocks Trump's rule for asylum seekers on southern border
The rule would allow U.S. officials to deny asylum to immigrants who passed through another country before reaching the border. Monday’s ruling blocks the policy across the U.S.-Mexico border. Full Story
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Elizabeth Warren endorses Texas U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's Democratic primary challenger
The Democratic presidential candidate backed Jessica Cisneros, the immigration lawyer running to unseat Cuellar. Full Story
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Analysis: Transparency can be downright hazardous to Texas lawmakers
A state senator decided to run for U.S. Senate and had to disclose information about his income and assets that isn't required of Texas officials. Just think what we might learn if Texas politicians had to meet the more stringent federal standards. Full Story
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Texas Democrats plot path to flipping state in 2020
The state party has high hopes and ambitious goals in a new document outlining their path to turning the state blue. Full Story
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“The stakes could not be higher”: Judge threatens to lock up Texas prison officials over air conditioning violation
A federal judge was visibly frustrated Friday as he suggested that putting state officials in uncooled cells might be the only way to get their attention after they broke a settlement agreement to keep some inmates in air conditioning. Full Story
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and NRA feud over gun background checks
The frequent allies traded jabs in the wake of two mass shootings in Texas. Full Story
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Lawyers say the Texas judge who presided over this Jewish death row inmate's trial later called him anti-Semitic slurs
Lawyers for Randy Halprin, a member of the "Texas Seven," are requesting a stay of his execution amid allegations that the judge who handled his case made racist and anti-Semitic comments during his time on the bench. Full Story
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Two years after Trump announced an end to DACA, "Dreamers" look ahead with hope and anxiety
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the case in November. Its decision will affect hundreds of thousands who received protections under the Obama administration. Full Story
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Three Texas House special elections draw 27 candidates
Wednesday was the filing deadline for the Nov. 5 special elections in three House districts, including one that Democrats are trying to flip. Full Story
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A judge told Texas to put some inmates in air conditioning. Lawyers say prison officials are violating that order.
In a motion Thursday, the prisoners' lawyers asked the judge to hold prison officials in contempt and issue fines. They also accused the agency of hiding multiple instances of noncompliance with the court order. Full Story
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Analysis: The delicate balance of protecting Texans in a state that worships guns
Shootings in Odessa and El Paso added pressure on Republican state leaders to do more to protect Texans. But in a state that prides itself on lenient firearms laws, the politics are treacherous. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott issues eight executive orders aimed at stopping potential mass shooters
The orders focus largely on improving reporting channels when members of the public or law enforcement agencies worry that a person might become violent. Full Story
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Watch: Rural Texas and the 86th Legislature
We're livestreaming a conversation in Lufkin with state Sen. Robert Nichols and state Rep. Trent Ashby. Full Story
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New disclosures show Texas Sen. Royce West making big bucks from government contracts
West, running in the increasingly crowded Democratic field to take on Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, also disclosed in federal forms that he's in business with a company run by a Republican megadonor. Full Story
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Texas executes Billy Crutsinger in Fort Worth slayings of two elderly women
Crutsinger had pushed to stop his execution based on claims of bad lawyering during his trial and in the appellate process. Full Story
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