Griner could be sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Houston native recently wrote to President Joe Biden begging him not to forget her and other detainees and saying that “I’m terrified I might be here forever.”
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Migrant Tragedy in San Antonio
Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
News of the trailer full of bodies struck horror in cities and villages accustomed to watching their young people leave, trying to flee poverty or violence in Central America and Mexico.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Biden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to protect abortion rights
All 50 Democratic U.S. senators would need to back a filibuster change, and it’s not clear whether they do. Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are among those who have said they do not want to pursue filibuster changes more generally.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
In 2020, 1 in 5 pregnancies ended in abortion — the first increase in 30 years
In Texas, the number of abortions increased 7% between 2017 and 2019 but decreased between 2019 and 2020. The Guttmacher Institute attributed the decline in part to the state’s near-total ban on abortion as part of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.
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Uvalde school shooting
Essay: America’s first modern mass shooting never really ended
The 1966 University of Texas Tower shooting remains clouded by myths, including the myth of the “good guy with a gun.” It left too many Americans with only evil to blame — and not our leaders, our policies and ourselves.
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Operation Lone Star
Texas soldier who drowned trying to help migrants wasn’t equipped with flotation device
Spc. Bishop Evans died after jumping into the Rio Grande to save migrants. He and other members of Operation Lone Star were not provided safety equipment. Texas Military Department said an order for buoys and ropes was made but has not been fulfilled.
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Operation Lone Star
Shakeup of Texas border mission leadership continues as pair of two-star generals departs
The departure of three top officials in a week signals that officials may be looking to make changes to the heavily criticized mission. A soldier leading a unionization effort welcomed the moves.
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Politics
Ken Paxton dined with the family of a trans Texas kid. They now feel under attack.
Amber Briggle wants to know why the attorney general issued a directive that states gender-affirming care is child abuse after he visited her family for hours in 2016.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Gov. Greg Abbott’s two most vocal GOP challengers have long sought to push their party to the right
Former state Sen. Don Huffines and ex-Republican Party of Texas Chair Allen West have each made careers out of championing conservative values.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Why these Texas Republicans say they won’t vote for Gov. Greg Abbott
Abbott has moved right on abortion, guns and voting, and has Trump’s endorsement. But for some Texans, that’s not enough.
