Texas Republicans pushed Biden administration to keep rule that turns asylum-seekers away at the border
The Biden administration will drop the policy that critics have called an inhumane rule. Full Story
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![Families are turned away from making their asylum claims at the Paso del Norte International Bridge after the Biden administration announced they would stop metering families at ports of entry into the United States. CBP agents told the asylum seekers they were at capacity before calling Mexican INM officials to remove them from the bridge. Earlier in the day the United States opened land borders to vaccinated people from Mexico. El Paso, on Nov. 8, 2021.]()
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Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power
The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts. Full Story
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![U.S. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz applauds as President Donald Trump displays a presidential permit for energy development that he signed during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland on July 29, 2020.]()
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Analysis: Texas’ GOP runoffs hinge on a name that’s not on the ballot
Ken Paxton and George P. Bush are in a May runoff for attorney general — the top race on that GOP ballot. But a name that’s not on the ballot might be the biggest name in that race. Full Story
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Here are five questions the Texas primary will answer
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday with a lot of decisions to make about who will represent their parties going forward into November. Full Story
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![Kristin Milota waits in line to vote while her daughter Alora shows her the books and DVDs she checked out at the Audelia Road Branch Library in Dallas on Feb. 25, 2022, the last day of early voting in the Texas primary.]()
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Trump’s man in Texas, has quietly amassed influence — to the detriment of fellow Republicans
Patrick urged former Gov. Rick Perry to mount a challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking a third term. He’s taken the already considerable power concentrated in the state’s No. 2 job to another level, forcing opponents from races and tightening his grip on the Senate. Full Story
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Honest or arrogant? U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s brand of conservatism divides some Republicans
The Houston Republican’s acceptance of the 2020 presidential election results — and his comments at recent forums — fuel criticism as he seeks reelection. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, questions witnesses during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.]()
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Analysis: State leaders ask Texans to trust the grid, doubt elections
As winter weather moved in this week, the state’s elected leaders worked to regain Texans’ confidence in the electric grid that failed last year. A few days earlier, some of those same leaders were undermining confidence in something else they oversee: elections. Full Story
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National GOP proxy war breaks out in crowded primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady
Morgan Luttrell is backed by former Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Houston and the top super PAC aligned with House GOP leadership. Christian Collins has the support of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, the campaign arm of the House Freedom Caucus and some of the most ardent pro-Trump Republicans in the House, like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Full Story
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![A large crowd listens to Former President Donald Trump speak at a Rally in Conroe on Jan. 29, 2022.]()
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Texas Republicans trumpet their support for another Trump presidential bid at Conroe rally
The rally in the Houston suburbs put on full display how much of a grip former President Donald Trump still has on Texas Republican leaders. Full Story
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Attorney General Ken Paxton defies county official’s order to release records related to Jan. 6 Trump rally
Last week, the Travis County district attorney’s office gave Paxton four days to turn over communications requested by the state’s largest newspapers or face a lawsuit. Full Story
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Pro-Trump GOP congressional candidate says anti-Trump post was prank by son
The 2016 Facebook post said, "Better to be a Mexican, than to be a citizen of a country that elects Trump as President." Full Story
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![Ed Cabrera is a Republican, running to unseat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas' 28th Congressional District.]()
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John Cornyn and Ted Cruz join united Republican opposition to federal voting rights bills
Democrats’ options for passing a voting rights bill dwindle as tensions escalate in the Senate. Full Story
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![U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz at a press conference on border security at the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission on Jan. 10, 2019. The senators accompanied President Donald Trump on his trip to the southern border earlier in the day.]()
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Ted Cruz called the Jan. 6 riot a “terrorist attack.” Now he says he misspoke.
After conservative backlash, Cruz took to a FOX News show — whose host also lambasted him — to backpedal from comments he made during a congressional hearing. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the January 6th insurrection, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 2, 2021.]()
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Ted Cruz and 16 other Texans refused to certify the 2020 election. None would say whether they see it as legitimate today.
Cruz was objecting to certifying Arizona’s election results when the Capitol was overrun. His speech that day and his misleading comments that cast doubts on the election led to calls for his resignation. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks with House members during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.]()
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This Texas congressman voted to investigate the Jan. 6 riot. Now fellow Republicans are trying to unseat him.
Van Taylor has attracted a group of March primary challengers who are running on his support for a bipartisan independent commission to probe that deadly day, when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in protest of his reelection loss. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, listens as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies before a House Financial Services Committee at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.c. on Sept. 22, 2020.]()
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At least 63 Texans — including a state House candidate — are accused of taking part in the Capitol insurrection
Texas has among the highest number of residents charged in the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. At least five Texans have already been convicted. Full Story
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Ted Cruz says Joe Biden could be impeached if Republicans take U.S. House
The Republican senator from Texas said Democrats weaponized impeachment with former President Donald Trump, adding, “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” Full Story
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First part of Texas’ 2020 election audit reveals few issues, echoes findings from review processes already in place
An initial review of four counties’ election results — launched after pressure from former President Donald Trump and touted by GOP leaders — showed few discrepancies between electronic and hand counts of ballots in a sample of voting precincts. Full Story
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Former President Donald Trump downplays Jan. 6 insurrection, doubles down on false election claims on Texas trip
“This wasn’t an insurrection,” the former president said of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol that left five dead. Full Story
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![President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by Congress, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.]()
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“I thought he was going to kill me”: Migrants say return of Trump-era border policy will put asylum seekers in danger
A Cuban woman sent to Ciudad Juárez after seeking asylum in El Paso was raped as she waited for her U.S. court date. She worries more migrants could be victims of violence as the Biden administration revives the "remain in Mexico" program. Full Story
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![Asylum seeker Lisbet at her residence in Louisville, Kentucky, on Dec. 10, 2021. While trying to enter the country seeking asylum, Lisbet and her husband were separated at the border and forced to stay in Mexico for a year. She currently lives in Louisville, while her asylum case is pending.]()
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