The former U.S. housing secretary and San Antonio mayor laid out an immigration plan Tuesday that appears to be the most detailed yet in the Democratic presidential field.
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Julián Castro, Beto O’Rourke say they’ll release their tax returns, but timing unclear
After President Trump bucked tradition and withheld his tax returns during his successful 2016 campaign, Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 nomination are vowing to make such information public.
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Beto O’Rourke signed this pledge on oil money. Did he break it?
O’Rourke was criticized for signing the “No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge,” only to take big bucks from individuals who work in the industry. Now critics say he talks a good game on climate change but needs to put his money where his mouth is.
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Beto O’Rourke kicks off presidential campaign in Texas
The former congressman and U.S. Senate nominee held the first of three Saturday launch rallies in his hometown of El Paso, and planned gatherings later in the day at Texas Southern University in Houston and at the Texas Capitol in Austin.
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Meet the small El Paso publishing house behind the book Beto O’Rourke co-wrote about legalizing pot
Cinco Puntos Press has been publishing books that invoke a “sensibility of border life” for decades, including the only book authored, in part, by O’Rourke.
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Trump expected to make April fundraising trip to Houston, San Antonio
President Donald Trump last visited Texas in February, when he went to El Paso to rally support for a border wall. He’s expected to be back in the state for fundraisers April 10, according to people familiar with his plans.
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Watch Beto O’Rourke’s first Texas rally as a presidential candidate
Watch O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso.
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With Texas homecoming, Beto O’Rourke gets opportunity to reassert home-state strength
The Democratic presidential candidate is holding three rallies across Texas on Saturday, his first campaign events in his home state since launching his 2020 bid two weeks ago.
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Beto O’Rourke hires former top Obama aide as campaign manager
O’Rourke has brought on veteran Democratic strategist Jennifer O’Malley Dillon to lead his White House bid.
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In first South Carolina swing, Beto O’Rourke faces pragmatic voters intent on beating Trump
Whichever Democrat running for president places well in South Carolina’s Feb. 29 primary will head into the March Super Tuesday contests — a rash of states that will include Texas — with momentum.