President Donald Trump’s recent racist comments weighed on Hurd, the last black Republican in the U.S. House. He was the only Texas Republican who voted to condemn Trump’s tweets about four congresswomen.
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GOP opposition to Colin Allred starts to take shape after he turned a Dallas-area U.S. House seat blue
A former Navy SEAL entered the primary against Allred on Monday, and more announcements are expected before the end of summer.
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Congress
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as national intelligence director
President Donald Trump is said to have been pleased by the Texas Republican’s admonishment of former special counsel Robert Mueller in last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Texans home in on obstruction of justice, investigative methods in Mueller hearing
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Heath, argued that Special Counsel Robert Mueller went beyond his bounds by making clear the investigation didn’t exonerate the president.
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Several GOP Texans in Congress condemn Trump’s racist tweet, while many others remain silent
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’ll call for a vote condemning the president’s words.
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Broken Border
A judge ordered the end of migrant family separations last year. But a report says 30 kids remain in custody without their parents.
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform issued subpoenas earlier this year after the federal agencies overseeing immigration policy refused to provide information voluntarily.
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Politics
We asked every Texan in Congress: Have you read the Mueller report?
We also asked the 38 members of the Texas delegation how Congress should respond to the Mueller report.
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After staying out of 2018 race to unseat Hurd, O’Rourke says he’ll “very likely support” nominee this time
The former El Paso congressman angered some Democrats last year by taking a vow of neutrality in Texas’ most competitive congressional contest.
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Environment
After delay initiated by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Congress finally passes $19.1 billion disaster aid package
The bill includes a provision aimed at forcing the federal government to release more than $4 billion to Texas that Congress allocated to the state more than a year ago.
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Politics
In Texas’ biggest congressional races, Democrats face choices new and old
All but one of Texas’ six U.S. House contests that national Democrats are targeting will feature candidates who ran last time.
