On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Marissa and Emma about moldy, rat-infested state office buildings, family reunifications at the border, TV ads in the U.S. Senate race and a Republican state lawmaker’s tough words for the Texas governor.
Congress
Read the latest Texas Tribune coverage of Congress, from the state’s lawmakers in Washington to key legislation and political debates shaping Texas and the nation.
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Politics
Immigration judges are expected to be impartial. But they report to Jeff Sessions.
The structure of immigration courts, unique in the federal government, has long been criticized for its potential for conflicts of interest.
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Texas Elections 2018
Mike Pence to headline Houston-area fundraiser for U.S. Rep. John Culberson
Culberson is among national Democrats’ top three targets in Texas this fall.
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TribCast
TribCast: Sir Winston, Cruz’s call to arms, a new UT chancellor
On this week’s TribCast, Ross talks with Evan, Matthew and Patrick about Gov. Greg Abbott’s fake Winston Churchill quote, the U.S. Senate race, the chancellor-to-be at the University of Texas System and guns.
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Health care
Texas is suing — again — to end Obamacare. This time it has some advantages.
Texas has sued to end Obama’s landmark health care law before. But this time it has support from the Trump administration, a new tax code and a potentially sympathetic judge.
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Texas Elections 2018
“The door to the future”: How Eddie Bernice Johnson could make history if Democrats win back the House
Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, has served in the U.S. House for 26 years. If her party wins control of the chamber, she’s well positioned to become the first African-American representative from Texas to lead a standing committee in Congress.
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Texas Elections 2018
Does Cruz lead O’Rourke by 6 points or 2? Here’s how to evaluate Texas polls.
Here are four things to keep in mind when you see a poll on a statewide race in Texas.
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Families Divided
How can the federal government reunify kids with deported parents? First step: Find them.
Some 400 parents were sent back to their native countries without their children. As an official with the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency put it, “we don’t keep track of individuals once they’ve been deported to foreign countries.”
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Texas Elections 2018
Trump sends campaign cash boost to 6 Texans in fight for control of Congress
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign announced it made donations to around 100 Republicans in congressional races ahead of the midterms. Six of those recipients were Texas incumbents.
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Families Divided
As reunification deadline lands, hundreds of migrant families remain divided
Some parents have been declared ineligible because of “red flags” in their records. But many haven’t been reunified because immigration officials already deported them.
