More than 16,000 family members were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in September, the highest number ever and an 80 percent increase from July, according to federal statistics obtained by The Washington Post
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State Government
Austin urges an appeals court to allow its paid sick leave ordinance to take effect
Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance was supposed to go into effect Oct. 1, but was blocked in August after business groups filed a lawsuit saying the ordinance violated state law.
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Texas Elections 2018
Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick to speak at Donald Trump’s rally with Ted Cruz
The rally will be held in Houston on Monday, the first day of early voting for the Nov. 6 election.
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Texas Elections 2018
Watch Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke in their second — and likely final — Senate debate
Three weeks out from Election Day, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, held their second debate in San Antonio. Here’s the full video, courtesy of WFAA-TV.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke starts airing attack ads against Ted Cruz, shifting tone
In one ad, O’Rourke accuses Cruz of “selling paranoia and fear instead of solutions.”
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Donald Trump: Beto O’Rourke “is a flake”
In a series of tweets following Tuesday night’s debate between U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, President Donald Trump said O’Rourke would “blow it all” if elected.
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Analysis: Can Beto O’Rourke overcome Ted Cruz’s million-vote margin?
In statewide elections, Texas Republicans regularly beat their Democratic opponents by a million votes or more. In a state where midterm election turnouts have yet to top 5 million votes, that’s a formidable hurdle.
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Families Divided
Migrants seeking safe harbor in the U.S. must first survive shootouts and shakedowns in Mexico
Few would dispute that life has gotten tougher for people who are in the United States without legal permission. But in recent years, it’s grown even more dangerous for immigrants in Mexico — mostly Central Americans trying to make their way to the United States.
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Texas Elections 2018
We fact check Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke’s second debate
During their second U.S. Senate debate in San Antonio, Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz went back and forth on a number of issues. But how much of what each candidate said is true?
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Beto O’Rourke says Ted Cruz has an attendance problem. Cruz has missed 14 percent of votes; O’Rourke has missed 3 percent.
Both candidates missed slightly more votes than their chambers’ medians.
