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Politics
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2024 Texas Elections
Trump helped Wesley Hunt get elected. At RNC, he returns the favor.
Wesley Hunt is one of the few Texans selected to speak at the RNC main stage — a reflection of his ardent support for former President Donald Trump.
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2024 Texas Elections
After famously snubbing Trump in 2016, Ted Cruz praises him on border security at RNC
Cruz struck a decidedly different tone from his 2016 RNC speech, when he refused to endorse Trump and told voters to “vote your conscience.”
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2024 Texas Elections
Before he was Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance was U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s staffer
Cornyn said Vance was “smart” and “well spoken,” praising former President Donald Trump for selecting him as a running mate.
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2024 Texas Elections
Gov. Greg Abbott defends trip to East Asia during Hurricane Beryl
Abbott’s critics say he could have postponed the trip until the storm had passed, or at least cut it short once he saw the scale of the disaster.
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Environment
With new legislation, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn aim to pressure Mexico to send water to Texas
Mexico owes Texas 900,000 acre-feet of water. But a regional drought is complicating the binational agreement.
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2024 Texas Elections
Allred outraises Cruz in latest quarter, but Cruz has more cash on hand
Cruz now has a cash advantage, with $12.1 million cash on hand compared to Allred’s $10.4 million.
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Operation Lone Star
GOP-led states have pledged hundreds of troops and spent millions of dollars to help Texas secure the border this year
The federal government has deployed National Guard to the border for years, but more than a dozen states have dug into their own budgets to send even more personnel
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2024 Texas Elections
Biden postpones visit to Austin after Trump assassination attempt
The president was planning to visit Texas on Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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2024 Texas Elections
Texas U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson says his nephew was injured in shooting at Trump rally
Former President Donald Trump was injured in the shooting that is being investigated as an assassination attempt.
