By Gary Bai Former President Donald Trump has praised the Texas GOP for adopting a platform on June 18 that rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election. “Wow! Look at the Great State of Texas and their powerful Republican Party Platform on the 2020 Presidential Election Fraud,” said Trump on Truth Social on June 21. “After much research […]
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Texas GOP Passes Resolution Declaring Biden ‘Not Legitimately Elected’
By Gary Bai Texas Republicans passed a resolution on June 18 stating that President Joe Biden was “not legitimately elected,” and that “substantial” election fraud in key metropolitan areas influenced the results of the 2020 presidential election in favor of Biden. “We believe that the 2020 election violated Article 1 and 2 of the US Constitution, that various secretaries of state […]
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Texas GOP Delegates Rebuke Senior Senator Over Gun Control Legislation
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez In a unanimous vote, Texas GOP delegates passed a resolution rebuking their senior U.S. Senator and other Republicans working with Democrats for gun control laws that disregard the Second Amendment. The resolution was against the Gang of 20 gun control bill, including Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (Texas), Thom Tills (N.C.), Roy Blunt (Mo.), Bill Cassidy […]
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Republican Mayra Flores Flips Texas US House Seat in Special Election
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez SAN BENITO, Texas—Republican Mayra Flores won the special election to fill the vacant Texas Congressional District 34 seat on June 14, flipping a heavily Hispanic district to the Republicans. “I’m forever grateful,” Flores said in a victory speech on June 14, her voice breaking with emotion. “For 100 years we have been taken for […]
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Texas Judge Blocks Federal Policy Letting ‘Criminal Aliens’ ‘Roam Free’
By Caden Pearson Texas and Louisiana have successfully sued the Biden administration over an immigration policy that saw “criminal aliens” released from custody into the community instead of being deported. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton on Friday ruled in favor of Texas and Louisiana, finding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued rules via “self-styled” memorandum meant […]
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Texas Official Says Slow Police Response ‘Cost Lives’ as US Congressman Calls for Officers to Be Fired
By Zachary Stieber The law enforcement decision not to immediately storm the classroom where a school shooter was killing children “cost lives,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said on May 28, as Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) called for the officers involved to be fired. As many as 19 officers were in the hallway inside Robb Elementary School in […]
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Police Waited to Enter Texas School as Shooter Opened Fire: Witnesses
By Jack Phillips Several witnesses on the scene of the Texas mass shooting said that police waited to enter as videos surfaced of parents telling officers to “Go protect the kids!” “What are you doing—get inside the building!” a person yelled in one of the videos, while another screamed, “Go protect the kids!” Law enforcement authorities faced questions Thursday […]
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Texas Elementary School Shooter Posted to Facebook 3 Times Before Massacre: Governor
By Charlotte Cuthbertson and Zachary Stieber UVALDE, Texas—The man who killed 19 children in an elementary school on May 24 posted thrice to Facebook before arriving at the facility, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before Salvador Ramos, 18, entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire, he wrote on social media, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.” Another post, minutes […]
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14 Students, 1 Teacher Killed After Shooting at Texas Elementary School: Governor
By Zachary Stieber Fourteen children and a teacher were fatally shot by an 18-year-old male at an elementary school in Texas on May 24, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The male, identified as Salvador Romas, drove to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and opened fire, the governor told a briefing in Abilene. “He shot and killed—horrifically, incomprehensively—14 students, and killed […]
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Texas Ranchers Struggling With Property Damage Amid Surge of Illegal Immigrants
By Autumn Spredemann As a human tidal wave continues flowing across the U.S. southern border from Mexico, cattle ranchers in Texas scramble to deal with the destruction done by illegal immigrants and human traffickers. There were 201,800 encounters between U.S. Border Patrol agents and illegal aliens along the southwest land border in April, according to data released […]
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Proposal to Prohibit Teaching Critical Race Theory in Texas School District Wins Majority Approval in Public Comment
By Matt McGregor TEXAS—The majority vote in public comment chose to favor proposed policies that will put guardrails on social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and prohibit critical race theory (CRT) teachings for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD), following a board meeting on April 25. Board members Casey Ford and Shannon Braun proposed the policy (pdf) based on what […]
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Texas Approves $495.3 Million for Border Security Operations
By Gabrielle Stephenson Texas has approved the transfer of $495.3 million to fund Operation Lone Star and critical border operations at other state agencies, the governor’s office announced Friday. “This funding will address immediate border security needs while future funding needed to protect Texans continues to be evaluated,” according to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office. The vast majority of the funds—$465.3 million—will go […]
