Texas set to be fined $100,000 per day after failing to investigate allegations of abuse in foster care system
A federal judge has fined Texas $100,000 a day for routinely failing to properly investigate allegations of abuse and neglect by children in the state’s troubled foster care system. . U.S. District Judge Janice Graham Jack in Corpus Christi ruled Monday that the Texas Department of Health and Human Services was flouting the agency’s order […]
Texas Gov. Abbott blasts Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis: ‘Bunch of lies’
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has slammed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis, saying the secretary has been telling only lies to the American people. “What Mr. Mayorkas has said is nothing but a litany of lies,” Abbott said in an interview with FOX4 News. Mr. Abbott said he was impeached in part […]
Indiana National Guardsman Shot Migrant Stabbing Two Others at Texas Border
Authorities in Texas are investigating a border shooting in which Indiana National Guard members allegedly opened fire on a man who stabbed two migrants. After the shooting, the suspect fled into Mexico while U.S. authorities treated the injured migrants. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in El Paso, according to internal U.S. Border Patrol documents leaked […]
Sinaloa Cartel Moving Fentanyl Labs Closer to Texas Border
Mexican authorities report changes in fentanyl production and distribution as the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel moves its operations closer to Texas. The latest development comes as Mexico’s federal government began seizing several tons of fentanyl precursors shipped in the state of Nuevo Leon. The seizure comes as a faction of the Sinaloa cartel […]
Biden administration agrees to provide billions to Samsung to expand chip manufacturing in Texas
The Biden administration on Monday announced a multibillion-dollar agreement with Samsung to invest in semiconductor chip manufacturing in Texas. The $6.4 billion preliminary agreement is the latest agreement signed using funding from the CHIPS and Science Act, the bipartisan legislation Biden signed into law in 2022. Samsung is expected to invest more than $40 billion […]
EXCLUSIVE: State AGs File Brief Defending Ken Paxton, Top Deputy After Texas State Bar Allegedly Plots Revenge
A group of state attorneys general across the country filed amicus briefs Friday defending Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his top deputy, Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, in a case brought by a Texas court. did. The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the brief in the lawsuit, which began in response to […]
Suspect in deadly Texas DPS office crash now charged, facing $2M bail
A man who crashed a stolen 18-wheeler into a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) office, killing one person and injuring 13 others, is facing multiple charges, authorities said. Kleinard Parker, 42, is charged with evading arrest, unauthorized use of a vehicle and multiple counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to online […]
US Marine arrested in Texas after stealing over $500,000 in jewelry in two separate heists, authorities say
A U.S. Marine was arrested Thursday in Texas after authorities said he stole hundreds of pieces of jewelry worth more than $500,000 in two separate robberies. Marcelo Majeed Hernandez, 18, has been identified as a suspect in two robberies that occurred at David Yuman Jewelry in Houston on October 13, 2023 and at Helzberg Diamonds […]
Texas doctor found guilty of poisoning patients by putting dangerous drugs in IV bags
A Texas doctor dubbed a “medical terrorist” has been found guilty of injecting a heart-stopping poison into an IV at his former North Dallas clinic. FOX 4 in Dallas reported that a 12-member jury found Dr. Reynaldo Ortiz guilty on all 10 charges after nearly seven hours of deliberation. Ortiz reportedly wore a mask and […]
Two bodies recovered in Texas County; OSBI yet to release ID’s or cause of death
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday evening that two bodies were discovered in a rural Texas county in Oklahoma. “Both individuals will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office for identification, cause and manner of death. This is still under investigation,” OSBI said in a post to X. This was announced less than […]