Five Migrants Die in As Many Days in One Texas Border Sector
Five migrants have died in five days in the Texas border alone, including in Del Rio, once the country’s busiest crossing for migrants, as they tried to cross into the US. Unlike millions of other migrants who successfully entered the country during the first three years of the Biden administration, these migrants were not so […]
Son of Gulf Cartel Operator in Texas Sent to Prison for Threatening DEA Agents
The son of a Gulf Cartel boss who helped run a major drug operation in Texas will serve two and a half years in federal prison for trying to intimidate federal agents, who were searching for the boy’s father and potential witnesses against the son. This week, 20-year-old Hector “Torit” Reyes Jr. appeared before Chief […]
Texas Governor Welcomes First Soldiers to State Border Military Base
Texas Governor Greg Abbott welcomed the first 300 National Guard troops to a new forward base just south of Eagle Pass on the Mexican border. Abbott toured Forward Base Eagle on Friday with Texas Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Thomas Suelzer and Texas Border Commissioner Mike Banks. The governor held a press conference after the tour […]
Texas elementary school teacher admits to filming explicit videos in classroom, contends she’s the victim, has yet to be charged
A former Texas elementary school teacher has admitted to filming sexually explicit videos of herself in the classroom but claims she is the victim in the case. The woman, whose identity has not been released because she has not yet been charged with a crime, admitted to filming the sexually explicit videos in classrooms and […]
Texas GOP divisions grow after fraught primaries
Tuesday’s tightly contested runoff elections exposed turmoil within the Texas Republican Party. The party’s so-called business wing was hit hard in an election that saw unprecedented levels of outside spending, but it still managed to win because some incumbents, notably Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Texas) and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), hung on. But they’re […]
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state abortion ban’s medical exceptions
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case challenging the state’s abortion ban on medical exceptions. The court ruled against a group of women who suffered serious pregnancy complications, making them the first women in the nation to testify in court about being denied access to abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned in […]
Texas Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Abortion Laws
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld Texas’ abortion law following a lawsuit challenging the state’s constitutionality. Case, Zulawski v. Texas; A lawsuit filed by five women in March 2023 sought to block the abortion restriction law (” Texas Trigger LawThe court Decided The medical exceptions as currently applied were sufficiently broad that no […]
300 Texas National Guard Troops Move Into New Command Base In Eagle Pass
National Guard troops stand guard on the banks of the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 12, 2024. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Taylor Tinsley of OANFriday, May 31, 2024 5:38 PM Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops have been moved to a new base camp at Eagle Pass. […]
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion ban over medical exceptions
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, ruling Friday that there is no need to clarify the law’s medical exceptions. Texas bans abortion in almost all circumstances, but the court’s nine Republican justices ruled that a medical exception allows doctors to perform the procedure even if a woman […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton likens FBI to ‘Gestapo’ in Steve Bannon interview
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Republican) likened the FBI to the Nazi Gestapo during an interview with former President Trump adviser Steve Bannon. Bannon, who is also the host of the right-wing podcast “War Room,” has likened the FBI to the Nazi Gestapo, a view echoed by Paxton in his interview with the former White […]