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October 4, 2023

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Court order allows Texas’ floating barrier on US-Mexico border to remain in place for now

September 14, 2023 The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court allowed Texas’ floating barrier on a section of the Rio Grande to stay in place for now after a judge called the buoys a threat to the safety of […]

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Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings

July 14, 2023 Associated Press

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Texas began rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande in the latest escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the […]

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GOP makes push to weaken Democrats’ grip on Texas border

October 11, 2022 Paul J. Weber and Will Weissert, Associated Press

HARLINGEN, Texas — Just weeks before Election Day in Texas, once again there is big money, new signs of shifting voters and bold predictions of an upset that will turn heads across the U.S. But […]

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Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

September 20, 2022 Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring […]

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Texas governor authorizes state to return migrants to border

July 15, 2022 Paul J. Weber, Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott authorized state forces to apprehend migrants and return them to the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the boundaries of their enforcement powers and the Republican’s escalating efforts to curb the […]

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Toll now at 53 in San Antonio as families wait for answers

July 1, 2022 Juan Lozano, Fabiola Sanchez and Maria Verza, Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — In the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the […]

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Texas halts truck inspections that caused border gridlock

April 19, 2022 Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border, after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses. […]

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Texas results hint GOP Hispanic gains may endure post-Trump

March 19, 2022 Will Weissert, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just 46 residents of Starr County, Texas, cast ballots in the state’s Republican primary two years ago. But last week, nearly 1,100 Republicans voted in the sparsely populated county that hugs the […]

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Progressives eye Texas race as test for toppling incumbents

January 28, 2022 Will Weissert, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Henry Cuellar is an increasingly rare politician in the Democratic Party, a conservative-leaning lawmaker whose unapologetic defense of gun rights and the energy industry during his 17 years in Congress long […]

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BARONE: A post-Roe abortion political ‘revolution’ is unlikely

December 13, 2021 Michael Barone

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, challenging Mississippi’s law banning, with a few exceptions, abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. There’s a powerful argument that […]

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