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Texas House passes bill banning sex change treatments for minors

May 16, 2023

After hours of debate and opposition from Democratic lawmakers, the Republican-led Texas House on Friday passed a bill that would ban sex change treatment for minors identifying as transgender, Yahoo News reports. Introduced by Republican Rep. Tom Oliverson, the bill will be voted on once more before being sent back to the Senate for approval as an amendment; if the change is approved, the bill will be signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Abbott activates ‘Texas Tactical Border Force,’ 545 more National Guardsmen deployed before Title 42 expires

May 9, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced a new Texas Tactical Border Force ahead of the expiration of the Title 42 public health order, which helped block migrants from entering the U.S.

Federal court dismisses challenge to Texas’ anti–BDS law

April 26, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to a Texas law that prohibits companies from receiving state funds if they participate in the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, Algemeiner reports.

Biden Under Fire Over Abortion Remarks

February 8, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden faces condemnation from leading Republicans “protecting the unborn” after he urged Congress to end “extreme abortion bans.”

Iranian Nabbed At U.S. Border on Terror Watch List Arrested

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023

Dozens on the U.S. terror watch list were detained, including 17 in December, at the U.S. southern border with Mexico, officials said Wednesday.

Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas bused nearly 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities

December 28, 2022

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said his state has bused nearly 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities since the start of the relocation program in April.

White House slams migrant buses to veep’s residence despite releasing 1.4 million border crossers

December 26, 2022

The Biden administration slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for sending three busloads of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’s official residence without acknowledging the role that the president’s policy played in the political just desserts.

El Paso Mayor on Border Crisis: ‘It’s Not an El Paso Problem’

December 22, 2022

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said Wednesday that the border crisis is bigger than El Paso and even the United States.

Texas, Arizona and 17 other states ask SCOTUS for stay in eliminating Title 42 border protocol

December 19, 2022

Nineteen states joined an application to the Supreme Court this week, requesting the expiration of Title 42 be put on hold until a higher court can review the decision made by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia to allow its sunsetting.

‘They’ve gotta have something in place’: Critics circle as Biden admin prepares for end of Title 42

December 18, 2022

Texas lawmakers from both parties urged the Biden administration on Sunday to provide more support in the days leading up to this week’s scheduled end of a Trump-era policy that had allowed for widespread expulsions of people seeking asylum.

At least 18 tornadoes sweep across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi; mother and son among 3 killed

December 14, 2022

Three people, including a mother and son, were killed, and multiple people were hospitalized after a series of tornadoes swept through Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi Tuesday and Wednesday.

Texas governor declares invasion at border, invokes constitutional powers in historic action

November 15, 2022

Frustrated by an unending crisis fueled by drug and human trafficking at the southern border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday declared his state was under an invasion and invoked special powers granted under the U.S. and Texas constitutions.

Texas judge strikes down Biden’s student debt relief plan

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022

A federal judge in Texas has struck down President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal loans held by tens of millions of borrowers, calling it unconstitutional.

Texas has seized over 336 million ‘lethal doses’ of fentanyl during Operation Lone Star, DPS says

October 19, 2022

A border security mission launched by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has resulted in 336 million “lethal doses” of fentanyl being seized since it began earlier this year, enough to kill the entire population of the United States, he said.

Judge orders FBI to turn over information on laptop of homicide victim Democrat staffer Seth Rich

October 9, 2022

A judge has ordered the FBI to release information it has in connection to the laptop of Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee staffer who was fatally shot in Washington in 2016.

US: Sixty-six clinics in 14 states have stopped providing abortions

October 6, 2022

Sixty-six clinics in 14 states have stopped providing abortions since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June, Politico reports. Twenty-six of these clinics have closed down altogether, including the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which was at the center of the case through which Roe was reversed.

Texas House passes bill banning sex change treatments for minors

Abbott activates ‘Texas Tactical Border Force,’ 545 more National Guardsmen deployed before Title 42 expires

Federal court dismisses challenge to Texas’ anti–BDS law

Biden Under Fire Over Abortion Remarks

Iranian Nabbed At U.S. Border on Terror Watch List Arrested

Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas bused nearly 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities

White House slams migrant buses to veep’s residence despite releasing 1.4 million border crossers

El Paso Mayor on Border Crisis: ‘It’s Not an El Paso Problem’

Texas, Arizona and 17 other states ask SCOTUS for stay in eliminating Title 42 border protocol

‘They’ve gotta have something in place’: Critics circle as Biden admin prepares for end of Title 42

At least 18 tornadoes sweep across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi; mother and son among 3 killed

Texas governor declares invasion at border, invokes constitutional powers in historic action

Texas judge strikes down Biden’s student debt relief plan

Texas has seized over 336 million ‘lethal doses’ of fentanyl during Operation Lone Star, DPS says

Judge orders FBI to turn over information on laptop of homicide victim Democrat staffer Seth Rich

US: Sixty-six clinics in 14 states have stopped providing abortions

States deploy about 2,500 National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border

Red heifer sacrifice could take place in one year in Jerusalem

Two Buses Sent By Texas Drop Migrants Off In Front Of VP Kamala Harris Residence

Ken Starr, US Prosecutor In Clinton-Lewinsky Case, Dies At 76