Tag: Texas

A member of the U.S. military helps install concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Laredo, Texas.

Beltway Confidential

MS-13 gang member, attempted murderer apprehended at Texas border lacking border wall

Eddie Scarry · January 30, 2019 3:57 pm

In this Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Washington Secrets

As base shrinks, GOP urged to ‘show up’ in black, Hispanic communities

Paul Bedard · January 30, 2019 3:48 pm

In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, Megan Heckel of Plano holds her daughter Lily as they wait in line for early voting outside Maribelle M. Davis Library in Plano, Texas.

White suburbia is the source of Trump’s Texas troubles

David M. Drucker · January 30, 2019 5:00 am

President Trump takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.

Texas Republicans fear Trump could lose the state in 2020

David M. Drucker · January 29, 2019 12:00 pm

Thousands attend funeral for ‘unaccompanied’ veteran in Texas

Diana Stancy Correll · January 28, 2019 11:47 pm

Trump shares misleading statistics on voter fraud in Texas

Claude Thompson, Daniel Chaitin · January 27, 2019 11:13 pm

Students march at the Texas School Choice Rally at the Capitol in Austin.

Beltway Confidential

As National School Choice Week comes to an end, the movement gains momentum

Nicole Russell · January 26, 2019 5:00 am

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Nearly 60,000 noncitizens may have illegally voted in Texas, officials say

Caitlin Yilek · January 26, 2019 12:35 am

Texas man detained, charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS

Diana Stancy Correll · January 25, 2019 9:12 pm

Energy and Environment

Appalachia’s approaching energy boom

Salena Zito · January 25, 2019 5:00 am

U.S. Border Patrol agent Hermann Rivera looks across the Rio Grande river into Mexico.

Beltway Confidential

Texas has a big problem with asylum seekers, and a wall won’t fix it

Eddie Scarry · January 22, 2019 8:46 pm

Government agents stand guard alongside suspects taken into custody during an immigration sting at Corso's Flower and Garden Center, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Castalia, Ohio. The operation is one of the largest against employers in recent years on allegations of violating immigration laws.

Locals help border agents survive the shutdown with free meals, zero-interest loans

Anna Giaritelli · January 22, 2019 12:00 am