Tag: Texas

Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks to supporters during a campaign event on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Beto O’Rourke won’t share his $38M with fellow Democrats

Al Weaver · October 16, 2018 1:11 am

House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, listens during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

Hospital stay forces John Culberson off campaign trail as Democrats eye his House seat

Al Weaver · October 15, 2018 8:29 pm

Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke

Ted Cruz: Beto O’Rourke ‘unquestionably’ testing the 2020 waters

Al Weaver · October 14, 2018 2:38 am

Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging incumbent Republican Tex Cruz in the Texas Senate race this year, speaks during the general session at the Texas Democratic Convention.

Big dollar checks flutter from liberal fingers for Beto O’Rourke

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2018 4:00 am

Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, speaks to the crowd during the "Turn Out for Texas" concert and rally at Auditorium Shores on Sept. 29, 2018 in Austin, Texas. O'Rourke is running against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for his Senate seat.

Beltway Confidential

Even as he falls further behind in the polls, Beto O’Rourke shatters a fundraising record

Becket Adams · October 12, 2018 4:25 pm

San Antonio police officers investigate the scene where eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer loaded with at least 30 others outside a Walmart store in stifling summer heat in what police are calling a horrific human trafficking case, Sunday, July 23, 2017, in San Antonio.

Texas ‘stash house’ operator sent to prison for trafficking incident that led to 10 deaths

Anna Giaritelli · October 11, 2018 9:55 pm

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke take part in the first debate in the Texas U.S. Senate race in Dallas, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

Ted Cruz records another 9-point advantage over Beto O’Rourke: Poll

Naomi Lim · October 11, 2018 9:42 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle passes along a section of border levee wall in Hidalgo, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security has issued another waiver of environmental laws to build new border barriers in South Texas, this time for roughly 17 miles (27 kilometers) of new border wall. DHS posted a waiver Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, that lists six sections where it plans to build "physical barriers and roads" in the Rio Grande Valley, at the southernmost point of Texas.

Energy and Environment

DHS orders border agency to bypass environmental rules to start 18-mile border wall in Texas

Anna Giaritelli · October 11, 2018 7:08 pm

Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, speaks to the crowd during the "Turn Out for Texas" concert and rally at Auditorium Shores on Sept. 29, 2018 in Austin, Texas. O'Rourke is running against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for his Senate seat.

No more news profiles on Beto O’Rourke being ‘cool,’ please

Eddie Scarry · October 11, 2018 4:00 am

A National Guard troop watches over Rio Grande River on the border in Roma, Texas.

Energy and Environment

DHS waives environmental rules to boost border security in Texas

Anna Giaritelli · October 10, 2018 4:44 pm

Top Trump super PAC rolls out last-minute ad backing Pete Sessions

Robert Donachie · October 9, 2018 5:24 pm

Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, speaks at a town hall event at the Grand Texan Hotel and Convention Center.

Beto O’Rourke: ‘I don’t think we’re interested’ in an Obama endorsement

Diana Stancy Correll · October 4, 2018 7:57 pm