Tag: Texas

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

Dan Crenshaw is running in the Republican primary for Texas' 2nd Congressional District. (@DanCrenshawTX/Twitter)

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Former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw and current GOP primary candidate in Texas is a true public servant

Tom Rogan · February 23, 2018 5:12 pm

The Running Man

John McCormack · February 22, 2018 7:27 pm

The border wall between Calexico, Calif., and Mexicali, Mexico, has been damaged and breached several hundred times over the past two years. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

DHS starts construction on 30-foot replacement wall in Calexico, Calif.

Anna Giaritelli · February 21, 2018 10:23 pm

Blue Texas? It’s Way More Complicated Than You Think.

David Byler · February 21, 2018 9:42 am

Hundreds of Americans have taken to the streets to campaign for stricter gun laws over the past week after a deadly school shooting in Florida took 17 lives. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Gun control is a fantasy. Start a realistic conversation about preventing school massacres

Washington Examiner · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

Many Republicans have problems with provisions dealing with immigrant farm workers, while others don't like the immigration reduction numbers and mandatory E-Verify, which are also opposed by the business community.

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Immigration reform faces high hurdle in the House

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The budget proposal Trump's White House released days later would raise deficits by as much as $7 trillion over 10 years if enacted.

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Deficits drive a wedge between Trump and fiscal conservatives

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor Erik Gordon, left, helps passenger Ronan Pabhye navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo on July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Is it time to crack down on facial recognition?

Steven Nelson · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

"When President Trump meets with our nation's governors in just a few short weeks he will make the safety of our nation's schools our top administration priority," said Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mike Pence vows action on school safety after deadly Florida shooting

Katie Leach · February 17, 2018 9:20 pm

Texas' AFL-CIO has recently endorsed Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas as O'Rourke tries to win against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. It was a reversal from a commitment the union made to not endorse any candidate in the 2018 Senate election. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas AFL-CIO reverses course, endorses Ted Cruz challenger

Robert King · February 17, 2018 8:56 pm