Tag: Texas

In this June 5, 2014 photo, a Border Patrol agent uses a headset and computer to conduct a long distance interview by video with a person arrested crossing the border in Texas, from a facility in San Diego. Hit with a dramatic increase of Central Americans crossing in South Texas, the Border Patrol is relieving staffing woes by enlisting agents in less busy sectors to process arrests through video interviews.

DHS defends border agents after death of 7-year-old migrant

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2018 5:36 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington.

Trump, McConnell take first steps toward criminal justice reform

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2018 2:42 pm

In this June 22, 2018, file photo, Julian Castro speaks at the start of the general session at the Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth, Texas.

Julian Castro is running for president, twin brother Joaquin says

Naomi Lim · December 14, 2018 2:29 am

FILE - In this May 31, 2018, file photo, customers enter the Apple store, in New York. Apple will build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, break ground on smaller locations in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California, and over the next three years will expand in Pittsburgh, New York and Colorado.

Beltway Confidential

Texas buys off Silicon Valley: $25 million in taxpayer dollars for new Apple campus in Houston

Philip Wegmann · December 13, 2018 3:30 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage before a new product introduction in Cupertino, Calif. Apple has reportedly repurchased $14 billion of its stock in the two weeks after its first-quarter financials and second-quarter revenue outlook disappointed investors. Its shares climbed in premarket trading Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.

Apple to build $1 billion campus in Texas

Katelyn Caralle · December 13, 2018 12:59 pm

In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony in Washington. The disgraced former Texas Congressman will serve 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to bilk at least $775,000 from conservative foundations that intended the donations for charities and voter education. Stockman was convicted in April on 23 of 24 counts, including mail and wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. He was sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Houston.

Ex-GOP staffer sentenced to 18 months behind bars for involvement in fraud case

Diana Stancy Correll · December 12, 2018 6:33 pm

63 illegal immigrants nabbed near Texas-Mexico border

Anna Giaritelli · December 7, 2018 10:05 pm

Energy and Environment

‘Christmas came a few weeks early’: Ryan Zinke announces massive new oil find

John Siciliano · December 6, 2018 7:16 pm

Guests are seated for a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston.

WATCH: Funeral for George H.W. Bush in Houston

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2018 4:33 pm

An F-18 fighter jet peels away in the missing man formation as they fly over private services for astronaut Neil Armstrong, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at the Camargo Country Club in Cincinnati. Hundreds of people attended a closed service for Armstrong Friday at a private club in suburban Cincinnati. A national memorial service has been scheduled for Sept. 12 in Washington.

National Security

Navy salute to George H.W. Bush: Record-breaking 21-jet memorial flyover in Texas

Maria Biery · December 5, 2018 9:43 pm

Dr. Shahid Shafi, speaks before members of the State Republican Executive Committee, following a vote in favor of resolution that opposes an effort by the Tarrant County Republican Party (TCRP) to remove him as vice chair because of his religion, during the committee's quarterly meeting on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Austin. Email exchanges involving county Republican leaders in Texas reveal efforts to remove Shafi, a party vice chairman because he's Muslim.

RNC defends Muslim official in Texas from rogue effort to strip him of leadership post

David M. Drucker · December 5, 2018 8:30 pm

The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried out of the National Cathedral following a state funeral service in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.

Bush family, dignitaries gather at Washington National Cathedral to say farewell to George H.W. Bush

Katelyn Caralle · December 5, 2018 1:08 pm