Webb County and Laredo coming face to face with the reality of a border wall
Webb County hasn’t seen the buildup of barriers that El Paso or the Rio Grande Valley has since 2006. But change is coming, and it's coming quickly. Full Story
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![A culvert runs perpendicular to the Rio Grande in Webb County. This strip of land is planned to be assessed by the federal government as a potential site for the Trump Administration's border wall expansion. Feb. 12, 2020.]()
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Analysis: Health care and its discontents loom over Texas Democrats in 2020
Texas Democrats, like Democrats elsewhere, put health care at or near the top of their lists of most important problems. But they have significant disagreements among themselves over what to do about it. Full Story
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Republican congressional candidate Jamie Berryhill compares borderless nation to a woman “raped and defiled”
The Facebook post has since been deleted. Berryhill told a local TV station he wouldn't make similar comments again. Full Story
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Presidential candidates turn their focus to Texas as early voting begins
Early voting in Texas starts Tuesday, ahead of the headline-grabbing election days in Nevada and South Carolina. As a result, the state is getting a lot of attention from the Democrats running for president. Full Story
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Ted Cruz, once a Trump rival, worked to save his presidency
Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, once called Trump "utterly amoral" and a "sniveling coward." Then he worked to save his presidency. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept.. 28, 2019.]()
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Trump administration taps elite Border Patrol units to arrest immigrants inside the United States
Houston is among the U.S. cities where highly trained teams will embed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Full Story
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Impeachment left Texas voters sour on the president and both parties in Congress, UT/TT Poll finds
Texas voters give low marks to the leaders involved in impeachment proceedings, showing their partisan stripes in their assessments, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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Bernie Sanders leaps to first among Texas Democrats in latest UT/TT Poll
Sanders now leads the Democratic presidential candidates among Texas voters, but Donald Trump maintains a slight lead over each of the top Democrats in the race, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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Diversion of aircraft purchases for border wall puts some Texas Republicans in a difficult position
Military aircraft construction is vital to the Fort Worth economy. The diversion drew condemnation from Democrats and at least one Texas Republican. Full Story
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Trump endorses in three competitive Texas congressional primary races
The president gave his backing to three candidates who have been leading their primary races but are trying to avoid runoffs in crowded fields. Full Story
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Ted Cruz and John Cornyn join successful effort to acquit President Donald Trump
Both Texas Republicans voted not to convict on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Full Story
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Partisan tension hung over State of the Union — even before Texas congresswoman gave rebuttal from El Paso
President Donald Trump touted economic and military successes. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin was among Democrats who walked out. Afterwards, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar rebutted Trump's speech from El Paso. Full Story
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Analysis: Cornyn's expected vote against impeachment is in tune with Republican voters in Texas
Whatever the reason is for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's support for the president, it puts him tightly in sync with Republican voters in Texas. Full Story
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Texas freshman Rep. Veronica Escobar boosts national profile with State of the Union response in Spanish
Escobar said she plans to highlight health care, immigration, climate change and impeachment in her speech Tuesday night. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, votes no on the first article of impeachment against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2019.]()
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Trump plans to collect DNA from nearly a million immigrants despite charges it violates privacy
Pilot projects could lead to the Trump administration storing genetic material from children as young as 14 years old in the name of fighting crime. Full Story
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How U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston landed in the middle of impeachment
Decades of nuts-and-bolts political work and a friendship with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed the first-term congresswoman a starring role in the Senate trial of President Trump. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, along with fellow House Impeachment Managers, attends a press conference on the upcoming impeachment trial at the Capitol in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.]()
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Voting in Texas on Super Tuesday: Everything you need to know
Primary election day is March 3. Here’s an overview of everything you need to know about casting a ballot in Texas. Full Story
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Despite Trump endorsement, Kay Granger's primary shows no signs of cooling
The anti-tax Club for Growth on Thursday backed the Fort Worth congresswoman's primary challenger, Chris Putnam, ensuring that the race will remain action-packed even after she secured the president's backing last month. Full Story
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Sen. Ted Cruz launches daily podcast about Trump impeachment trial
In the podcast, Cruz reacts to what he's seen in the trial and makes the case for defending the president. Full Story
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Trump restores funding that was cut over targeting Planned Parenthood
The Trump administration announcement reverses an Obama-era decision in 2012 to cut federal women’s health funding to Texas. That came as punishment after the Texas Legislature excluded Planned Parenthood from the Healthy Texas Women program in 2011. Full Story
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![From left, Gov. Greg Abbott reacts as President Donald Trump speaks at a church relief center during a visit with flood survivors and volunteers of Hurricane Harvey in Houston on Sept. 2, 2017.]()
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