Trump to fundraise in Dallas in late October
President Donald Trump is scheduled to fundraise in Dallas on Oct. 25 to benefit his re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee. Full Story
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![Then a candidate for president, Donald Trump rallied a crowd of veterans at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 28, 2016 — just ahead of that state's presidential caucuses.]()
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Dreamers greet DACA deadline with anxiety, unanswered questions
Tens of thousands of DACA recipients, many of them Texans, have until Thursday to submit their renewal applications for the Obama-era immigration program that the Trump administration has said will end early next year. Full Story
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![DACA supporters held a press conference in front of the Texas Attorney General's Office in Austin on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, after the Trump administration announced the program was ending.]()
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U.S. House committee approves Texan's bill to put $10 billion toward border wall
A congressional committee voted Wednesday to send to the full U.S. House a bill appropriating $10 billion toward building a border wall, but not before some Texas Democrats found ways to mock the proposal. Full Story
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![Ordered under the George W. Bush administration, a controversial and incomplete border wall along the Rio Grande River in South Texas has had environmental and cultural impacts.]()
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Judge blocks Texas secretary of state from giving voter information to Trump commission
A judge's order adds Texas to a growing list of states not complying with President Donald Trump's investigation into the 2016 elections, which Trump says suffered from large-scale voter fraud. Full Story
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Texas business mogul Mark Cuban offers details for hypothetical 2020 presidential run
Cuban said he would have "no problem" releasing his tax returns and declaring his business holdings if he were to run. He also outlined key issues he would focus on as a candidate. Full Story
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![Mark Cuban is a tech billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team.]()
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Facing Texas loyalists, Cruz grapples with GOP inaction under Trump
“As frustrated as y’all are, I’m sitting there everyday!” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a Tea Party group Saturday at one of two events this weekend in which the Texas Republican insisted he too is frustrated with his party's recent performance. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz talks with Sen. John Cornyn and Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, during a TPPF Orientation conference on Jan. 13, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel in Austin.]()
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Analysis: A political bargain that’s working out for social conservatives
In the president's appointment of two Texans to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, conservatives are seeing the fruits of a bargain made in the 2016 elections: Donald Trump might not be their favorite, but they're getting judges they want. Full Story
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Former official "fought as good of a fight as I could" to make Trump White House follow ethics rules
The consensus was clear at a discussion by ethics experts at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday: Donald Trump's White House may be the most unethical administration Americans have ever seen. Full Story
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![At the "Trump, Ethics and the Law" panel, Walter Shaub, senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center and former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, discusses the Trump administration.]()
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Livestream: Trump, Ethics and the Law
Comey. Mueller. Russia. Emoluments. Are we making something out of nothing? Watch our panel discussion. Full Story
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![Baylor University Chancellor and President Ken Starr during a Texas Tribune Higher Education Symposium in Waco.]()
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Livestream: Trump and the Resistance
Slate's Jamelle Bouie leads a panel discussion with organizer DeRay Mckesson, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards, The Indivisible Project's Ezra Levin and Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran live at the Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
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![DeRay Mckesson, civil rights activist, speaking with Evan Smith at the Race in the Age of Trump panel at A Symposium on Race and Public Policy. Jan 13, 2017.]()
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Susan Rice: Pulling out of Iran deal would be the "height of folly"
Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice said leaving the Iran nuclear deal would isolate the United States and do nothing to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Full Story
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![Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former National Security Advisor Susan Rice talks about national security with Boston Globe columnist Indira Lakshmanan at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 23, 2017.]()
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Analysis: X-factor in next year's elections might be Harvey, not Donald
The tempestuous president has been trumped by a tempest: Texas politics and government is all about Hurricane Harvey now, and Donald Trump might not be the most important outsider in the state's 2018 elections after all. Full Story
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![John Sharp, Texas A&M University chancellor and head of the new Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and Nim Kidd, Chief of Texas Emergency Management, get briefed on recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey at the FEMA Joint Field Office in Austin on Sept. 14, 2017.]()
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Abbott, Paxton send Trump letter requesting FEMA funding for churches
The letter comes after Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, along with Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri and Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, introduced an act to make houses of worship eligible for FEMA Public Assistance program grants. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott (center) at a press conference with State Rep. Todd Hunter (left), FEMA Director Brock Long and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas,(center) in Corpus Christi on Aug. 28, 2017.]()
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Report: Trump's judicial nominee from Texas called transgender kids part of "Satan's plan"
Jeff Mateer, one of President Donald Trump's latest judicial nominees and a high-ranking official in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office, said transgender children are part of "Satan's plan" in a May 2015 speech, CNN reported. Full Story
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Deal or no deal? Texans watch closely as future of DACA hangs in balance
Confusion reigned Thursday morning after President Donald Trump offered conflicting statements on the state of a possible deal with Democratic leadership to extend an Obama-era immigration program and beef up border security. Full Story
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Trump, top Democrats agree to work on deal to save DACA
President Donald Trump and top Democratic leaders late Wednesday agreed to work out an agreement that would protect the nation’s “dreamers” from deportation. Full Story
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![Texans protest in front of the attorney general's office after the White House announced it would phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.]()
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Congress passes Harvey aid bill – despite 4 Texans voting against it
The U.S. House approved $15 billion in aid to support those affected by Hurricane Harvey's destruction in southeast Texas on Friday, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump. Four Texas Republicans voted against the measure. Full Story
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U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul again a top contender to be Trump's homeland security chief
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, is a leading contender to serve as the next homeland security chief and is interested in the position, a source close to the congressman tells the Tribune. Full Story
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Report: Trump has decided to end Obama-era immigration program
President Donald Trump has decided to end an Obama-era program that has granted relief from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, according to media reports. Full Story
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Turner says Houston is "getting back on our feet" after Harvey. Here's what you should know today.
Local, state and federal officials took to national airwaves Sunday to discuss recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey and project a largely positive message. Full Story
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![Marcus Cossie clears his flood-ruined home in northeast Houston on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017.]()
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