Joaquin Castro Causes New Stir as He Considers Senate Run
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro seemed to offer more definitive language than usual about a possible 2018 run for U.S. Senate during an interview with CBS News on Thursday. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, speaks to a group of Hillary Clinton supporters at a morning campaign event held at the home of Mark and Sharon Naughton in Iowa City on Sunday, August 30, 2015. Castro was on the first of four campaign stops in Iowa.]()
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Julián Castro Has No Interest in Running DNC
U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro says he has no interest in running the Democratic National Committee in the wake of the resignation of Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Full Story
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Julián Castro Disappointed, But Says Clinton Will Get Hispanic Vote
U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro talked about the discussions he had about being a potential vice presidential pick for Hillary Clinton. Full Story
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Hillary Clinton Passes Over Julián Castro for VP
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has named U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her vice presidential running mate, passing over a son of San Antonio, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro. Full Story
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Texplainer: Julián Castro’s Hatch Act Violation
Our Texplainer runs down Julián Castro’s Hatch Act violation, and why the White House got to decide whether to punish a member of its own Cabinet. Full Story
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Texans at the RNC and Julián Castro's Clinton Talk (Podcast)
On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about key Texans at the Republican National Convention and HUD Secretary Julián Castro's violation of the Hatch Act. Full Story
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While All Eyes on Julían, Joaquin Castro Quietly Climbs Ranks in Congress
While the political world waits to see if Hillary Clinton selects U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro as her running mate, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro could remain a force in Congress regardless of the outcome. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, speaks to a group of Hillary Clinton supporters at a campaign event held at the home of Mark and Sharon Naughton in Iowa City on Aug. 30, 2015.]()
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White House Won't Punish Julián Castro
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro looks to be off the hook with the White House after the U.S. Office of Special Counsel found that Castro violated federal law. Full Story
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Special Counsel Says Julián Castro Violated Hatch Act
Julián Castro, secretary of Housing and Urban Development and rumored Democratic vice presidential prospect, broke federal law by politicking on the job, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Monday. Full Story
![Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro speaking before a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona on Jan. 8, 2015.]()
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Amid VP Chatter, Castro Defends Changes to HUD Mortgage Program
U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro on Wednesday defended his overhaul of a federal program that sells bad mortgages to private investors, rejecting the idea it was driven by politics. Full Story
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Does Julián Castro Have the Chops to be Veep?
Julián Castro's experience — first as San Antonio mayor, then as U.S. housing secretary — is getting a closer look than ever as Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, zeroes in on a choice for running mate. Full Story
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Scenes From the Texas Democratic Convention
Scenes from the Texas Democratic Party's convention in San Antonio. Full Story
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Against Backdrop of Trump Rallies, Texas Democrats to Gather
As Donald Trump hosts rallies Thursday and Friday in Dallas and Houston, as many as 10,000 staunch anti-Trump Democrats are expected to gather in San Antonio for the state party's three-day convention. Full Story
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How Good Are Julián Castro's Veep Prospects?
A year ago, Democrats treated HUD Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as the most likely vice presidential pick for a Hillary Clinton ticket. But in recent weeks, speculation about his chances has grown more muted. Full Story
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Democrats Boiling Over Attacks on Julián Castro
Julián Castro’s allies are boiling over criticism from progressive corners regarding his tenure as secretary of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development. Full Story
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Texas Democrats Defend Julián Castro From Attack by Liberal Groups
Texas Democrats defended Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro after liberal groups aimed to disqualify him from the vice presidential selection process. Full Story
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Amid Intense VP Buzz, Julián Castro Tours Iowa for Clinton
As U.S. Housing Secretary Julián Castro spent a day of campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, the Texas Democrat found himself in a familiar position: waving off questions about whether she will pick him as her running mate. Full Story
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Ted Cruz's Rise, Ken Paxton's Mugshot: The Year in Texas Politics
In 2015, Texans saw their former governor reluctantly exit the political stage as their junior senator emerged as one of the savviest and most consequential Republican presidential candidates. Here are the year’s top political stories. Full Story
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2015 Tribune Festival: Videos of the Keynote Sessions
During the keynote sessions of the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival, we featured one-on-one conversations with Dan Patrick, Joe Straus, Nancy Pelosi and Julián Castro. You can watch those interviews and videos of our other keynote sessions here. Full Story
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![The 2015 Texas Tribune Festival's keynote sessions included one-on-one conversations with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (clockwise, from top left), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Texas House Speaker Joe Straus. There was also a panel discussion on the 2016 presidential race.]()
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TribCast: Planned Parenthood and Castro's VP Chatter
On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Alexa and Patrick about the state's move to defund Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton's Texas endorsements, and the vice presidential chatter around HUD Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro. Full Story
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