This year, Republican lawmakers have proposed about three dozen bills in at least 17 states that would restrict or require public disclosure of DEI initiatives
The deal has come under fire from Republicans, including Donald Trump, the likely presidential nominee, who eviscerated the deal this week as a political ‘gift’ to Democrats
Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr, 61, spent 10 days in jail until his alibi was confirmed, during which time he was raped and beaten, according to his complaint
Lorraine León Ramírez, mother of two sons who have Afros, said her youngest was banned from attending two different schools until he cut his hair
The concertina wire along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s broader fight with the administration over immigration enforcement
The girl was rescued July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, after a passerby called 911 to report seeing her hold up the piece of paper with the handwritten desperate plea for help
Relatives of the victims asked for the indictment of police officers after a report laid bare numerous failures by police during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history
‘Let’s press on and hope that we can join together and make this great difference,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told the crowd
The programs have taken off after a series of key interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve made virtually all loans more expensive
Hundreds of officers responded to the 2022 massacre that killed 19 children and two staff members, but waited more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman
The makeshift approach has frazzled volunteers, nonprofit groups and migrants wary of the lack of a long-term plan, particularly during the city’s long winters
The Texas National Guard denied the Border Patrol access to attempt a rescue in the Rio Grande last Friday, where a mother and her two children had drowned earlier the same night
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, accused the state of failing to act amid escalating tensions between Texas and the U.S. government over immigration enforcement
Republican candidates campaigning ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses were contending with a blizzard warning covering most of the state
The border state put up fencing to take control of a nearly 50-acre public park in Eagle Pass, which has a boat ramp that agents use to launch their boats into the Rio Grande
The blast flung doors and entire sections of wall onto the road in front of the 20-story hotel, where authorities said rescue crews found several people trapped in the basement
A handful of lawsuits filed across the U.S. in Republican-dominant states seek clarity on the circumstances that qualify patients to legally receive an abortion
The Chinese company dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc. as the top seller of electric cars in the last three months of 2023
The trip to Eagle Pass comes as Senate negotiators keep plugging away in hopes of a bipartisan deal
Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on limits on the drug this year
The two cities open a new front in response to efforts led by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to pay for migrants to leave his state
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also has authorized installing floating barriers in the Rio Grande and allowed troopers to arrest and jail thousands of migrants on trespassing charges
The all-cash transaction would have opened the door for Iberdrola and Avangrid in a state where more wind and solar power could be generated and exported to larger markets
The Democratic government argues that the rule, which will allow local authorities to deport people starting in March, is unconstitutional
Their requests come as U.S. cities have struggled to manage the increasing number of migrants sent from Texas and other states. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing operation has transported more than 80,000 migrants to Democratic-led cities
The death toll at the world’s most dangerous land crossing threatens to surpass the 560 victims documented last year
Many of the leading acts in contemporary indie rock pull from the South or hail from there, like soloists Angel Olsen and Waxahatchee, or groups like Plains, Wednesday and two-thirds of the Grammy-nominated band boygenius
