Humanitarian groups in Laredo, Texas, say they had recently warned U.S. Customs and Border Protection that certain groups were controlling access to the international crossing on the Mexican side
Numerous companies that openly support LGBTQ+ groups have been subjected to boycotts, in a conservative offensive against inclusivity and sustainability
The indictment of real estate developer Nate Paul on Friday is the result of a yearslong FBI investigation that Paxton became entangled in three years ago
Attorney Tony Buzbee on Wednesday decried the GOP-led state House of Representatives’ overwhelming vote last month to impeach Paxton as a sham equivalent to a “drive-by shooting on a holiday weekend”
Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday he’s deploying 100 National Guard soldiers. At least eight Republican-led states have made similar deployments in the weeks since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appealed for help at the border
Her entry into prison comes more than a year after a jury convicted Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022
The GOP-led House of Representatives on Saturday approved 20 articles of impeachment on sweeping allegations of wrongdoing that have trailed the state’s top lawyer for years, including abuse of office and bribery
The historic vote came after a monthslong House investigation into the three-term attorney general that resulted in 20 charges alleging sweeping abuses of power, including obstruction of justice, bribery and abuse of public trust
The House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Paxton and suspending him from office over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust
The move sets up what could be a remarkably sudden downfall for one of the GOP’s most prominent legal combatants, who in 2020 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory
The president said from a solemn White House memorial that too many schools, too many everyday places have become ‘killing fields’
The Tuesday lawsuit is the latest legal attack against the administration’s plan to manage migration in the aftermath of the end of Title 42
Pain and anger persist among the victims’ families, many of whom are still pursuing justice. Some survivors are looking for different paths
The families of the victims want to raise the age to buy semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15 used in the shooting, but the measure has been stalled by Republican lawmakers. Meanwhile, teachers say schoolchildren no longer go to the bathroom alone
More than a dozen women have joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ lawsuit against the Texas’ law, which prohibit abortions unless a mother’s life is at risk — an exception that is not clearly defined
Wednesday marks one year since the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, when a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary School
Gun control supporters say other cases have created roadmaps for victims and relatives to sue. But high hurdles remain for lawsuits to succeed
Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez died Wednesday after falling ill at a border station in Harlingen, Texas. It was the second child migrant death in U.S. government custody in two weeks.
Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors
The little girl from Panama had heart problems and was being held with her family in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for migrant crossings
In the most recent turn of events in the migratory crisis, the lifting of the controversial norm — decreed during the Trump administration — has filled the cities of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso with thousands of people. They have terrible tales to tell. Here are a few of them
The end of Trump’s controversial immigration rule makes way for a new regime fraught with uncertainties. Here’s what’s known about what comes next
The end of Donald Trump’s Covid measure, which allowed the immediate expulsion of people, has not solved the problems in the area or between the governments of Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador
The Republicans in Congress have proposed a law that will make it tougher for people to enter the United States. Alejandro Mayorkas – the secretary of Homeland Security – warns of ‘difficult days ahead’
These issues and the forces behind them — anger and guns, immigration turmoil, deep political divisions about what democracy means — are playing out across America. But Texas is immense
Police say 18 people were hit and 10 were critically injured. All the victims are said to be male, and several from Venezuela
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Daniel Perry, who argued he shot and killed 28-year-old Garrett Foster in self-defense
