Oct 27 WATCH: Trump says Venezuela sent him 1 million barrels of oil as a 'gift' By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday plan to show off a newly arrived oil tanker filled with Venezuelan crude to be processed in Texas refineries. Continue reading
Oct 27 WATCH: Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton at rallies in Texas By Steven Sloan, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press Trump was in Corpus Christi and Lubbock to boost Republican Ken Paxton’s competitive U.S. Senate campaign against Democrat James Talarico. Continue reading
Oct 16 Talarico compares his campaign to David and Goliath after GOP invests over $158M against him By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press The Democrat faces more than $158 million in outside spending by Republican leadership and the world's richest man, Elon Musk. Continue reading
Oct 14 ICE officer appeared to intentionally hit a man with a vehicle in Houston, Texas, prosecutor says By Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press, Anna Wilder, Associated Press/Report For America The encounter has set off new criticism over immigration enforcement in Houston, where local prosecutors are also investigating a July fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer. Continue reading
Oct 13 Texas health agency proposes eliminating children's autism program By Sasha Draeger-Mazer, The Texas Tribune Texas health officials have proposed cutting funding for a program that helps autistic children communicate. The Children's Autism Program offers therapy at reduced costs, but the Texas Health and Human Services Commission wants to eliminate it due to budget cuts. Continue reading
Oct 07 WATCH: Trump speaks at rally for Senate candidate Ken Paxton in San Antonio By Michelle L. Price, Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Trump on Wednesday fought to rally Texas voters behind embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton as a series of protests disrupted his rally in San Antonio. Continue reading
Oct 07 Texas set to execute Jamaal Howard for 2000 fatal shooting By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Howard's attorneys have argued that he is intellectually disabled and his execution should be halted. The state said that he has not presented evidence that would show he meets the requirements for a claim of intellectual disability. Continue reading
Oct 02 Judge halts border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region for now By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press A federal court in Texas on Friday issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state's Big Bend region, in a victory for opponents who have pushed back against what… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 5:52 Karl Rove and David Axelrod give their midterm predictions By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura Karl Rove is known for his hardball politics promoting the GOP. But in the past two weeks, he announced that this year he is voting for a Democrat. Lisa Desjardins sat down with Rove and another architect of modern politics,… Continue watching
Oct 01 Former cop who fatally shot Botham Jean in apartment that she mistook for hers gets parole By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. Continue reading