Aug 04 Watch 6:48 Jesuit priest describes seeing ICE agents target migrants at immigration court By William Brangham, Maea Lenei Buhre, Sam Lane The Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration system. In recent months, ICE agents have been arresting migrants outside courtrooms and courthouses. William Brangham spoke with Father Brian Strassberger, a Jesuit Priest who serves migrants on both… Continue watching
Aug 04 Is political gerrymandering illegal? 6 things to know as Texas dispute carries on By David A. Lieb, Associated Press When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state's congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering. Continue reading
Aug 04 Yep, Hank Hill returns to a changed world in ‘King of the Hill’ revival By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Hank Hill is back and he's the same ol' Hank Hill, but a lot of things around him have changed. Continue reading
Aug 04 WATCH: Texas Democrats delay redistricting vote by leaving the state By Bill Barrow, Andrew DeMillo, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press The Republican-dominated House was unable to establish the quorum of lawmakers required to do business. Continue reading
Aug 04 Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting By Joey Cappelletti, Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The dramatic move Sunday could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties. Democrats have cast the decision to leave the state as a last-ditch effort to stop Republicans from pushing through a rare mid-decade redrawing of the congressional map. Continue reading
Aug 03 Texas Democrats leave the state in effort block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump By Joey Cappelletti, Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The dramatic move could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties — with the state's attorney general having previously threatened to arrest them if they took such an action. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 5:23 The Texas redistricting battle and its impact on next year’s midterms By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz, Laken Kincaid Texas lawmakers are revisiting their congressional maps in a rare mid-decade review to redraw their lines in favor of Republicans. President Trump urged leaders in the state to restructure their maps in an attempt to maintain GOP control of the… Continue watching
Jul 31 Kerr County’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of Texas flood crisis By Nadia Lathan, Sean Murphy, Associated Press Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130 people earlier this… Continue reading
Jul 30 Texas Republicans push new congressional map creating more GOP seats By Joey Cappelletti, John Hanna, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press Texas Republicans have proposed a new congressional map that creates five additional GOP-leaning districts as they brace for a challenging midterm election in 2026. Continue reading
Jul 23 Texas lawmakers review catastrophic floods but say they aren’t out to assign blame By Nadia Lathan, Associated Press Texas lawmakers say they aren't seeking to assign blame or “armchair quarterback” as they review the catastrophic July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people. Continue reading