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The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

After World War II, "People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn't have been killed in Europe."

Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.

The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.

Despite court orders to release federal grants, many organizations working on climate projects still don't have access to contractually obligated money.

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.

With another legislative session that could pile on even more anti-trans policies, LBGTQ+ groups grapple with how to protect their communities.

Destruction isn't always something physical, but also something done to memory.

Richard Tabler is scheduled to be executed February 13, making him the second person set to be killed by the state in 2025.

Derek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like ICE and Texas DPS.

The LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD, which tracks incidents, warned that threats against the queer community are likely to worsen under the Trump administration.