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Rep. Chip Roy announces bid for Texas attorney general - Roll Call

Lawmaker has become one of the most outspoken members of his party on curbing illegal immigration and cutting federal spending.

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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Paxton aide turned foe, to run for Texas attorney general

It will be the first test of whether Roy’s at times frosty relationship with President Trump — and his turn against Paxton — can withstand scrutiny in a statewide primary.

The Texas Tribune

Sports Illustrated’s 2025 College Football Preseason All-Americans

From Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith to Texas’s Colin Simmons, here are our first- and second-team selections who should have major impacts in 2025.

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America’s Fastest-Growing Suburbs With Home Values Under $500K in 2025

A surprising Georgia suburb takes first place.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 2 Texas

The Arch Manning show begins for the Longhorns, who are seeking an SEC title after coming ever so close in their first season in the conference.

Sports Illustrated

Health insurance carriers request raising ACA premiums by more than 20% on average in Texas

Health insurers are hiking policy premiums in response to proposed federal cuts and rising costs in various parts of the health care sector.

The Texas Tribune

Texas is cleared to use its new congressional map in 2026. How does gerrymandering impact Texans?

From urban cores to rural regions, Texans' needs differ. Experts say districts encompassing geographically distant communities will dilute their voices.

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US college declines to oppose Trump travel ban after Iranian students’ plea

Letter called on University of Texas at Austin to denounce ban on Iranians and take ‘immediate legal action’.

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Federal judge orders Florida to shut ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in 60 days – as it happened

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Obama Backs Gavin Newsom's Redistricting Gambit, Calls California Move 'Smart, Measured' As Democrats Gear Up Against Texas GOP Maps

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democrats' mid-decade redistricting push on Tuesday, praising California Governor Gavin Newsom's bid to rework House districts as a "smart, measured approach" tied to Republican moves in Texas.

Benzinga

Texas House approves redrawn maps to benefit Republican party during 2026 midterm elections

The approval came at the urging of US President Donald Trump, who pushed for the extraordinary mid-decade revision of congressional maps to give his party a better chance at holding onto the US House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.

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Obama makes rare political intervention to weigh in on Texas redistricting and back Newsom

The former president made the public comments in support of the California governor’s plan to counter move Texas Republicans

The Independent UK

Part of Delta Boeing 737’s wing breaks off before landing in Texas

‘I opened the window and got scared,’ one passenger recalled

The Independent UK

Gov. Greg Abbott asks for new penalties for lawmakers who flee to halt legislative sessions

The governor announced he was expanding his special session agenda shortly after the Texas House passed a congressional map that Democrats had delayed by leaving the state.

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Texas county cuts over 100 polling sites as Trump attacks mail-in voting nationally

The decision in Tarrant County comes amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

The Guardian - US

Obama calls California’s redistricting plan ‘a responsible approach’

Former US president wades into national conflict over House maps, as Texas lawmakers approve map to favor GOP

International Business Times

Texas Republicans Advance Map That Reignited US Redistricting Wars

The Texas legislature's lower chamber passed a contentious new electoral map on Wednesday that aims to help Donald Trump's Republican Party retain its razor-thin US House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.

The Independent UK

Texas House passes Trump-backed map that could give Republicans five more seats in midterms

Vote comes after Democratic lawmakers temporarily fled state to stall passage of new map, which Trump wants to use to lock in Republican control in midterms next year

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Al Jazeera

US court blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in school classrooms

Texas is the third state in the past month to see its requirement to display the commandments struck down in court.

The Texas Tribune

“My daughter was stolen from me": Grieving parents point to Texas camp failures at Capitol hearing

Senate Bill 1, which would require more oversight of emergency plans and evacuation procedures at summer camps, was advanced after the emotional hearing Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would boost camp safety

The Independent UK

Missing Texas woman found living among lost ‘African’ tribe in Scotland

Texas native Kaura Taylor has been found with the Kingdom of Kubala, a group living in a forest in Jedburgh.

The Guardian - US

Texas Republicans pass gerrymandered congressional map requested by Trump

Redrawn map fiercely opposed by Democrats now moves to state senate, where it is expected to pass

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‘She has broken zero laws’: GOP bullies seriously making a Democrat sleep on the House floor for days

Nicole Collier has spent the last two nights sleeping on the House floor of the Texas Capitol.

The Guardian - US

Texas threatens to sue organizations and doctor for increasing abortion pill access

Attorney general Ken Paxton orders two organizations and an individual to end ‘unlawful conduct’ or face lawsuit

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