Posts tagged Texas

A large majority of both Republicans and Democrats in Texas think police officers should be permitted to check the immigration status of someone they arrest

A very challenging Senate map in 2018 is pushing Democrats to set their sights on the unlikely possibility of toppling Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

A Texas appeals court has ruled that student-led prayers are not a violation of the First Amendment and can therefore be recited at school board meetings.

President Trump’s Department of Justice is dropping opposition to a voter ID law in Texas that requires an actual photo document to cast a ballot.

A public school teacher is in hot water after video surfaced of her acting out an assassination attempt against President Trump in front of her students.

Christopher Suprun, a Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas, has vowed to NOT cast his vote for President-elect Donald Trump.

Boom! Texas Gov. Greg Abbot says the state will cut off funding to any public school that declares itself a “sanctuary campus” for illegal immigrants.

One of the highest priorities for the incoming administration is selecting a nominee to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Federal officials are warning they have intelligence suggesting a possible al Qaeda terror attack being planned for the Monday prior to Election Day.

A Texas congressman said Hillary Clinton, should she defeat Donald Trump on Tuesday, could face impeachment proceedings right from the onset.

A Texas official announced that his state is seeing record early voting turnout, and most of them are a surge of new Trump supporters.

A Donald Trump supporter was arrested in Texas for refusing to remove his “basket of deplorables” t-shirt at a polling place.

Texas residents have noticed something quite peculiar about their voting machines – Their votes are being switched from Trump to Clinton!

Hundreds of foreigners are expected to enter America within the next month in order to observe the American electoral process.

Teachers at a school in Texas might be armed and are willing to use whatever force needed to protect students, according to a sign.

R.W. Bray who is black, is the Texas GOP’s director of African-American Engagement and leads the Republican recruitment of black voters.

A Texas judge has warned a lawyer to watch Facebook posts involving prayers, but he isn’t about to give up without a fight.

A student at the University of Houston was suspended for 50 days and ordered to attend a diversity seminar after saying ‘All Lives Matter.’

Several federal courts struck down state voter ID laws in mid-July, finding the regulation has a discriminatory impact on minority populations.

A man armed with an AK-47 executed an armed robbery of a local Waffle House, but was stopped cold in the parking lot by a concealed carry gun owner.

Dallas shooting victim, Shetania Taylor, hailed police officers as heroes for saving her and her sons lives. “I’m thankful for the police,” she said.

Texas governor Greg Abbott suffered massive second and third-degree burns on his legs, but insisted on returning to Dallas to support police officers.

Sheriff David Clarke blasted President Obama for his comments after recent police shootings, saying that the President “fuels this sort of anger.”

Police have shot and “apparently” killed a Somali man involved in an armed hostage situation in Amarillo, a town known for taking in a flood of refugees.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to Obama essentially telling him that his state will not be an accomplice in supporting Iran’s terrorist activity.

After news broke that Obama would tell public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, one superintendent let him have it.

After having already suffered a break-in at his home three weeks ago, Dan Reynolds, a marine veteran from Katy, Texas, decided to be well prepared …

Election night saw a euphoric wave of Republican victory after Republican victory, a satisfying turn of events after an incredibly disappointing two years since Obama …

Houston mayor, Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor, is conducting a litigious witch-hunt against religious leaders, issuing subpoenas that demand the sermons of pastors …

Texas Democrat, gubernatorial candidate, and abortion aficionado Wendy Davis is having what Disney might refer to as a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. …