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Border officials explored using floating barriers from Texas to California in 2022. The effort could help pave the way for their deployment under President-elect Donald J. Trump. On the U.S.-Mexico […]

The lawsuit appeared to be among the first attempts to stop doctors from mailing the medication to states that ban abortions. The Texas attorney general opened a new front in [...]

The incoming Trump administration's new border czar said that Texas provided a ''model'' for border enforcement. State officials have offered to be a staging ground for mass deportations. Tom Homan, [...]

Byline: J. David Goodman The billionaire has rapidly transformed parts of the state, shocking even development-friendly officials: 'It was like, 'Voilô, Elon is here.'' Elon Musk had long been drifting [...]

The billionaire has rapidly transformed parts of the state, shocking even development-friendly officials: “It was like, ‘Voilà, Elon is here.’” Elon Musk had long been drifting away from the political [...]

Texas lawmakers exceeded their power when they intervened last month to stop the execution of Robert Roberson by summoning him to testify, the court found. Texas can go forward with [...]

With his execution on hold, Robert Roberson is set to testify at a Texas House hearing about his conviction, which was based in part on a questionable diagnosis of shaken [...]

Robert Roberson could be the first person put to death in connection with shaken baby syndrome. The state's highest criminal court ruled in another case that the science had changed. [...]

The suit is the newest front in an escalating conflict over elections between the Republicans who dominate state government and the Democrats who control the state's major cities. Attorney General [...]

Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated the purge, but the numbers were in line with routine culling from the past. Democrats said some removals sent a chilling message to Latino voters. Days […]

Reversing decades of precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in a Texas case that different minority groups cannot jointly claim that their votes have been […]

The autumn of 2021 delivered a shock to the state of Texas. More than 9,000 migrants crossed the border on a September day into the town of Del Rio and […]

Former President Donald J. Trump and the Texas governor are calling for a 'secure border.' But actions by Mexico and President Biden have led to a period of relative calm. […]

The killing of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston has become the latest crime seized on by Republicans to attack President Biden over his immigration policies. The killing of a 12-year-old [...]

The all-Republican court voted 8 to 1 to leave in effect a law enacted last year during a wave of legislation targeting transgender rights. The Texas Supreme Court upheld a [...]

The man, Daniel S. Perry, was convicted of killing a protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Austin. Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Thursday pardoned a man who [...]

As dizzying legal developments sowed confusion along the border, an appeals court panel appeared split over whether Texas' migrant arrest law should remain on hold while the court fight continues. [...]

The State of Texas late Tuesday was once again prevented from enforcing a strict new immigration law that gives local police agencies the power to arrest migrants who cross the [...]

There was no immediate response along the border after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas police to arrest and deport migrants. Officials have not said when enforcement [...]

The Oklahoma school superintendent, Ryan Walters, said ''radical leftists'' had created a narrative about the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict that ''hasn't been true.'' In his time as state superintendent [...]

Officials said a 36-year-old woman who opened fire at Lakewood Church, which is led by the televangelist Joel Osteen, had a documented history of arrests and mental illness. She was [...]

Flanked by Republican governors, Gov. Greg Abbott said that Texas would expand the immigration enforcement efforts at the center of a legal confrontation with the federal government. Locked in a [...]

In a report, the department blames ''cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy and training'' in the Texas school shooting that left 21 people dead. A near-total breakdown in policing [...]

The county said the sweeping new law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, violated the Constitution and would result in thousands of arrests in El Paso alone. El Paso County and [...]

The new law, which takes effect in March, could bring in mass arrests and a court fight between Texas and the federal government over immigration powers. Gov. Greg Abbott on [...]

The new law, which takes effect in March, could bring in mass arrests and a court fight between Texas and the federal government over immigration powers. Gov. Greg Abbott on [...]

The court, responding to an appeal from Attorney General Ken Paxton, put on hold a lower court order allowing an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal condition. [...]

A state court judge said a woman whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition could legally obtain an abortion despite the state's bans. A Texas judge granted a request [...]

Jairo Lerma and several of his relatives placed a wooden cross in the dry grass along a Texas highway where his parents, on their way from Georgia to Mexico, died [...]

Lubbock County, home to more than 300,000 near the New Mexico border, has become the fourth and largest Texas county to bar travel assistance for abortions. In recent months, abortion [...]

On the outskirts of Rio Grande City, Texas, Eva Alvarez stepped past the graves of her parents and grandparents before stopping at the edge of the small cemetery to marvel [...]

The state's highest court declined to stop a new law banning transition care for transgender minors from taking effect as legal challenges proceed. The News The Texas Supreme Court allowed [...]

The News A Texas district court judge ruled on Wednesday that a new state law aimed at preventing cities from making local rules on a broad range of subjects -- [...]

Byline: J. David Goodman The governor brought in razor wire, floating barriers and state troopers to deter unauthorized migration. The federal government mounted its first legal pushback this week. Along [...]

A ''hold-the-line'' operation has created tensions with federal agents who warn it could lead to more drownings. Officers ordered to carry out the measures are raising alarms. For more than [...]

A “hold-the-line” operation has created tensions with federal agents who warn it could lead to more drownings. Officers ordered to carry out the measures are raising alarms. For more than [...]

Byline: Mary Beth Gahan, J. David Goodman and David Montgomery A new law pre-empting local labor rules is part of an effort by Republicans in the Capitol to exert control [...]

A year after Dobbs, researchers are still trying to answer a central question: How many more babies are born as a result of abortion bans? For more than a year, [...]

A year after Dobbs, researchers are still trying to answer a central question: How many more babies are born as a result of abortion bans? For more than a year, [...]

A new law pre-empting local labor rules is part of an effort by Republicans in the Capitol to exert control over the state's Democratic-led major cities. As the heat index [...]

A new law pre-empting local labor rules is part of an effort by Republicans in the Capitol to exert control over the state’s Democratic-led major cities. As the heat index [...]

The amount of solar energy generated in Texas has grown exponentially. Some Republicans question the state's increasing reliance on renewable power. Strafed by powerful storms and superheated by a dome [...]

The bills' passage was the culmination of a Republican effort to increase oversight of voting in Harris County, which includes Houston. The Latest The Texas Legislature gave final approval on [...]

The building conflict between moderates and hard-liners in one of the Republican Party's most important states highlights tension over the future of the party. The impeachment of the Texas attorney [...]

The state attorney general and conservative star faces a trial in the Senate. Lawmakers in the Texas House voted on Saturday to impeach Ken Paxton, the state's Republican attorney general, [...]

The Texas House is set to vote on Saturday on the impeachment of Mr. Paxton, the culmination of years of official complaints and legal proceedings involving the three-term attorney general. [...]

A Republican effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors. A push to inject religion into public schools across [...]

A Republican effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors. A push to inject religion into public schools across [...]

A Republican effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors. A push to inject religion into public schools across [...]

The News Over the opposition of Democrats and the loud protests at the Capitol this month, the Texas Legislature voted on Wednesday to approve a bill banning hormone and puberty [...]