Former President George W. Bush surprised New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter Wednesday night in Texas as the Rangers, like every team the Yankees visit this year, honored New York’s captain on his farewell tour. “It’s an experience,” Jeter said.
MCALLEN, Texas–Breitbart Texas invited a team of Texas grassroots leaders to tour the Texas-Mexico border. The tour began on Friday, July 25, 2014 and concluded on Sunday, July 27, 2014. The purpose of the trip was to highlight holes in
Matt Mackowiak–a well-known Republican operative, conservative activist, political analyst and Vice Chairman of the Travis County Republican Party–will be providing exclusive commentary for the readers of Breitbart Texas with a weekly column on politics. Mackowiak is the co-founder of the
Breitbart Texas announced today the addition of Ildefonso Ortiz from The Monitor. The move comes as part of an aggressive border coverage expansion on the part of the Breitbart Texas team. Ortiz has long been a driving force behind original,
East Texas (Tyler) – In a statewide press release, Grassroots America, one of the largest conservative organizations in Texas, called on Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, Attorney General Greg Abbott, and House Speaker Joe Straus to immediately address
HOUSTON, Texas–A grocery store in Austin, Texas–MT Supermarket–allegedly sold and labeled beef penis, or “pizzle,” as human food. Two of the store’s employees are now facing a civil lawsuit. According to KXAN News, the Texas Attorney’s Office filed the suit which
WASHINGTON (AP) — The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters.
The following is an excerpt from Breitbart Texas’ border security expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire’s new book, Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren’t Making Us Safer: Texas Governor Rick Perry is not a fan of the
24-year-old Dennis Molina had a bad week last week: he got shot in the rear end while allegedly breaking into a vehicle and subsequently was charged with with burglary, according to the San Antonio Express-News. The incident reportedly occurred at 3 a.m.
Breitbart Texas Contributing Editor Sylvia Longmire was featured in a story produced by KVOA-NBC Tucson this week as an analyst in a recent episode involving Mexican soldiers allegedly crossing the border and attacking American citizens. Longmire argued that while such
HOUSTON, Texas–Incumbent Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and State Senator Dan Patrick are scheduled to square off before a shared home audience tonight in a debate hosted by the Houston Chronicle and Texas Public Media. The event begins at 7
Breitbart Texas Contributing Editor Sylvia Longmire joined Tavis Smiley on PBS recently to discuss her latest book, Border Insecurity and why Washington is unlikely to resolve matters in the short term. The televised interview addressed common myths involving border security
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–Jeremy Lin was so unhappy with his performance in Houston’s Game 4 loss to Portland that he hardly slept at all after the game. Lin should sleep like a baby after his work in Game 5. Dwight Howard
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (AP)–Tony Parker was nursing a sprained left ankle and playing a critical playoff game on no sleep only hours after the birth of his first child. It was the perfect formula for a resurgent performance from the
DALLAS, TEXAS (AP)–Southwest Airlines is falling behind other airlines when it comes to arriving on time, and the carrier plans to tinker with its flight schedule to fix that. CEO Gary Kelly says the airline will add a few minutes
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (AP)–Shortstop Elvis Andrus and left-hander Robbie Ross were gone by the sixth inning on a tough night for them and the Texas Rangers. Yoenis Cespedes and Eric Sogard had two-run hits off Ross in a big third inning
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–Anthony Rendon finished a triple shy of the cycle and had four hits, Jordan Zimmermann pitched smoothly into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 7-0 Wednesday night. Rendon connected for a two-run double
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (AP)–That impressive scoreless streak for Texas Rangers lefty Martin Perez ended quickly. AL West-leading Oakland scored twice in the first off Perez, who had thrown 26 consecutive scoreless innings his previous three starts. The Athletics never trailed in
AUSTIN, TEXAS (AP)–Gov. Rick Perry has long revered Texas icon Sam Houston and now shares a spiritual connection with one of his political heroes: getting baptized in the same waters. Lucy Nashed confirmed Tuesday. It’s the same rural and rocky
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–The Houston Astros made several moves to improve their bullpen this offseason after it blew a MLB-leading 29 saves last year. So far the revamped group hasn’t helped the Astros hold leads any better than it did in
DALLAS, TEXAS (AP)–Boris Diaw’s big third quarter wasn’t enough to hold off a Dallas comeback. The San Antonio veteran’s decisive shot in the final minute was. Diaw hit a go-ahead 3-pointer for the last of his 17 points, Manu Ginobili
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (AP)–When Yu Darvish walked Oakland’s No. 9 hitter for the second time, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington went to the mound to get his ace. Darvish was done after 3 1-3 innings, his shortest outing in the major
SEATTLE, WASH. (AP)–Less than a week ago, nothing was going right for Kyle Seager and the Mariners. Since then Seager just keeps hitting home runs and Seattle has started to see some wins. Seager hit a pair of homers Sunday,
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–Tommy Milone said he had his best outing of the year Sunday against the Astros. Milone, however, could not get out of the seventh. Collin McHugh allowed two hits over 8 2-3 stellar innings as Houston beat the
PORTLAND, ORE. (AP)–There was some shouting going on in the Trail Blazers’ locker room after they fell behind by 10 points at halftime to the Rockets. Up 2-1 in their first playoff series since 2011, the Blazers didn’t want to
38-year-old Daniel Nuñez, also known as “El Comandante,” was sentenced to life in prison for drug conspiracy and money laundering. Nuñez had strong ties to the notorious Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel reportedly arranged the transporting of drugs from Mexico to
SEATTLE, WASH. (AP)–Justin Smoak hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning and saved the game with a diving catch in the ninth, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Robinson Cano
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–Oakland’s offense went cold after the A’s jumped out to an early lead against Houston on Friday night. When they finally rediscovered it in the ninth inning, almost everybody got in on the action. Daric Barton and Josh
PORTLAND, OREGON (AP)–Troy Daniels hit a 3-pointer with 11.9 seconds left and the Houston Rockets narrowed Portland’s first-round playoff advantage to 2-1 with a 121-116 overtime victory over the Trail Blazers on Friday night. James Harden broke out of a
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–The Houston Astros made five errors, gave up 10 runs and had a pitcher ejected Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics. And all that came before Oakland’s Jed Lowrie called them out after the 10-1 win by the
DALLAS, TEXAS (AP)– Southwest Airlines says it made a record $152 million in the first quarter, more than doubling the $59 million profit it had during the same time last year. The strong profit during a time of year that
DALLAS, TEXAS (AP)–American Airlines is making money again and beating expectations after its merger with US Airways. The company posted earnings of $480 million Thursday, a record for the first quarter, which is usually the weakest three-month period for airlines
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–LaMarcus Aldridge’s son JJ, who turned 5 on Wednesday, texted him after the Portland Trail Blazers’ playoff win and told him he looked like Spider-Man on one of his dunks. To the Houston Rockets the Portland star probably
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (AP)–Blowing their playoff opener turned out to be great therapy for the Dallas Mavericks. Eighth-seeded Dallas rolled to a 113-92 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday night, snapping a 10-game skid against the Spurs and evening their
OAKLAND, CALIF.–With the Texas rotation ravaged by injuries early in the season, Martin Perez has more than filled the void. Perez pitched his second consecutive shutout to extend his scoreless innings streak to 26 and the Texas Rangers wrapped up
SEATTLE, WASH. (AP)–Josh Fields knew he wasn’t as sharp as the previous two nights, when he saved games against the Mariners. Kyle Seager noticed, as well, jumping on a first-pitch fastball and ending Houston’s hope of sweeping Seattle. “As soon
OAKLAND, CA. (AP)–Michael Choice acknowledged it was an extra special victory. Playing against his former team, and leading off for the first time with his new squad, Choice had to smile. Choice singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth
SEATTLE, WASH. (AP)–Collin McHugh didn’t know he was starting Tuesday until late the night before. When he took the mound, he surprised just about everyone with his performance. McHugh struck out a career-high 12 in his season debut to lead
Joseph Lewis Miller, an ex-convict wanted in Pennsylvania for a 1981 murder, was arrested in Texas on April 21. A U.S. Marshal confirmed to Breitbart Texas that the 78-year-old had been living under the name Roy Eubanks and serving as a church deacon in Mineola, Texas for
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (AP)–The Oakland Athletics had jumped out to an early lead against Yu Darvish, a pitcher they have owned of late. Looking to build off a weekend sweep of the Astros, the A’s couldn’t hold their lead and lost