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Former President Barack Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder released a video Thursday calling on supporters to back the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), warning that Republican-led redistricting efforts in states such as Texas, Florida, and Ohio threaten to undermine minority voting power and reshape congressional control ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested a Venezuelan illegal alien wanted for torturing and attempting to kill a woman in his home country—the fugitive burst into tears after being placed in a police vehicle in North Texas earlier this month. The Venezuelan man fled to the U.S. and was released from custody during Biden-era catch-and-release policies.

Mark Teixeira, a three-time All-Star and 2009 World Series winner with the New York Yankees, formally launched his bid for Congress on Thursday, declaring his campaign for Texas’ 21st Congressional District. His entry comes days after Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he would not seek reelection in order to pursue the Republican nomination for Texas attorney general.

A Texas sheriff is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges and surrendered to his own jail this week in Johnson County. The sheriff’s arrest follows a grand jury indictment stemming from an investigation by the Texas Rangers.

Texas authorities charged a Chinese scientist this week with trying to smuggle federally funded cancer research back to his home country.

TX Reps. Al Green and Jasmine Crockett filed a motion in federal court to block implementation of Texas’s newly approved congressional redistricting plan.

A Texas teenager is facing several charges for having punched a local police officer during a drunken brawl in the entertainment district area of the border city of McAllen, Texas. The assault sparked much outrage across the city, where politicians have called for changes to restaurants and bars in the downtown area in an attempt to stop underage drinking and violence.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill into law Tuesday banning local governments from using taxpayer dollars to fund abortion travel out of state. 

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Saturday formally endorsed Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in his campaign for Texas attorney general, praising his former chief of staff and longtime ally as a “battle-tested warrior” and “fierce defender of the Constitution.”

The Texas Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Map” shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The party-line vote to approve the map came after a planned filibuster by Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was canceled by Republican senators using a parliamentary procedure.

As the new school year begins, students in Texas and 16 states will go to class without access to their smartphone. 35 states and Washington DC now have some form of restriction on student smartphone use during the school day, a trend started by Florida in 2023.

Reports on social media indicate that the Texas House of Representatives levied fines of more than $9,000 to the quorum-busting runaway Democrats who fled the state earlier this month. Previous reports indicate the legislators must pay the fines with personal funds, not campaign funds.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Thursday evening to create new congressional maps designed by the Democrat-dominated legislature to eliminate half of the state’s Republican-held seats.

In just two years of his presidency, Biden’s border policies helped welcome more than a million illegal aliens to the nation’s swing states.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a four-term congressman and member of the House Freedom Caucus, announced on Thursday his run for attorney general of Texas in 2026, pledging to defend the state’s legacy of liberty and security while bringing his experience as a federal prosecutor, former First Assistant Attorney General, and congressional leader back home.

The Texas House of Representatives’ effort to approve a mid-census congressional redistricting map cleared an important hurdle with the passage of the bill’s initial reading on Wednesday afternoon. The resolution was approved along party lines after a five-hour debate. Final passage by the House is expected later on Wednesday.

A quick response by dozens of San Antonio fire units to an industrial complex on Monday kept a chemical fire near the city’s international airport from becoming an industrial catastrophe. The fire at a factory that refurbishes aircraft parts resulted in the spill of 1,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals, causing the evacuation of several businesses in the area.

Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports” that redistricting for the midterm election was part of President Donald Trump’s “racist agenda.”

Texas State Representative Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) slept at her desk on the floor of the State House after she refused to sign a document that required a police escort to allow her to leave the building. The Texas speaker of the House made any Democrat legislator who wanted to leave the building sign a pass agreeing to be escorted by a Department of Public Safety trooper to ensure their return to the chamber when required.

Callous human smugglers continue to risk lives to move their human cargo from the border region to the interior of Texas. This week, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas filed charges against a Houston man who allegedly packed 40 migrants into a secret, locked compartment in the rear of a box truck.

A migrant detention facility of historic proportions is scheduled to open on Sunday in El Paso, Texas.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) would defeat expected Democrat opponent Colin Allred in a Senate race by five points, according to a narrative-kneecapping poll.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that with recent redistricting efforts, Republicans were “trying to take us back to prior to the late former President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law.”

The Texas House Democrats who abandoned their state in protest of the Republican-led redistricting effort will return home after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) took “emergency action” to begin removing the absent legislators as they refused to show up for work.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a state court clear the way for law enforcement officials to arrest Democrat Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke for allegedly violating a court order barring him from fundraising for the statehouse Democrats who fled Texas to delay the redistricting process for U.S. congressional seats in the state.

This video of CNN’s Jake Tapper humiliating himself personifies the regime media in a 52-second nutshell.

The Texas Supreme Court set an “expedited” schedule for briefs to be filed by the parties involved in Governor Greg Abbott’s lawsuit to vacate the House seat of Rep. Gene Wu. The schedule requires all briefs to be filed and

Democrats are claiming the Texas state legislature is attempting to “rig the midterm elections” despite an analysis demonstrating that Democrat-led states disenfranchise Republican voters on a massive scale through gerrymandering.

A migrant working as an Uber rideshare driver is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in Friendswood, Texas — an area southeast of Houston.

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused Republicans of trying to systemically “get rid” of black representatives in Congress.

Governor Gavin Newsom (CA-D) on Monday posted a letter to President Donald Trump on X stating his plans to redraw California’s congressional districts if states under Republican leadership move forward with what he called “hyper-partisan gerrymanders” ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Texas and 14 other states have joined the One Big Beautiful Lawsuit to do away with NFA registration requirements for suppressors and short-barreled rifles and shotguns.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott traveled to Ingram, Texas, to deliver $25,000 checks from country-western legend George Strait to families devastated by the deadly Independence Day Hill Country flooding. The checks delivered by Abbott on Saturday were part of the more than $7 million raised during Strait’s benefit concert on July 27. Aid and other support for Hill Country communities is being delayed by Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to stop the state’s congressional redistricting plan.

Saturday on MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed Republicans had taken their hoods off in President Donald Trump’s second term.

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) says something racist every day of the week.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) vowed the next time Democrats were in power they would “drive that car” like they stole it in order to “legalize every Dreamer” and every Dreamer’s parents.