Texas lawmakers approve billions for Operation Lone Star despite drop in unlawful border crossings
The border operation's price tag is expected to jump to almost $18 billion by fall 2027 under the proposed budget.
'Go for It:' Sidley's First Associate Preps for Oral Arguments Before U.S. Supreme Court
Peter Bruland, 33, a senior managing associate at Sidley Austin, will be making firm history by being the first associate to ...
In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far
A divide between Oklahoma’s governor and schools chief over undocumented students may mark the outer limits of acceptable immigration enforcement, or the next frontier.
Why are flags at half-staff in Texas? When they're raised again after Carole Keeton death
Texas flags are half-staff through sunset Friday to observe the death of former Railroad Commissioner of Texas, Carole Keeton ...
Migrant crossings have plummeted, but funding for Texas Operation Lone Star unlikely to drop
As per the spending plans under consideration in the Legislature, Texas will spend another $6.5 billion on border security ...
30 years have passed since music icon Selena's murder: What to know
Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life ...
Yolanda Saldívar, who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995, gets denied parole
The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades ...
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‘El más dulce recuerdo’: 30 years later, Selena’s presence still felt in Corpus Christi
Decades after her death, there remains no shortage of ways fans memorialize the Tejano superstar. Nowhere is that more ...
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Under Trump, the Justice Department is stepping away from some voting rights cases
Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department has stepped away from some voting rights lawsuits, leaving behind a ...
An ‘unworkable’ solution? Why Democrats, abortion policy experts are wary of Kentucky bill
A Republican-backed bill seeks to “clarify” existing medical exceptions in KY’s near-total abortion ban. While abortion policy experts don’t discount that entirely, they say it’s unlikely to “move the ...
IHOPKC survivors enter political arena, push for Missouri lawmakers to make this change
Alleged survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of the founder of the International House of Prayer-Kansas City shared their ...
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Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportations case and refuses to give judge additional information
The declaration comes as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg weighs whether the government defied his order to turn around ...