A shelter-in-place order was lifted in Texas City, Texas, on Sunday hours after city officials said a chemical was released at a refinery. The city shared an alert about the situation at the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery on its social media just after 9 a.m. local time. Several hours later, …
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The Biden administration on Tuesday requested that the Supreme Court intervene in a legal dispute with Texas after an appeals court blocked the administration from cutting razor wire set up by the state at the southern border to stop illegal immigrants. The DOJ filed an application with the Supreme Court …
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A federal appeals court is hearing a case challenging a Texas state law that would require booksellers to rate every book in the state’s school libraries based on its sexual content. The “Reader Act,” which was signed into law on June 12 and is currently blocked while the case is …
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed a new law giving police the authority to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally. At the signing ceremony, Gov. Abbott said the goal of Senate Bill 4 was to “stop the tidal wave of illegal entry into Texas.” Once in custody, migrants …
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An Eagle Pass Fire Department first responder arrives at either the Rio Grande or a Customs and Border Protection (CPB) holding facility nearly every hour to address a migrant-related emergency, costing an extra $21,000 a day, according to the Texas city’s fire chief. “There’s not a day where we don’t …
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SpaceX’s third shot at Starship’s 10th test flight Tuesday succeeded after poor weather conditions forced thecompany to halt liftoff from its South Texas site Monday. Starship made it to space, deployed a fleet of mock satellites, survived the fiery re-entry and performed a flip maneuver before making a controlled splashdown …
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A second man is in custody stemming from a San Antonio mass shooting that left a home riddled with bullets and a young girl dead. Bryan Salazar, 20, is now in custody and charged with capital murder, injury to a child, aggravated assault from a mass shooting and drug and …
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recentlydeclaredthat President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring an emergency situation forhousing.He pointedouttheweakest summer home sales in a decade, withmore than 15%of transactions falling through in July,thehighest cancellation rate since record-keeping commencedin 2017. Prices, though below pandemic levels,arestill too lofty for working- and middle-class Americans. Bessent …
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump will deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other locations. The deployment came as protests against federal law enforcement ramp up across the country, particularly in Portland and Chicago. In the Windy City, multiple …
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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott mocked Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, calling him a “joke” for opposing his deployment of Texas National Guard troops to provide security over immigration enforcement operations in Chicago. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Abbott said, “Gov. Pritzker is a joke” and is in …
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