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The Harris County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to file a lawsuit against an election integrity bill that has not yet been passed by the Texas State Legislature or signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, sought the release of more than 1,500 inmates this year, including illegal aliens and those charged with violent crimes. 

The Texas House of Representatives passed a major election integrity bill on Friday in a 78 to 64 vote.

The Senate followed the Texas House’s lead and passed legislation to abolish the state’s concealed permit requirement this week, setting the stage for Texas to become the 21st constitutional carry state.

South Texas Hispanic females are leading the charge to turn the Democrat stronghold of the Rio Grande Valley red. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), in honor of President Biden’s first 100 days in office, highlighted some of the president’s “accomplishments,” including the commander-in-chief spreading “misinformation” on Georgia’s election integrity law and creating the crisis on the southern border.

The Texas House of Representatives is currently considering a comprehensive election integrity bill that would, among other things, place executive and legislative checks and balances on the private funding of the administration of the state’s electoral procedures.

President Joe Biden nominated Harris County, Texas Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a critic of interior immigration enforcement, to be Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director. 

Public defenders in Houston, Texas, are seeking a posthumous pardon for George Floyd’s 2004 drug conviction, where he spent ten months behind bars.

Former President George W. Bush suggested actor Matthew McConaughey, who has floated the prospect of running for governor in Texas, should ignore the critics if he decides to throw his hat into the political arena.

A new poll finds that 45 percent of respondents would support Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey for governor of Texas, while 33 percent support sitting Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) said Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” that President Joe Biden kept his campaign promises of fulfilling his party’s long-time goal of open borders by creating the surge of migrates at the U.S.-Mexico border and allowing many into the country.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace questioned Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R-TX) response to sexual abuse allegations at migrant detainment facilities under the presidencies of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday.”

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott predicted that deaths along the border will increase as we get into the summer and the deaths occurring now “would not be happening if the Biden

Iowa’s Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) joined the increasing number of Republican governors on Wednesday, who have voiced their opinion and are standing firmly against issuing vaccine passports to Americans. 

An increasing number of Republican governors are voicing opposition to the concept of a vaccine passport, as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signaled on Tuesday that they, too, will not support such programs in their states.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki downplayed government support for a vaccine passport system Tuesday, asserting the administration does not support requiring Americans to carry a vaccine credential.

Republicans are slamming Major League Baseball (MLB) for relocating their All-Star Game to Denver, which has far fewer black persons than Atlanta.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday morning banning the creation or use of a “vaccine passport.” It prohibits state agencies or political subdivisions in Texas from creating a “vaccine passport” or conditioning services on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) declines to throw the first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ home opener after Major League Baseball (MLB) announced plans to relocate its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s newly passed election integrity law.

New York State and Michigan, two blue states, have reported more new cases of the Chinese coronavirus in the last seven days than both Texas and Florida, which do not have mask mandates in place, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said that the state wants reimbursement from the federal government for the costs the state has incurred from the border surge. Abbott said [relevant remarks begin

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) reacted to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) saying that the Biden administration is bringing coronavirus into the U.S. with its immigration policy by stating that Abbott is engaging in

The Biden administration drew fire from the governor of Texas after opening yet another facility in the state to address the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the border. In the latest move, the department has opened an existing oil worker man camp in Pecos, Texas.

Legends Diner in Denton, Texas sparked controversy after posting a sign saying customers would be charged for having mask-related disagreements.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) sharply criticized the Biden administration over conditions at multiple Health and Human Services detention facilities for unaccompanied migrant children recently opened across the state. Abbott specifically cited a drinking-water issue at a facility hastily opened by HHS in Midland, Texas and a COVID-19 outbreak in a facility opened last month in Carrizo Springs, Texas.

Border Patrol agents in the nation’s busiest sector for human smuggling continue to report consistent, large migrant group crossings.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) stated that the number of people coming across the border “will grow tenfold and a hundredfold,” and that the state can’t get access to information on

Texas Governor Greg Abbott in Dallas on Wednesday about the growing surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico. The governor directly blamed President Joe Biden’s open borders policies for the humanitarian crisis.

Actor Matthew McConaughey, a Lone Star State native, said he is “dumbfounded” by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) decision to lift Texas’s mask mandate, categorizing face coverings as nothing more than a “small inconvenience” that will lead to “more freedom” in the future.

Federal officials will utilize the Dallas Convention Center to house up to 3,000 unaccompanied migrant teens to respond to the overwhelming numbers crossing the border. Dallas officials notified city council members to the Department of Health and Human Services’ intent to utilize the convention center to house 15- to 17-year-old unaccompanied migrants for as much as 90 days.

The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott (R), sparked controversy and condemnation from Jewish conservatives on social media after he branded the free-speech friendly social network Gab an “antisemitic platform,” a charge strongly denied by the company.

The Republican Party of Texas announced yesterday that it would keep its account on Gab, the free speech social network, saying: “The First Amendment still shines brightly in the Lone Star State.”

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced that he will issue an executive order to remove coronavirus restrictions on events in the state and end the mask requirement for state buildings.

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd called Department of Homeland Security claims of a program to vaccinate Border Patrol agents “smoke and mirror.” The issue of front-line agents came to the forefront on Tuesday when Texas Governor Greg Abbott demanded they receive COVID-19 vaccinations “this week.”

The Texas Rangers are on track to become the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sports league to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started altering the sports landscape a year ago.