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Miguel Loo, who turned 31 Sunday, and his wife-to-be Brittany Guibert were settling in for a long weekend when disaster struck.

A Texas teaching aide was arrested after investigators said she exposed a 7-year-old girl's chest in front of classmates and… The post Brickbat: Texas Trouble appeared first on Reason.com.
Miguel Loo, who turned 31 Sunday, and his wife-to-be Brittany Guibert were settling in for a long weekend when disaster struck.
A neighborly dispute in rural Kings Colony, Texas, turned nearly fatal on Saturday afternoon, when an active shooter situation triggered a massive law enforcement response and locked down the community.
In most states, child custody matters are decided by judges; but in Texas, they are in large part decided by… The post Texas Juries Decide Child Custody Cases appeared first on Reason.com.
President Trump is beset by troubles as he heads into Memorial Day weekend — and, to the frustration of his party colleagues, several of them are of his own making. The setting up of a roughly $1.8 billion compensation fund, purportedly to provide restitution for victims of “weaponization” of the justice system, is the latest…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday appealed a federal judge’s order halting the enforcement of a law that blocks state and local police from arresting suspected illegal immigrants. The case concerns Senate Bill 4, a long-contested state law that cracked down on illegal immigration during the Biden administration. The law is still facing legal […]
Democrats allege that conservative groups may be propping up campaign of Maureen Galindo for House seatUS politics live – latest updatesA Democratic House candidate in Texas is facing bipartisan condemnation and accusations of antisemitism after she said she wanted to turn an immigration detention facility into a “prison for American Zionists” if elected – leaving Democrats scrambling to ostracize her from the party and alleging that conservative groups may be propping up her campaign.Maureen Galindo is running against Johnny Garcia in next week’s Democratic primary for Texas’s 35th congressional district, which covers parts of San Antonio and portions of the surrounding counties. The district was once solid blue and is currently represented by a Democrat, but the race remains highly competitive after being made much more favorable to the GOP following Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting efforts last summer. Continue reading...
Texas Republicans are facing an unprecedented challenge this year — with new polling giving them a flashing warning sign about one of the state's most important demographics.According to Newsweek, "President Donald Trump’s inroads with Latino voters, a voting bloc that historically leaned toward Democrats, helped carry him to victory in the 2024 presidential race. But his support among those voters has slipped amid backlash to his economic and immigration policies, raising major red flags for Republicans approaching the midterms in states like Texas that have a sizable Latino population.""The new poll from Texas Public Opinion Research found that Latino voters are backing Democrats by sizable margins in 2026," the report continued. "State Representative James Talarico comfortably leads among Latino voters in the Senate race, according to the poll ... Talarico led Cornyn by 32 points among Latino voters, with 57 percent support to the senator’s 25 percent. Talarico received 57 percent against Paxton as well, though the attorney general’s support stood at 30 percent, according to the poll."Paxton is currently the heavy favorite to win the GOP Senate primary runoff, after Trump finally broke his silence on the race and gave Paxton his endorsement.Hispanic voters make up a majority of Texas's population. Texas is one of the only so-called "majority-minority" states that consistently backs Republicans in statewide elections, but Democrats have come within single digits in multiple recent cycles.Trump managed to win Texas by a fairly comfortable margin in 2024; however, there are signs that many of his supporters from that election are turning on him.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) are headed for a showdown in the Texas Senate primary next week. Which candidate would fare better in November? Is it really far-fetched for Democrats to dream of victories in ruby-red Florida? Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and Decision…