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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the deployment of thousands of troops to the border with Mexico as he traveled there on Wednesday, saying the mission was "absolutely legal" and justified, and that it was improving military readiness. President Donald Trump's politically charged decision to ...
Texas mulls history curriculum that cuts Helen Keller, Hillary Clinton, keeps Moses
The Texas Board of Education is discussing changes to the history curriculum that could scrap lessons featuring Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller and Barry Goldwater, but keep instruction about how Moses influenced the nation's Founding Fathers and the ways states' rights helped cause the Civil ...
Ted Cruz fends off Democratic upstart Beto O'Rourke in Texas Senate race
Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto O'Rourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that once seemed like a cakewalk but needed a late boost from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the ...
Texas newlyweds and family pilot killed in copter crash shortly after nuptials
A newlywed couple died when the helicopter they were flying in hours after their wedding crashed into a hill in the rugged terrain of southwest Texas. William Troy Byler and Bailee Raye Ackerman Byler, both 24, were killed in the crash shortly after midnight Sunday ...
Win or lose, Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke may remain political forces
Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke probably have bright political futures, perhaps even plausible White House aspirations, regardless of which one wins their high-profile Texas Senate race. Around Labor Day, when polls showed onetime punk rocker O'Rourke closing in on flipping a Senate seat ...
Native son Matthew McConaughey gives back to first responders in Texas visit
Firefighters, police officers and 911 operators in Texas got a surprise lunch from a famous son as Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey showed up with roasted turkey to give thanks on National First Responders Day. The actor's appearance and catered lunch Sunday shocked those at a Houston ...
Exhausted migrant caravan takes break in southern Mexico but still determined to reach U.S.
Thousands of Central American migrants took a break Sunday on their long journey through southern Mexico, but vowed to press ahead toward the U.S. border roughly 1,000 miles away, with Mexican government agencies seeming to waver between helping and hindering. Some rested in the shade ...
Authorities have ruled the death of a 3-year-old boy who was found in a hot van outside a Houston day care a homicide and are forwarding the case to a grand jury for review. The Harris County medical examiner's office said Tuesday that Raymond Pryer ...
Emergency at federal nuclear weapons plant ends 'without incident'
An operational emergency at a federal nuclear weapons plant in Texas has ended without incident. The Energy Department's Pantex plant near Amarillo said Tuesday in a tweet it was experiencing an unspecified emergency related to what it said was a "security event" and had mobilized ...
Trump stumps for Texas Sen. Cruz, who he used to call Lyin' Ted, after icy relations thaw
President Donald Trump hailed former foe Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday as "a man who has become a really good friend of mine" at a campaign rally in Texas. Trump spoke before a massive crowd in Houston on behalf of his onetime rival for the ...
Texas challenger to Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke, raises record cash in Senate race
Beto O'Rourke, the telegenic Democrat challenging Texas Republican Ted Cruz for his U.S. Senate seat, has raised a record amount of money for his upstart campaign in one of the most closely watched races of November's midterm election. O'Rourke raised a record-breaking $38.1 million over ...
U.S. Border Patrol agent arrested in serial killings of sex workers
Texas state troopers arrested a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Saturday who they say went on a two-week serial killing spree that left four female sex workers dead and ended only when a fifth woman escaped from him at a gas station and found help. Juan ...
