A Houston paper said Monday Democratic 2020 hopeful Beto O’Rourke should abandon his “vanishingly small” presidential hopes and come home to run for a Senate spot.
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After Shootings, President Trump Calls for Background Checks, Denounces White Supremacy
In the wake of two weekend shootings that left 31 dead in Texas and Ohio, President Donald Trump called Monday for bipartisan action that includes increased background checks to catch “red flags” of potential shooters.
Read MoreLiberals Blame Trump, Fox News Following Weekend Shootings
Some liberals blamed Republicans on social media following two deadly shootings over the weekend.
Read MoreTexas Police: Multiple Shooting Deaths, 1 Suspect in Custody in El Paso
Several people were killed and one person was in custody Saturday after a mass shooting occurred in a shopping complex in the border town of El Paso, Texas, police said.
Read MoreIncoming Texas Freshmen Threatened with Doxxing if They Join Conservative Campus Groups
by Jon Street The Autonomous Student Network in Austin, Texas, a group that was previously suspended from Twitter after posting private information belonging to supporters of then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is now threatening to do the same to incoming University of Texas-Austin freshmen who join conservative student…
Read MoreNineteen Arrests Later, a Texas Town Is Torn Apart Over Voter Fraud
by Fred Lucas The story that thrust a Rio Grande Valley city into the national spotlight is hardly a new anomaly, say residents such as Richard Monte. “Down here, voter fraud is not all that unusual,” says Monte, a city planning consultant in a brown suit jacket, sitting with…
Read MoreCommentary: The Entitled Uninvited
by Pedro Gonzalez On a Sunday afternoon in May, Etta Nugent found Marco Cobos, a Mexican national, at her doorstep in Houston after his truck had broken down nearby. Cobos knocked and Nugent, described by friends as “gentle soul” and a “good Christian woman,” answered. When Cobos asked her…
Read MoreTexas School Cuts Ties with SAT Over Controversial ‘Adversity Scoring’
Members of the Houston, Texas-based Saint Constantine School announced Thursday they will do away with all SAT prep and AP/PSAT programming. School officials said in an emailed statement the SAT’s new adversity score prompted them to act. As The Tennessee Star reported, the people responsible for the SAT exams…
Read MoreWendy Davis Is ‘Very Seriously’ Considering a Congressional Run Against Chip Roy
by Molly Prince Failed Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis revealed Friday that she will likely make a decision “in the next month or so” whether she will launch a bid to unseat Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy in 2020. “I’m looking very seriously at [running for] Congressional District…
Read MoreCommentary: It’s Time for Texas to Declare an Emergency, Too
by Rick Manning Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) got it 100 percent correct when in response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the southern border he suggested that the state of Texas “should also consider a similar declaration” of national emergency due to the illegal immigration…
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