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Democrats press efforts to stem gun violence with House panel advancing assault weapons ban

WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed further this week on efforts to combat gun violence, as a House committee advanced a ban on assault weapons and President Joe Biden planned more executive actions to fight crime.

Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2022

Texas slashes Medicaid for mothers

Republicans in Texas celebrated the overturn of Roe after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension

Salon · Jul 21, 2022

The John Birch Society Sees a Renaissance in North Texas

Once sidelined, the decades-old right-wing group has seen a resurgence in the state.

Texas Observer · Jul 21, 2022

House Democrats advance assault weapons ban after mass shootings

Democrats pushed further this week on efforts to combat gun violence, with action on an assault weapons ban.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2022

"A constitutional joke": Raskin's lesson

Democratic Rep. Raskin called out GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas for his views on using guns against the government

Salon · Jul 21, 2022

Texas charity that backs Trump’s stolen-election lie has deep ties to Ken Paxton

The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and an ally.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 21, 2022

A neighborhood’s new anti-Section 8 rules will push many Black residents out of a North Texas suburb

Landlords in Texas don’t have to accept renters who receive federal housing assistance, but a Denton County community is taking it a big step further: making most of the town off limits to Section 8 tenants.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 21, 2022

What's it take to become ’energy congressman of the world’? A video series, perhaps

Wesley Hunt, a Republican seeking an open House seat in Texas, is producing a campaign video series touring energy production sites.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2022

Jack Grealish makes Erling Haaland revelation after being left to declare "what a guy"

Grealish helped City to victory in the Copa de Lone Star in Texas on Wednesday night, as Pep Guardiola's men - minus Haaland - defeated Club America 2-1 thanks to two Kevin de Bruyne goals

Daily Mirror · Jul 21, 2022

2 men are indicted in the tractor-trailer case that left migrants dead in Texas

A federal grand jury indicted Homero Zamorano Jr. and Christian Martinez, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death.

WEKU · Jul 21, 2022