The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Texas Republican urges halt to ‘most troubling’ Melissa Lucio execution

Jeff Leach, leading push to stop possibly innocent woman being ‘murdered by the state’, calls case ‘most troubling I’ve ever seen’

The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2022

Texas GOP wants to take over deportation

Experts say the plan is a "completely unserious" political stunt that will be struck down in court

Salon · Apr 25, 2022

OLD Horrified Texas parents catch robbers on their Ring camera holding up their teen daughter at gunpoint

The home invaders could be heard warning the teens being held at gunpoint: ‘Don’t pick your f****ng head up or I’ll pop your a**!’

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Rep. Ronny Jackson’s campaign paid for dues at private social club

WASHINGTON — Freshman Rep. Ronny Jackson tapped his campaign account for more than $2,300 in costs associated with membership at a private social club in Texas, campaign finance records show.

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

Texas Judge Invites Disney To Relocate Theme Parks To The Lone Star State

A Texas judge has invited the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) to bid farewell to the “extremists in Florida” and relocate its Sunshine State attractions and operations to the Lone Star State.

Benzinga · Apr 25, 2022

Texas death row inmate to get Supreme Court review

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who claims untested crime-scene evidence will help clear him

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Sabrina Butler-Smith escaped execution after she was falsely accused of killing her son. Now, she’s fighting for Melissa Lucio

Sabrina Butler-Smith was exonerated from Alabama death row, and tells Josh Marcus that there’s still time to stop killing of another misunderstood mother: Melissa Lucio

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics and does he back Trump?

The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon has donated to both parties and attacked everyone from Joe Biden through Donald Trump to trade unions and ‘pronouns’, but underneath it all there is a consistent ideology, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

EXPLAINER: Concern mounts as Melissa Lucio's execution nears

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

‘It is painful to have your child rejected’: the parents group fighting new anti-trans laws

As more Republican states target trans youth, a group of parents meet to push back on discriminatory legislation, share stories and celebrate

The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2022