The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Detainees at Texas ICE facility report frequent beatings and abuse

At least three detainees held at the Texas facility since it opened in August have died

The Independent UK · Jul 15

‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wall

Residents across party lines say Trump’s proposed wall threatens their homes, livelihoods and wilderness along the Rio Grande

The Guardian - US · Jul 15

Heavy rains keep drenching South Texas after downpours led to dozens of rescues

Heavy downpours are still drenching South Texas with the possibility of dangerous flash flooding

The Independent UK · Jul 15

He came to America as a slave. This Moroccan man later became one of North America's earliest explorers

Long before English colonists ever set foot in North America, an enslaved man born in Morocco had already walked thousands of miles across it, surviving shipwrecks, years of captivity and a journey that took him through present-day Florida, Texas and deep into the Southwest. His name was Estevanico, and his…

The Times of India · Jul 15

Suing Biden fueled Paxton’s rise

Paxton threw unprecedented resources into stopping Biden. That record is his sword and shield in his Senate run

Salon · Jul 15

Called to ministry, Latina leaders are reshaping the United Methodist Church in Texas

A handful of women provide one answer to years of schism and decline in the denomination.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 15

Texas officials are cracking down on “illegal birth tourism.” Here’s what that means.

Texas officials have sued a Houston area postpartum center as well as investigated Rio Grande Valley hospitals over allegations of soliciting foreigners to have babies on U.S. soil.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 15

Texas braces for catastrophic flooding as up to 12 inches of rain falls

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The Independent UK · Jul 15

Trump Warns US Will Continue Iran Strikes, Save Energy Targets for Last as He Touts Alaska, Texas Alternatives

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. will continue its strikes in Iran into the coming week, warning that it will hit the country “very hard” as tensions escalate over the movement of ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Benzinga · Jul 15

Homeland Security got $20M for body cameras. So why weren’t ICE agents wearing them in Maine and Texas shootings?

The Department of Homeland Security vowed to ‘rapidly’ equip officers with body cameras after agents carried out a pair of fatal shootings in January

The Independent UK · Jul 15