The president’s move has already been challenged in court. Win or lose, he is almost certainly forcing an alarming judicial precedent.
A 45-year-old migrant suffering health problems has become the latest to die in Border Patrol custody after crossing the border in Texas.
In the Rio Grande Valley, drug money has been an undeniable presence. One local professor called it WD-40 — “the oil that makes the machinery work.”
A veteran officer lied in an affidavit and could face criminal charges, the police chief said, after a shootout last month left two suspects dead and four officers shot.
Economists have long criticized tax breaks to corporations; politicians and the public may be starting to share their skepticism.
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The chief justice faces a time of great testing, both of himself and of the institution he heads, as the lower courts move rapidly even to his right.
Eric Gerard McGinnis was sentenced to eight years in prison. He had been prohibited from possessing a firearm when he was found with the partially 3-D-printed gun.
Congress all but dares the president to veto the latest budget agreement.
The big cat was found by someone who had tried to sneak into the house to smoke marijuana. It has been taken to an animal sanctuary.
Alerted by a tipster, the authorities could hear a tiger and smell a tiger. When they entered the home, they found a tiger.
Congressional negotiators have come up with a tentative deal to avert a government shutdown. Here are some key takeaways.
At a rally in Texas, President Trump insisted that crime had fallen in El Paso because of a border wall. The data and the city’s Republican mayor disagree with him.
A supporter of President Trump “violently pushed and shoved” a cameraman during the president’s rally in El Paso on Monday, the broadcaster said.
A supporter of President Trump “violently pushed and shoved” a camera operator during the president’s rally in El Paso on Monday, the broadcaster said.
In the land of tall tales, this president knows how to win a fight.
Dueling rallies by President Trump and Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic former congressman considering a 2020 presidential run, offered a vivid snapshot of the immigration debate.
Instead of fanning fear, the president should listen to people on both sides of the border.
President Trump travels to El Paso today for a rally to win support for his call for a border wall. But this time, his potential rival in 2020, Beto O’Rourke, will be there to answer him.
President Trump travels to El Paso today for a rally to win support for his call for a border wall. But this time, his potential rival in 2020, Beto O’Rourke, will be there to answer him.
President Trump has scheduled a rally in El Paso, which he has used as an example of the security a border wall can bring. But many city officials don’t agree.
The immigration system is broken but the president has no interest in fixing it.
The chief justice, a student of legal rules governing precedent, balances guarding his court’s legitimacy against his generally conservative impulses.
Mr. O’Rourke, considering a run for president, took to the road to find answers. And he wrote quite a bit about it.
The plan to end transmission of the virus in the United States by 2030, outlined in the president’s State of the Union address, will focus on 48 counties where about half of new infections occur.
Regulatory and market pressures are creating a tough operating environment for many vendors. Oversaturation and changing culinary tastes are also concerns.
The move would give Qatar better access to Latin American markets and strengthen its relationship with the Trump administration two years into a dispute with Saudi Arabia.
The Blanton Museum of Art has acquired 119 paintings, sculptures, furniture and silverwork collected by Roberta and Richard Huber.
Innovation, investment and inviting geology have given new life to an oil patch that once seemed spent. The oil field is now the world’s second most productive.
As of Wednesday night, 11 detainees in El Paso had refused to eat, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Six of those were being force-fed.
The state’s 15 Catholic dioceses released information about decades of alleged abuse, but advocates for victims said there was more to be done.
If it is your goal to keep people of color from the polls, you can once again look to Texas for guidance.
The semantics are anything but trivial.
Mr. Daniels and his husband were arrested on Tuesday on charges stemming from an incident in Houston in 2010.
A 1928 house in Los Angeles; a midcentury home in Charlottesville, Va.; and a modernist house in Austin, Tex.
A 1928 house in Los Angeles, a midcentury home in Charlottesville and a modernist house in Austin.
The Texas secretary of state last week called into doubt the citizenship status of 95,000 voters. Now his claim seems to be unraveling.
Several narcotics officers remain hospitalized after busting into a home where, the authorities said, they were met with gunfire and a charging dog. Two people inside were killed.
A gun battle left five officers wounded and two people inside a home dead. All of the officers are expected to survive.
A visit to one of the deadliest places in the United States for migrants shows that even for those who’ve made it across the border, a treacherous journey often awaits.
The 1962 house was miraculously intact, but it needed some updating. Two decades later, it’s nearly done.
The 1962 home was miraculously intact, but it needed some updating. Two decades later, it’s nearly done.
One outcome of the Trump administration’s ever-tightening border policies is migrants crossing in ever-more-remote, and more dangerous, places.
The Trump administration’s hard-line stance on keeping migrants out is pushing asylum seekers to take remote and dangerous routes into the United States. And a wall might not be able to fix that.
Details of the shooting were not immediately available, but the mayor of Houston said a suspect was “down.”
The police officers were part of a team that was trying to search a home for drugs, including black tar heroin, when they were met with gunfire.
Apple decided several years ago to produce a high-end Mac in Texas. The problems that surfaced illustrate the challenges of domestic manufacturing.
The findings of an 11-month investigation seemed certain to reignite partisan debates over the frequency and impact of voter fraud.
President Trump said a border wall is needed to block illegal guns, drugs and cash coming from Mexico. But much of the contraband he pointed to came through legal ports of entry.
At Better Luck Tomorrow, Justin Yu and Bobby Heugel team up to deliver a casual but still serious culinary experience. Don’t forget to eat your carrots.
If the Trump administration extends the wall at the southern border, it could degrade important habitats for animals and plants, even birds and insects.
“BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” Mr. Trump tweeted. But a border wall would not suddenly alter the population of undocumented immigrants.
Truth BBQ ships its smoked brisket nationwide from Brenham, Texas. Just add some sides.
Abortion rights are under threat from the Supreme Court. But states can take critical actions.
President Trump has offered a deal on immigration, but the clients at one hair salon in San Antonio weren’t buying it.