Texas

The family of a girl killed at Camp Mystic asks a Texas judge to prevent the camp from reopening

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge is hearing evidence Wednesday on whether the youth camp where 25 girls and two counselors were killed in catastrophic floods last year should remain closed while a lawsuit filed by one of the girls’ families is pending. The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward, who was swept away during the … Read more

ICE confirms a measles outbreak in the nation’s largest detention facility in Texas

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At least 14 cases of measles have been confirmed at the nation’s largest ICE detention facility, an agency spokesperson told NBC News in a statement. People who tested positive for the highly contagious disease at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, have been “cohorted and separated from the rest of the detained population to … Read more

Trump teases kingmaker endorsement in Texas ‘soon’ to force other candidate out of runoff

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump says he’ll soon take sides in the costly Republican Senate primary showdown in Texas between longtime Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. “I will be making my Endorsement soon,” the president wrote Wednesday in a social media post the day after … Read more

Trump says he will endorse ‘soon’ in Texas Senate primary

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will endorse a candidate “soon” in the GOP Senate primary in Texas, a move that Republicans say could be decisive in the runoff between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that whoever he does not back should drop … Read more

‘Open borders Trump-hating radical’: GOP unleashes early blitz on Texas Democrat Talarico

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! AUSTIN, TEXAS — Republicans didn’t wait for the call in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas to target James Talarico, the Democrats’ nominee in the high-stakes midterm election battle. Hours before the Associated Press morning reported early on Wednesday that Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker with a … Read more

Democratic Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee head to a runoff in Texas primary

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Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee will head to a runoff in the Democratic primary for a Texas House seat, NBC News projects, after neither candidate won a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s contest. After the first round of voting, Menefee led with 46%, compared to 44% for Green. The remaining 10% of the … Read more

Ethics panel is investigating Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales over affair allegations

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WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday that it has opened an investigation of Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, over allegations that include having an affair with an aide. The top Republican and Democratic members on the committee said in a joint statement that an investigative panel would look into whether Gonzales engaged in sexual … Read more

Texas border district Dem Cuellar beats back primary challengers

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, easily defeated a primary challenger Tuesday in Texas’ 28th Congressional District, securing his party’s renomination in the southern border seat he has long represented. The win sets up a November matchup with President Donald Trump-endorsed South Texas Judge Tano Tijerina. Cuellar, one of … Read more

In Texas, Democrats coalesce around a Senate candidate while GOP fight drags on

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Three states held the first primary elections of the 2026 midterm on Tuesday, kicking off an election year that will determine who controls Congress for the next two years, and shape the direction of the two parties in the final years of Donald Trump’s presidency. The big winner of the night was James Talarico, a … Read more