Texas GOP delegates earlier this month voted on a platform item urging the state legislature to put Texit, the movement to secede from the United States, on the ballot in 2023. With their rough-and-tumble independent streak, secession has long been a theme for Texans and the state Republican conference from June 16 to June 18 again…
Alleged Truck Driver Posed as Victim After Texas Illegal Immigrant Deaths
SAN ANTONIO/MEXICO CITY—The alleged driver of a truck carrying dozens of migrants who died in the suffocating heat in Texas this week initially tried to pass himself off as a victim to escape authorities before he was arrested, U.S. and Mexican officials said on Wednesday. The death toll in the incident rose to 53 as…
Chevron Selling California Headquarters, Moving Jobs to Texas
June 29, 2022
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Chevron is planning to sell its current headquarters in California and will cover the costs of some employees to relocate to Texas. The company told the Wall Street Journal and local media on June 24 it will still be based in California but will be leaving its Chevron Park campus in San Ramon, located in California’s…
Texas Lawmaker Appeals for Elon Musk’s Help to Stabilize Power Grid
Rep. Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) on June 28 requested Elon Musk to help support America’s energy grid. The appeal was made in a letter to the Tesla CEO in light of the consumption upsurge of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States, The Daily Caller News Foundation revealed in a report on June 28. Nehls…
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Anti-Discrimination Law Protecting Veterans
June 29, 2022
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Texas violated a federal anti-discrimination law protecting veterans by refusing to rehire a former state trooper after he was injured in the Iraq War while serving as a U.S. Army reservist, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 29. The Biden administration previously urged the court to reject the case, but switched sides during oral arguments…
Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Walmart’s Prescription Opioid Sales
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday said he is investigating retail giant Walmart over potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act relating to its sales of prescription opioids. In a statement, the Republican said he has issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID), or type of subpoena, to Walmart that will allow him to obtain information…
Texas Man, 19, Arrested for Threat to Carry out Mass Shooting
A 19-year-old Texas man who reportedly has mental health issues was arrested after telling a coworker that he wanted to carry out a mass shooting. Rodolfo Valdivia Aceves was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning and charged with the third degree felony of making terroristic threats, according to Bexar County police records. He…
‘Lack of Controls’ in US Border Contributes to Horrible Migrant Deaths: Mexican President
June 28, 2022
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The devastating situation in the migrants’ home countries and the status of the U.S.-Mexico border were to be blamed for the tragic incident that happened in San Antonio, Texas, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday. At least 50 migrants died after being stuck inside a sweltering semi-trailer in San Antonio in one of…
Former ICE Chief on Mass Smuggling Deaths: ‘No One Deserves to Die That Way’
June 28, 2022
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The death of 50 illegal immigrants being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 27 brought up tragic memories for Tom Homan, the former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Homan had seen it before—in Victoria, Texas, in 2003. A tractor-trailer with as many as 80 illegal immigrants crammed…
Texas Judge Blocks Statewide Ban on Abortions
Abortions can temporarily resume in Texas after a judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a law that passed nearly 100 years ago that the state attorney general said is now back in effect following the Supreme Court’s decision last week. Judge Christine Weems in Harris County issued a temporary injunction following a last-ditch lawsuit…
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