Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during at an event with his supporters during the Texas Senate primary election in Magnolia, Texas, on Feb. 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times HOUSTON—Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is facing a two-pronged attack. On one side, there’s Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Cornyn’s top rival in the Republican Senate
A Texas Democratic lawmaker is invoking a newly created state legislative rule to force a public hearing into the March 2025 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old U.S. citizen by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, CBS News has learned, a case raising further transparency and oversight questions about the officials enforcing President Trump’s deportation crackdown.
Trump pulled his endorsement of Rep. Jeff Hurd after the Colorado Republican cited Congress’ constitutional authority over trade policy amid a tariff dispute.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Saturday targeted Democratic lawmakers over their continued refusal to back a funding package for the department in an update about the waste cleanup effort in the Potomac River. Earlier Saturday, President Trump approved Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) request for federal disaster assistance as the…
The Supreme Court’s ruling this week against President Trump’s tariffs was a major setback for the White House’s economic platform. The Trump administration has made bold promises that these sweeping tariffs would help elevate the U.S.’s standing on the global stage by pressuring international partners into new trade agreements. However, on Friday, the court ruled…
President Trump withdrew his endorsement for Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) on Saturday over what he called a “lack of support” for the president’s sweeping tariff agenda, saying he would endorse Hurd’s challenger in the upcoming GOP primary instead. “Based of a lack of support, in particular for the unbelievably successful TARIFFS imposed on Foreign Countries…
Immigrants await their turn for green card and citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Queens office in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City on May 30, 2013. John Moore/Getty Images The Trump administration said Feb. 20 it has filed court papers to strip a former elected official in