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DC mayor’s request for federal assistance for influx of migrants sent by Texas is denied

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense denied D.C. Mayor Murial Bowser’s request for the National Guard to assist in the influx of migrants sent by charter buses from Texas, a day after Gov. Greg Abbott criticized the mayor at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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Migrants from Texas border arrive at NYC’s Port Authority Bus Terminal as Gov. Greg Abbott’s feud with Mayor Adams escalates

NEW YORK — A busload of about 50 migrants dispatched to New York City by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrived early Friday as the Lone Star State Republican continued his war with the White House over its open border policies.

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Texas and Arizona bus thousands of migrants to US capital

The move by Republican governors protesting Biden’s US border policies has been dismissed by some as ‘political stunt’.

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The Fascist Circus Comes to CPAC Texas

Republican politicians joined Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for speeches laced with antisemitism and overt Christian nationalism.

Texas Observer

Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is now busing migrants to New York City

Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

The Texas Tribune

Texas governor sends migrants to New York City as immigration standoff accelerates

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said on Friday he has started to send buses carrying migrants to New York City in an effort to push responsibility for border crossers to Democratic mayors and U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

Reuters

GOP governors sent buses of migrants to D.C. — with no plan for what came next

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington, D.C. Neither the local nor federal government greets them when they arrive.

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Abbott touts Texas, taunts California as CPAC conservative gathering kicks off in Dallas

DALLAS — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took aim at Democratic leaders in Texas and across the country in his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference gathering Thursday in Dallas.

Tribune News Service

Texas Democrats see hope in Kansas abortion vote, but challenges remain

Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas are energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted to keep the right to an abortion in their state constitution.

The Texas Tribune

With rural Texas watching, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke dig in on school vouchers fight

O’Rourke is hammering Abbott over vouchers on the campaign trail in rural Texas, where Democrats know they need to do better and where vouchers are a political hot potato for Republicans.

The Texas Tribune

Texas program that gives out lifesaving drugs to combat opioid overdoses has been out of money for months

The state’s federally funded “More Narcan Please” program ran out of money in January, in part due to high demand. Advocates say Texas should invest more in the harm reduction effort.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde teacher says Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s private meetings with victim families were ‘all for show’

Uvalde residents pressured a nearby city to revoke a rental agreement for an NRA fundraiser raffling off an AR-15, the same type of gun used in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary

The Independent UK

CPAC Dallas to host Trump, Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott and more big-name Republicans

DALLAS — CPAC and former President Donald Trump are returning to Dallas this week for the second consecutive year, along with other big-name speakers from the Republican Party.

Tribune News Service

Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

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How Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke are mobilizing in race for Texas governor, 100 days out

DALLAS — The sizzling dog days of Texas summer aren’t stopping Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke from mobilizing voters in the hot race for governor.

The Texas Tribune

Legal questions shroud Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to bus migrants back to the border

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

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The top fundraisers among Texas statewide elected offices

Campaign finance requirements govern how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations, how often they must report those contributions, and how much individuals, organizations, and political entities may contribute to campaigns.

Roll Call

Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters - Roll Call

At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies.

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The Independent UK

Uvalde council will investigate every city police officer at scene of massacre as families call for firings

Victims’ families, community members and officials continue to demand answers around the botched law enforcement response to the 24 May massacre

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Book-banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right's assault on democracy

Attacks on books occupy a special place among the signposts of philistinism and anti-democratic suppression.

Salon

Texas woman's "dystopian" pregnancy

"Anti-abortion zealots should be forced to read this"

The Texas Tribune

Top Texas Republicans, Biden administration look to grow the state’s semiconductor industry

As companies like Samsung and Texas Instruments expand their operations in the state, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders are backing federal efforts to grow the industry.

The Independent UK

Appeals court upholds Texas block on school mask mandates

A divided federal appeals court panel is backing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that forbids school districts from imposing mask mandates on schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Salon

Gay Texas Republicans: "We failed"

Many gay GOP members have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow

Tribune News Service

With most Texans’ eyes on Abbott and O’Rourke, down-ballot races could offer more drama

The governor’s race between incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke is the main attraction of the Texas midterm season.

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