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Texas Republican drops re-election bid after affair with woman once married to IS leader

Van Taylor acknowledges ‘horrible mistake that has caused deep hurt and pain’ and abruptly halts bid for third congressional term

The Guardian - US

Texas Republican announces he will not seek re-election after affair with ‘Isis bride’

Van Taylor had been forced into a runoff after a last-minute bombshell revelation

The Independent UK

First Jan. 6 trial starts against Texas man turned in by son

WASHINGTON — The first person to go on trial for participating in the Jan. 6 riot was accused by prosecutors of being “the match that started the fire” for thousands of people who stormed the Capitol.

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US Rep. Van Taylor drops Texas reelection bid, admits affair

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor of Texas says he is ending his reelection campaign and admitted having an affair about a year ago

The Independent UK

Judge considers blocking Texas policy of investigating medical care for trans children as ‘child abuse’

The new policy has ‘caused terror and anxiety among transgender youth and their families across the Lone Star State,’ says the American Civil Liberties Union

The Independent UK

Texas primary puts Cuellar and Taylor in runoffs

WASHINGTON — Two Democratic incumbents who switched districts after a new Texas map was released won their primaries Tuesday, as did a Republican who came under fire for calling some of the conservatives in his party “grifters.”

Tribune News Service

Abbott to face O’Rourke as Texas primaries set political field

Progressive Democrats fare well, pro-Trump candidates yield mixed results as early voting starts in US 2022 election.

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Why won’t Democrats say the word “trans”?

Trans kids are under direct attack, but Democrats are hiding behind vagueness.

Mic

Sid Miller wins Texas Agriculture Commissioner Republican primary

Incumbent Sid Miller defeated Carey Counsil and James White in the Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on March 1, 2022. With 98% of polling locations reporting, Miller received 59% of the vote, followed by White with 31% and Counsil with 10%.

Ballotpedia

Casar wins Democratic primary in Texas’ 35th Congressional District

Greg Casar defeated three candidates—State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, consultant Carla-Joy Sisco, and former San Antonio City Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran—in the Democratic primary election for Texas’ 35th Congressional District on March 1, 2022.

Ballotpedia

Monica De La Cruz Hernandez wins nine-candidate Republican primary for TX-15

Monica De La Cruz Hernandez advanced from the Republican Party primary in Texas’ 34th Congressional District on March 1, 2022. As of 7:45 a.m. ET on March 2, 2022, De La Cruz Hernandez had received 56 percent of the vote and Mauro Garza was second with 15 percent. Nine candidates…

Ballotpedia

Texas Sued As State Starts Investigating Parents of Trans Children for 'Child Abuse'

ACLU: “The agency’s new rule substitutes parents’ judgment as to what medical care is in the best interests of their children for the judgment of the government.”

Reason

GOP: No more faking toward the "center"

Ten years ago, "legitimate rape" comment cost Todd Akin a Senate race — now the entire GOP has turned ugly

Salon

Who Killed Dean and Tina Clouse—and Where Is Their Baby?

A group of sleuths using "genetic genealogy" has broken open a 40-year-old cold case.

Texas Observer

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Roll Call

Texas Rep. Van Taylor admits affair, ends reelection campaign - Roll Call

Taylor, who faced heat for supporting a Jan. 6 investigation, got less than 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary and faced a runoff.

The Guardian - US

Success for progressives in Texas while Trump ally suffers major blow

Attorney general Ken Paxton heads to nomination runoff against Jeb Bush’s son while progressive Jessica Cisneros celebrates runoff

The Independent UK

Meet Jessica Cisneros, the 28-year-old immigration lawyer who forced a veteran Democrat into a Texas runoff

Cisneros, a first-generation Mexican American attorney, like Cuellar, once interned for Cuellar

The Independent UK

Prosecutor: First Capitol rioter on trial 'lit the match'

Jurors have heard attorneys' opening statements in the first trial for one of the hundreds of people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol last year

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Abbott’s Texas GOP win opens culture-clash matchup with O’Rourke

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott fended off a primary challenge by shifting his focus to the culture wars on the edges of the Republican Party’s right wing, setting up a potential test of the GOP strategy nationwide.

The Independent UK

‘Comrade Texas’: Video of American on Russian frontline provokes anger

‘This guy thinks he’s killing Nazis, but in reality he’s doing a Tsar’s bidding’

The Guardian - US

White House unveils new Covid strategy including ‘test to treat’ plan – as it happened

White House Covid team unveils plan for next phase of pandemic including model where people who test positive can easily get treatment

The Guardian - US

Texas primaries: Greg Abbott to face Beto O’Rourke in governor’s race

Trump’s endorsement wasn’t enough to prevent incumbent Ken Paxton from being forced into runoff for state attorney general

Tribune News Service

Paxton legal opinion on transgender youth uses misleading citations, 'shocking' parallels

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas attorney general's recent legal opinion that called transgender health care for minors "child abuse" cited sources in a misleading way and drew parallels that researchers say simply do not exist, according to an analysis by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The Guardian - US

‘When a child tells you who they are, believe them’: the psychologist taking on Texas’ anti-trans policies

Dr Megan Mooney is suing Texas governor Greg Abbott to stop his classification of gender-affirming care as ‘child abuse’

Ballotpedia

Redistricting updates (and, of course, Texas)

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