The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Like Trump, the ridiculously corrupt politician talks smack on social media, but won't testify in his own defense

After legislators passed laws banning diversity initiatives and targeting tenure at state universities, more than a quarter of the 1,900 Texas professors surveyed by faculty associations said they plan to look for positions out of state.

The ruling is a win for the Biden administration, which sued the state over floating barriers criticised by Mexico.

Preliminary order issued by judge David Ezra requires the floaters to be relocated to an embankment on the state side of the river

The judge gave Texas until Sept. 15 to move the barrier to shore and barred the state from placing any additional buoys or other structures in the river. Gov. Greg Abbott plans to appeal the ruling.

The state has canceled all visits to Texas prison inmates until a comprehensive search of all 100 correctional facilities for contraband has been completed.

Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river. One day later a higher court sided with Texas.

Early victory for Biden administration in legal fight with Governor Greg Abbott’s anti-migrant efforts

A federal judge has ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the bank of the Rio Grande by Sept. 15