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January 13, 2025

Abbott orders flags at full-staff for Trump's inauguration despite one month order to honor Carter

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that flags at the state Capitol in Austin and all state office buildings will be raised to full-staff on Jan. 20, to mark President-elect Trump's inauguration.

January 7, 2025

4 Tren de Aragua members arrested trying to sneak across Texas border: Abbott

Four suspects linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were caught trying to sneak across the southern U.S. border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced.

December 16, 2024

Greg Abbott blasts migrant accused of setting Texas home on fire with children inside: 'Locate & deport'

Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, the migrant accused of setting his house on fire with his three children inside, was criticized in an X post by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday.

December 4, 2024

The simple solution to the ‘Californication’ of American energy policy

President-elect Trump and California Gov. Newsom are polar opposites on power production: Trump represents a mindset of energy abundance while Newsom represents one of energy scarcity.

November 27, 2024

Appeals court rules Texas has right to build razor wire border wall to deter illegal immigration: 'Huge win'

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas may build a razor wire border wall to deter illegal immigration into the Lone Star State.

October 25, 2024

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott challenges Kamala Harris to declare Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott challenged Vice President Kamala Harris to declare Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization as the Democratic candidate holds a rally in Houston.

October 24, 2024

Texas politicos launch full-court press against Harris ahead of her border state campaign rally: 'Apologize'

More than a dozen Texas Republican lawmakers and state leaders slammed Vice President Kamala Harris' planned rally in Houston on Friday, blasting her for her border policies as VP.

October 23, 2024

Texas to begin gathering noncitizen treatment data from hospitals statewide

Governor Greg Abbott's Executive Order 46 goes into effect on November 1 and requires all public hospitals in Texas to ask their patients if they are U.S. citizens.

September 16, 2024

Texas Gov. Abbott designates Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, as a foreign terrorist organization

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state is going to target a Venezuelan gang that he said was notorious for brutal violence and murder and posed a threat to Texans’ safety.

September 10, 2024

Texas Gov Abbott defies Biden administration amid border battle over island used by cartels

The Biden administration wants Texas to remove what was built on an island known for drug cartels in the Rio Grande that Texas has taken over.