June 1, 2021 Texas Gov. Abbott signs legislation penalizing cities that defund the police Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation Tuesday that will penalize cities and counties that defund their police departments.
June 1, 2021 US-Mexico border drug busts: Increasing number of Americans being apprehended An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico.
June 1, 2021 Lt. Gov. Patrick rips Texas Dems' walkout over voting legislation: 'Not the way democracy works' Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick scolded state Democrats on "America's Newsroom" Tuesday, after senators staged a walkout on a vote on sweeping voting legislation over the weekend, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to threaten to defund the state legislature.
June 1, 2021 Gov. Abbott lauds fewest confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Texas Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shared the news in a tweet posted Tuesday, where he revealed Texas reported the least amount of new COVID-19 cases in the state since the data was first being tracked.
June 1, 2021 Houston Memorial Day violence: 10 people killed since Friday, report says Ten people were killed in Houston since Friday, according to a local report, as the city’s top cop conceding to reporters: "We’ve had a very violent weekend."
June 1, 2021 2021 Atlantic hurricane season begins Forecasters predicted a likelihood of 13 to 20 total named storms, with six to 10 likely to become hurricanes and three to five likely to become major hurricanes.
June 1, 2021 Texas rapper Lil Loaded dies at age 20 Texas rapper Lil Loaded, who earned viral success with the 2019 single "6locc 6a6y," has died at age 20.
May 31, 2021 Woman found naked in Florida storm drain is rescued again! A woman who was rescued from a Florida storm drain after having gone missing for three weeks found herself in another underground tunnel system in Texas over the weekend, according to media reports.
May 31, 2021 Texas Gov. Abbott to veto funding for state legislature amid spat over election bill Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that he would veto the portion of the state budget that funds the legislative branch, one day after Democratic lawmakers blocked a Republican-backed election security bill in the House.
May 31, 2021 Cruz shares heartbreaking photos of home 'bombed by terrorists' in Israel The Hamas attack claimed the life of the caretaker of the elderly woman who lived in the Ashkelon home, according to Cruz’s tweet, which the Texas senator called heartbreaking.