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March 9, 2021

Tucker Carlson: America's southern border has been erased -- does anyone in charge care?

The poor communities of the Rio Grande Valley bear the brunt of current crisis

March 8, 2021

Laura Ingraham: 'Time to retire or just ignore' COVID 'control freaks' like Fauci, CDC

With more Americans receiving coronavirus vaccines and the numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths trending downward or remaining stable, it's time to stop listening to so-called experts who continue to profess a message of "doom," Laura Ingraham said Monday.

March 8, 2021

Number of COVID-positive migrants released in Texas surges, officials say

The number of migrants who have tested positive for the coronavirus after being released by the Border Patrol into Texas has nearly doubled, officials say. 

March 8, 2021

Ex-Trump official Sery Kim jumps into race for open Texas congressional seat

A second former Trump administration official is running in the election this spring to succeed the late Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas.

March 8, 2021

Texas officials blast Houston bar's plans for 'Mask Off' party: 'Unquestionably a superspreader event'

Texas officials from the state, city and even neighborhood level are calling for a Houston bar to cancel plans for a large "Mask Off Party" scheduled for March 10 — the same day Texas rescinds its statewide mask mandate and capacity limits for business operators.

March 7, 2021

Health experts warn of new coronavirus spike as states ease restrictions, spring break travel surges

Cases have leveled off at around 50,000 to 60,000 new cases a day over the past week.

March 7, 2021

Biden administration converting Texas migrant centers to rapidly release detained families in 72 hours or less

The Biden administration will transform two Texas facilities where detained migrant families are held into Ellis Island-style rapid processing centers, meaning adults and children who cross the border will be housed for a maximum of 72 hours before being released into the U.S.

March 6, 2021

What is NASA's Super Guppy plane?

NASA's Super Guppy is an aircraft built specifically to ferry large cargo.

March 6, 2021

Texas beefs up border crackdown to stop human and drug smuggling

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, along with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), on Saturday launched ‘Operation Lone Star,’ a program that will work to combat the smuggling of drugs and people across the southern border. 

March 6, 2021

Austin mayor blasts Abbott's lift of mask mandate, but says 'Neanderthal' is 'not a word I would have used'

Austin’s Democratic Mayor Steve Adler blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift the statewide mask mandate, but said that President Biden’s “Neanderthal” comment was “not a word that I would have used.”