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Texas Mom Arrested After Kids Found Locked in Dog Cage and Covered in Feces
In Texas, Trump backs wall while O'Rourke rallies opponents
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers' tentative deal that would give him far less than he's been demanding and declaring he's "setting the stage" to deliver on his signature campaign promise.
Texas showdown: O'Rourke, Trump hold dueling rallies over wall
O’Rourke, who lost in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, promised to blast Trump for stoking “false fear” about immigrants and telling “lies” about his hometown El Paso, which Trump said was a dangerous place before it had a border fence. In a conference call with reporters, O’Rourke said his counter-rally two hundred yards from the Trump event would be a “powerful, beautiful” response to “Trump’s lies about our community, the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrants, about Mexicans.” Trump is traveling to El Paso to argue for a wall he says can protect Americans from violent criminals, drugs and a “tremendous onslaught” of migrant caravans. Trump, a Republican, spoke out against the Democratic attempt to cap detention beds before he left for Texas.
Texas city council member calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a ‘bimbo’ with ‘nothing between your ears’
Texas councilman in crossfire for calling Democratic star a 'bimbo'
A councilman who called new Democratic US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a “bimbo” on Twitter has unleashed a firestorm of criticism. Scott Dunn of Richardson, Texas also slammed Ocasio-Cortez, a social media savvy star of the Democratic Party’s left wing, saying she had “nothing between her ear (sic)” for criticizing President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Democrat 2020 hopeful claimed to be American Indian on Texas bar card
White House candidate Elizabeth Warren listed her race as American Indian on her Texas bar registration card over 30 years ago, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The revelation is likely to keep alive a controversy over Warren’s claim to Native American ancestry that has dogged the Massachusetts senator’s presidential bid. The Post said the April 1986 card admitting Warren to the Texas bar is the first written document discovered on which she explicitly listed her race as American Indian.
Pentagon Sends Troops to Texas Border as Trump Again Raises Fears About Caravans
Julian Castro, a Texas Democrat and former Obama cabinet member, announces 2020 bid for president
Trump Visits Rio Grande on Texas Border Tour: Shutdown Update
Sketch released of suspect in shooting of Texas girl
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities on Thursday released a composite sketch of a man accused in the death of a 7-year-old black girl during a Houston-area shooting that her family believes might have been racially motivated.
