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Texas A&M Releases New DEI Guidelines

Texas A&M’s Office of Risk, Ethics, and Compliance released a FAQ guidance sheet educating employees about the implementation of a state law preventing state universities from promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles. Over the past few years,...

Southern Border Sees Record Number of Unaccompanied Minors Crossing

A recently released report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed that more than 400 unaccompanied minors crossed Texas’ southern border in one day. The document shows that 495 unattended children were apprehended and placed into U.S. Customs and...

Dan Patrick Officially Requests Audit into Impeachment Costs

After signaling that he would call for an audit into the Paxton impeachment trial expenses shortly after the verdict on Saturday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has now officially made the request. In a letter to state auditor Lisa Collier, Patrick asks for all expenditures...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Acquitted on Impeachment Charges

After beginning deliberation yesterday, the Texas Senate voted on Saturday to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all impeachment charges. While 21 votes, or two-thirds, were required to convict and remove Paxton from office on any single charge, none received a...

Deliberation Begins in Ken Paxton Impeachment Trial

With closing arguments out of the way, senators will now determine the future of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. On Friday morning, representatives for both the House prosecutors and Paxton made their final pleas to senators ahead of a decision that could result in...

Senate Prepares for Vote in Paxton Impeachment Trial

Both the prosecution and defense have rested their case in the Senate’s impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, signaling a coming conclusion to the procedure which has lasted for eight days.  On Wednesday night, Rusty Hardin—a lawyer for the...

Elon Musk Draws Attention to Border Crisis

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin recently reported on the latest numbers of illegal alien encounters with the U.S. Border Patrol. Elon Musk then reposted this report and asked if the public was “aware of the scale of issue.” “Per CBP sources, yesterday alone,...