President Donald Trump rallied supporters in San Antonio as Republicans work to shore up several competitive races across Texas, including Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate bid and Carlos De La Cruz's campaign in the newly redrawn 35th Congressional District.
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At a Friday hearing in El Paso, a U.S. District Judge ordered all construction on the Big Bend area border wall project to stop immediately — including in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. The order also included the stay of federal waivers that expedited the project.
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The officer who shot Wilber Garces Perez did not have a body-worn camera, according to court documents.
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Camp Mystic is proposing to sell its nearly 725-acre Hill Country property as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, more than a year after deadly flooding killed 25 campers, two counselors and camp owner Dick Eastland.
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Collective spending on advertising by Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, and super PACs supporting each of them has already topped $153 million. AdImpact projects it will reach more than double that by Election Day.
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