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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Democratic lawmakers, veterans and concerned citizens gathered in Memorial Circle to protest the arch Trump wants to build there. Their hopes lie primarily in a lawsuit and next month's midterms.
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Centrist politicians are soul-searching after electoral gains by the far right and the far left. Today's weak coalitions, political fragmentation and dire economy echo a past that led to the rise of fascism.
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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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The beef industry has been under pressure recently from market disruptions, record high beef prices and small herd sizes. The groups say the ICE operations are another challenge for the industry.
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Twenty-eight people died at the Christian girls' camp during July 2025's deadly flooding in the Hill Country.
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