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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A record 19 million Texans are registered to vote this election cycle ahead of the midterm elections.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Less than three weeks out from Election Day, Democrats are ramping up their rhetorical attacks on Republicans, tapping into U.S. voters’ affordability concerns.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Trump administration's border security efforts are ongoing, including sending more National Guard troops to the southwest border.
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Reporting from Just the News
Financial disclosures found that Musk donated $158 million to the GOP through the Senate Leadership Fund in September alone, which was disbursed to a political action committee, Texas PAC, funding Paxton's campaign.
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Reporting from Just the News
Hasan, who was convicted in 2013 of fatally shooting 13 people in 2009 and injuring 32 others at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, will be executed on Dec. 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. Central at Fort Hood.
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Reporting from Just the News
The criticism comes as Paxton is locked in a tight race with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and comes after Cornyn lost his bid for reelection in the primaries earlier this year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – FBI agents in north Texas have disrupted a North Korean espionage ring targeting U.S. companies. The scheme involves illegally obtaining information from U.S. companies to facilitate the country’s sanctioned weapons program, federal authorities allege.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johson says that polls about congressional races in South Texas aren’t accurate.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Several Democratic candidates have razor thin leads over more well-funded Republicans in key races that are now considered statistically tied.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – At a political rally in Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration has already begun using wartime authority to expand refinery production in deep east Texas.
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