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Small Texas town of Eagle Pass, Texas, plays an outsized role in national debate...

EAGLE PASS — The park, fenced off from the center of town and patrolled by troops, is inaccessible.

Woman firing long gun in Joel Osteen’s church killed by 2 off-duty officers; young...

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's megachurch in Texas before being gunned down by two off-duty officers who confronted her, sending worshippers rushing from the building between busy Sunday services, authorities said.

Mayra Flores: DNA testing needed at border, even if that means detaining kids for...

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores offered a defense of detaining children at the border for prolonged periods when she advocated for mandatory DNA testing for migrants during a Turning Point USA event in Brownsville.

Here’s why your 2024 tax refund may be delayed, who can get filing extensions...

Tax season kicked off this week and Texans only have a couple months to file before the Internal Revenue Service’s spring deadline.

Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in Texas border dispute

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Biden administration in a 5-4 vote Monday and said Border Patrol agents may cut barbed wire installed by Texas authorities that prevents them from patrolling areas along the Rio Grande.

Mike McCarthy will return as coach of the Dallas Cowboys after stunning wild-card loss

Mike McCarthy will get another chance to end a nearly three-decade stretch without a deep playoff run for the Dallas Cowboys, a decision that ends three days of intense speculation over the coach's future.

Jordan Love and the Packers pull a wild-card stunner, beating Dak Prescott and the...

ARLINGTON (AP) — Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns, Aaron Jones ran for three more, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards for a score and the Green Bay Packers handed the Dallas Cowboys their first home loss since the 2022 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner Sunday.

US says Texas blocked border agents from entering park to try to save 3...

The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.

Gov. Greg Abbott says migrants not being shot because Biden ‘would charge us with...

In a wide-ranging interview with a right-wing radio host, Gov. Greg Abbott defended the scope and legality of Texas border initiatives, at one point saying: “The only thing that we are not doing as we’re not shooting people who come across the border because, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder.”

Toast the Dallas Cowboys with a new tequila backed by Dak Prescott

Dallas Cowboys star quarterback Dak Prescott is going from dropping in passes to his receivers on the field to dropping shots in glasses with his latest investment.