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Judge indefinitely blocks Biden administration’s 100-day deportation freeze

By Julián Aguilar, Texas Tribune A federal judge in Texas put an indefinite halt to President Joe Biden’s 100-day ban on deportations late Tuesday. The ruling...

H-E-B donates $1 million to Texas food banks after winter freeze

H-E-B announced it is donating $1 million to support Texas food banks that are helping families in need after last week's freezing weather. The Texas-based...

Amid surge, US tries to expedite release of migrant children

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the...

Top board leaders resign after deadly Texas power outages

By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top board leaders of Texas' embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they...

Biden to visit storm-ravaged Texas Friday

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Texas on Friday as the state begins its recovery from a devastating...

Texas family suing ERCOT after son died from suspected hypothermia

By Reese Oxner, Texas Tribune The family of an 11-year-old boy who died last week in Conroe during power outages while Texas endured a freezing...

At least 6 homeless people died during storm, number could rise

By Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune As temperatures reached 20 degrees Feb. 15, Harris County sheriff deputies found a 60-year-old man dead in a van...

US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after...

In Texas, attention turns to storm repairs, political peril

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The seam that split in a pipe under Nora Espinoza's sink during the frigid cold that gripped...

Texas AG was in Utah after historic freeze back home

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas was reeling from last week's historic freeze, the state's attorney...