President Donald Trump is upset U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar won't kiss the ring.

Donald Trump threatens lawsuit to stop Austin No Kings protest

Despite the Republican president’s threat, the rally is scheduled to occur — and potentially break records — this Saturday.

by Stephanie Koithan October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

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San Antonio’s No Kings 2.0 protest scheduled for this Saturday could break records … again

Meanwhile, Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is claiming that ‘pro-Hamas antifa’ is behind the movement.

by Stephanie Koithan October 13, 2025October 13, 2025

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Trump orders deployment of Texas Guard troops to Illinois, Oregon

A judge temporarily blocked the Portland deployment, but Gov. Greg Abbott, a Trump ally, confirmed that he authorized Texas troops be sent to Illinois.

by Stephanie Koithan October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, First Army Commander Lt. Gen. Thomas S. James and Illinois National Guard Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - Army Brig. Gen. Mark Jackson listen to Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs Acting Director Linda Chapa LaVia speak during the Gold Star Mothers Luncheon.

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Illinois Gov. Pritzker says Texas National Guard has been deployed to Illinois

‘We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois,’ Pritzker said Tuesday.

by Stephanie Koithan September 2, 2025September 3, 2025

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Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier sues for unlawful detainment while trapped in the Texas capitol

Collier has now been trapped in the capitol building for more than 24 hours.

by Stephanie Koithan August 19, 2025August 29, 2025

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Trump names San Antonio’s George Strait as Kennedy Center honoree

Trump said he was ‘very involved’ in the nomination process and ‘vetoed the wokesters.’

by Stephanie Koithan August 13, 2025September 1, 2025

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Owner of Texas’ MAGA-themed chain Trump Burger faces deportation

Roland Beainy was caught in the Trump deportation machine’s crosshairs after opening a chain of restaurants devoted to the president. D’oh.

by Stephanie Koithan August 8, 2025September 1, 2025

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Democrats launch Texas ads targeting Chip Roy, other Republicans for refusal to release Epstein files

‘Donald Trump and his sycophantic enablers like Rep. Chip Roy are twisting themselves in knots trying to distort the truth,’ a DNC advisor said.

by Sanford Nowlin July 25, 2025September 1, 2025

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Why calling the Texas flooding ‘an act of God’ is a dangerous form of political denial

Thirty years after a heat wave killed hundreds in Chicago, a sociologist explains how governments deflected blame after disasters then and now.

by Kiley Bense, Inside Climate News July 18, 2025August 13, 2025

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Texas House Democrats launch initiative to fight Trump’s and Abbott’s redistricting effort

Texas House Democrats launched the website StopTheTexasSteal.com to lay out their plan to resist ‘illegal gerrymandering.’

by Stephanie Koithan July 18, 2025July 22, 2025

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Texas redistricting key to Trump’s crusade against potentially looming blue wave

Donald Trump wants to pick up five House seats in Texas to save Republicans from losing Congressional control.

by Stephanie Koithan July 17, 2025August 25, 2025

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Trump visiting Kerrville today, one week after Texas flood tragedy

The president will be joined by officials including Gov. Greg Abbott, who’s helping the White House dismantle FEMA.

by Stephanie Koithan July 11, 2025July 14, 2025

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San Antonio-Austin GOP Rep. Chip Roy calls Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill ‘garbage’

Roy said the bill’s chances of passing before Trump’s arbitrary July 4 deadline are ‘a hell of a lot lower than they were even 48 hours ago.’

by Stephanie Koithan July 2, 2025July 6, 2025

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Poll: Texas voters disapprove of Trump, Abbott, Patrick, Paxton and Cruz ahead of midterms

51% of the state’s voters disapprove of Trump — a tie for the highest negative approval rating ever recorded for him in University of Texas polling.

by Michael Karlis June 26, 2025August 5, 2025

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Trump aides want Texas to redraw its congressional maps to boost the GOP. What would that mean?

The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the state’s Republican delegation aren’t sold on the idea.

by Owen Dahlkamp, The Texas Tribune, andNatalia Contreras, VoteBeat June 11, 2025July 17, 2025

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Agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say

The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers, current and former officials told The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.