After Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said he had reason to believe Texas National Guard troops were preparing to deploy to Illinois under President Donald Trump’s orders, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has refuted the claim. A spokesman for Abbott told. the Austin-American Statesman that, as of Tuesday afternoon, the governor wasn’t preparing to deploy […]

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Gov. Greg Abbott denies allegation that Trump is deploying Texas National Guard to Illinois

Provocative right-wing group issues call to arms ahead of San Antonio anti-ICE protest

Gov. Greg Abbott deploys Texas National Guard to San Antonio ahead of this week’s protests

Texas Senate leaders signal intent to spend big on border security

Greg Abbott ran as a small-government conservative. But the governor’s office now has more power than ever.

Another Texas National Guard soldier on Greg Abbott’s border mission dies by apparent suicide

Gov. Abbott tells D.C. mayor to ‘stop attacking Texas’ as migrant buses create humanitarian crisis

Report shows Texas leaders’ repeated attempts to mislead the public about Operation Lone Star

Texas empties prison to prepare to detain immigrants arrested during ramped-up border enforcement

After saying seniors shouldn’t fear COVID, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants testing when the Texas Lege meets

The devastating toll of COVID-19 on El Paso illustrates the pandemic’s stark inequalities

San Antonio mayor, Bexar County judge bristle at plan to send Texas Guard troops here post-election

Texas ACLU criticizes the extensive law enforcement presence at George Floyd’s burial

Lawyer: Inside an Immigrant Detention Center in South Texas, ‘Basic Hygiene Just Doesn’t Exist’

Texans Are Less Conservative than the Stereotype, New Poll Shows

Here’s How Much Previous Border Troop Deployments Cost Taxpayers

How Effective Is Texas’ Border Surge?

Are Texas’ Republican Leaders Divided Over The Border Surge?