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We still have one, after all, so may as well act like it.

It’s the sort of day where you can tell that the state Capitol is bustling with civic activity well before you pass through ...

Orlando J. Pérez, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, specializing in U.S.

President Donald Trump’s recent Oval Office photo-op with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who calls himself the “world’s coolest dictator”, was staged to unveil a shiny new ...

The Texas Attorney General goes after big-dollar fraud by drug companies ...

Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

In a town haunted by its racist past, a mysterious death prompts a search for justice.

Val Verde County’s Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration "Before people start commenting on the border, come visit the bord ...

The U.S.-Mexico border is perhaps the most widely discussed and poorly understood region in the country. MAGA influencers and nationalistic politicians have inaccurately portrayed border ...