With border crossings dwindling and President Donald Trump dispatching federal troops to Texas, some lawmakers overseeing state spending are questioning how much longer Texas should continue pouring money into Gov.

The policy aligns with both President Trump’s executive order banning trans student-athletes from competition and an NCAA directive issued in response.

A Catholic nonprofit coordinating federal refugee resettlement programs across Texas says the Trump administration is withholding some $36 million owed to it, even after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal grants.

The approach echoes President Donald Trump's rhetoric and underscores the stakes for Abbott after months of pressuring lawmakers to pass the priority measure.

The news comes at a time when LGBTQ students are still reeling from SB 17 (anti-DEI bill) and when 148 anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed in Texas.

The Left equates DEI mandates with disability protections, but Gov. Abbott highlights the difference between forced equity and true equality.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged to implement a private school voucher-style program on Wednesday during an address to conservative activists in Austin. The governor said the legislation, which has divided Texas Republicans and previously failed in the state House, would help the state become "No. 1 for educating our kids."

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said the Trump administration has helped state forces effectively shut down illegal immigration along the Texas-Mexico border and touted a major decline in unlawful crossings in a town that was a hot spot during the Biden administration’s border crisis.

Texas' biggest trade partner is Mexico and has been for at least the past 16 years. The two totalled $272.3 billion in 2023.

President Donald Trump is scheduled on Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, as his second administration moves to recast the federal government, implement "America First" policies and redefine U.

President Donald Trump on Sunday amended two executive orders to exempt imports valued at less than $800 from Canada and Mexico.