Adult education programs in the U.S. that get federal funding have to follow a new Trump administration policy and stop providing services to undocumented people. But for some of those affected, there may be another option,

A divided US Supreme Court cleared Texas to use a new Republican-drawn congressional map for next year’s election, bolstering GOP hopes of picking up as many as five new House seats in the state.

On Wednesday, the legal fight over the newly approved congressional maps in Texas will shift from the Capitol to a federal courtroom in El Paso. That's when federal judges will consider a lawsuit by a variety of plaintiffs against the State of Texas.

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EXCLUSIVE: Former Rep. Mayra Flores, the millennial Republican who upset a border-district Democrat amid the Biden border crisis, said Texas redistricting is anything but disenfranchisement of minority voters as its critics claim. "Four of the five new ...

According to FBI crime statistics released by Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas border cities had fewer murders and violent crimes compared with other Texas cities and other U.S. cities in Fiscal Year 2024. “Let’s take pride in what those facts ...