Greg Abbott

The Supreme Court is hearing two cases on Monday that could set new precedents around free speech on social media platforms. The cases challenge two similar laws from Florida and Texas, respectively, which aim to reduce “Silicon Valley censorship” on social media, much like Elon Musk has done at X in the last year.Twitter Verification is a Hot Mess“Silencing conservative views is un-American, it’s un-Texan and it’s about to be illegal,” said Texas Governor Greg Abbott on X in 2021, announcing one of the laws the Supreme…

Even though Gov. Greg Abbott openly admitted he knows very little about in-vitro fertilization (IVF), he signaled he is eager for his state of Texas to put its “pro-life” stamp on the issue after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that IVF embryos are “extrauterine children” and should be treated as people under the law. Abbott on Sunday appeared on CNN’s State of the Union where host Dana Bash asked if he agreed with the Alabama ruling that embryos are human beings under the law and whether families in Texas should…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused President Joe Biden of “running logistics for the cartels” in Mexico. “The very first day Joe Biden came into office, he announced there would be no more deportations . Why would he announce that? He was sending a signal to the cartels to get these people here as fast as they can. He was running logistics for the cartels,” Paxton said Saturday while delivering remarks to the Davis County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day fundraising dinner in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune…

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The video is 13 seconds long. In the foreground is an orderly green lawn, lit and safe. In the background, there are the lights of Mexico, Coahuila state. In the middle is the river. It’s a void, darker than the night sky.  Amid crickets, a woman’s voice echoes from the void, or maybe a child’s. Then a man’s. They’re crying out for help. The lawn belongs to former state Rep. Poncho Nevárez (D), who represented Eagle Pass in the Texas Legislature for eight years. Some time back, the state…

Details about SpaceX’s proposed land swap deal with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) keep getting uglier. After an overwhelming majority voted against the land exchange, the decision was delayed to March. Recent reports, however, suggest that the acres in question were already set aside for preservation and that an oil billionaire in Texas is helping Elon Musk seal the deal.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsTPWC is considering a land swap deal with SpaceX, acquiring around 477 acres near the…

Republican governors have made a show of deploying National Guard troops to the southern border to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire that Texas has laid out to repel and harm migrants — in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling.    On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) suggested if President Joe Biden tries to federalize Texas National Guard forces — as some Democrats have urged — it could lead to a civil war. “If he’s willing to do that and take away my authority as governor as…

Amid Texas’ refusal to grant federal agents access to a 2.5 mile stretch on the southern border, the Republican Governors Association has backed this Lone Star rebellion against the Biden administration. And the vast majority of that committee’s corporate donors, including some of the most recognizable brands in America, are standing by silently.  As part of an escalating campaign to repel migrants attempting to cross into the United States — including refugees who have a right under international law to seek…

House Speaker Mike Johnson has thrown his support behind Greg Abbott as the Texas governor continues to defy the Biden administration following a Supreme Court ruling granting the federal government authority to remove swaths of razor wire installed at the southern border by the state.  On Monday, the conservative-controlled court determined in a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration can remove concertina wire Texas installed at various points of their border with Mexico. The coils of wire have been linked to…

Days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott complained that Texas can’t shoot migrants attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, three migrants — a woman and two children — drowned in the Rio Grande river while Texas National Guard “physically barred” U.S. Border Patrol from trying to rescue them. Last week, Texas National Guard took over Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, after Abbott granted them “full control” of the park without permission from local officials. Since then, the state guard has prohibited…

The tension between the state of Texas and the federal government over the border escalated on Thursday when the Texas National Guard seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, denying entry to federal authorities. The seizure followed Governor Greg Abbott signing an emergency order granting the state guard “full control” of the park, over the objections of local officials.  According to two U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News, the Texas National Guard is now barring federal U.S. Border Patrol from…