Gov. Abbott deploys hundreds more troops to Texas-Mexico border
More than 400 additional Texas National Guard troops arrived at the Texas-Mexico border Monday.
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More than 400 additional Texas National Guard troops arrived at the Texas-Mexico border Monday.
A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school in 2027.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the Texas Department of Public Safety is assisting federal authorities.
It's not yet clear how much the Trump administration can do without Congress to prioritize money for school choice programs.
"We have scrambled today to see what would be impacted, Parkland, schools. Because of the walk back, there will not be those immediate impacts."
The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.
Jesus 'Jay' Chapa will be sworn in as Fort Worth's city manager Tuesday morning. He will become Fort Worth's first Hispanic city manager.
CBS News Texas contacted nearly 30 districts in North Texas to find out what they would do if immigration agents come knocking.
Eithan Haim identified himself as the "whistleblower" who shared confidential information about Texas Children's providing transgender care for minors with a conservative activist.
Sylvia DeLeon and Gissel Lorenzo work at the same Bishop Arts taco place. They are also friends whose parents worry about deportation.
"The federal government has been derelict in its duty because immigration people say it's a federal issue."
CBS News Texas' Bo Evans breaks down President Trump's first week back in office, signing 28 executive orders, rescinding nearly 80 of Biden's, focusing on border security and facing challenges with his Secretary of Defense pick, Pete Hegseth.
More than a third of children in Texas are immigrants or children of immigrants, according to Children at Risk.
While the number could increase to 10,000, the Trump administration has deployed 1,000 Army soldiers and 500 Marines to Texas and California to patrol the southern border, making good on the president's promise to ramp up deportations.
The American Library Association has tracked a national surge in book bans over the past several years, with Texas at the forefront.
A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
Among the flurry of executive orders President Trump signed on Jan. 20, he pardoned several defendants from the Jan. 6 attack at the capitol.
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
As Trump returns to White House, many expect lower prices, good economy. Fewer would buy Greenland. Democrats are concerned, exhausted by politics.
President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20.
A senior Taliban figure says the group's leader should scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls.
Trump boarded his plane from Palm Beach, Florida to head to the nation's capital.
In a statement released on Friday, officials announced that the ceremony will be moved indoors due to the cold weather.
Border residents, faith community leaders and law enforcement weigh in on what they're looking forward to and fearing from the new administration.
The speaker assigns committee chairmanships and can push for a bill's passage or kill it.
