Editor’s Note: El Paso Matters is partnering with Gigafact to produce “fact briefs” that examine claims about issues shaping our community. Yes. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced Feb. 25 that the…
Border Report – White House: Abrego Garcia deportation to El Salvador ‘always going to be end result’
The White House asserted Tuesday there was no scenario in which a Maryland man whose deportation to El Salvador has made national headlines and spurred court battles would end up living a…
Texas Monthly – Sen. Mayes Middleton announces bid for Texas attorney general
Middleton is the second Republican to join what is expected to be a growing field of candidates angling to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton as the state’s top legal official. Read: Read…
Border Report – 3 injured in crash near Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Three people were injured in a crash Tuesday morning on N.M. Highway 9, near the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station, according to the Las Cruces Fire Department….
Tech Crunch – OpenAI hires team behind GV-backed AI eval platform Context.ai
Context.ai, a startup building evaluations and analytics for AI models, announced Tuesday that its co-founders will join OpenAI. Context.ai plans to wind down its products following the acqui-hire, per a message on…
Tech Crunch – Google bets on geothermal to power data centers in Taiwan
Swedish company Baseload Capital is developing the project. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – 3 injured after crash near Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Three people were injured after a crash Tuesday morning, April 15 on Highway 9, near the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station, according to the Las Cruces Fire…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic forms a new team to grow its AWS business
In a sign of Anthropic’s increasingly cozy relationship with Amazon, Anthropic has formed a new team to recruit AWS customers to use its AI products. The team, which Anthropic appears to have…
Texas Monthly – Texas House approves push to award Attorney General Ken Paxton back pay
The vote instructs lawmakers who are negotiating a budget with the Senate to advocate for awarding Paxton the salary he missed while impeached over corruption allegations. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Publishing platform Medium says it’s sticking with DEI
Publishing platform Medium says it’s still committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), even as many other U.S. tech companies have scaled back their efforts in this space to appease the Trump…