EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Hours after the Pentagon announced that it would send 1,500 active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico, reports surfaced that the number was actually 10,000. According to…
Texas Monthly – Brooke Rollins says she’ll shield farmers from impacts of Trump’s tariffs in ag secretary nomination hearing
Rollins previously led the Texas Public Policy Foundation and served under Gov. Rick Perry. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe confirmed as CIA director
Ratcliffe is a native of Heath, Texas, where he served as mayor from 2004 to 2012. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Bishop Seitz, El Paso leaders speak on recent immigration policy changes
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz along with other community leaders will be holding a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 23 at St. Patrick Cathedral to address…
Texas Monthly – Texas State Bar seeks to dismiss its lawsuit against Ken Paxton for challenging 2020 presidential election
The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – 2 SISD trustees absent from duties for months following indictments
Two Socorro Independent School District Trustees have shirked their duties over the last seven months as the board made important financial decisions that could have far-reaching effects on the district. Trustees Pablo…
KTSM News – Court temporarily blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship for the children of many migrants, a major hit to one of the president’s Day 1 orders. Trump’s order…
Texas Monthly – In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, a push for residents to lose weight and curb diabetes
In Brownsville, the city and local hospital have helped residents lose more than 23,000 pounds since 2008. Read: Read More
The Border Chronicle – A Walk on the Border the Day after the National Emergency Declaration
Subscribe now Flowers on the Nogales border wall as a memorial to José Antonio Elena Rodríguez who was killed by the U.S.. Border Patrol in 2012. (Photo by Todd Miller) Share I…
El Chuqueño Blog – We’re No. 1!
From El Paso’s English language almost daily: While El Paso has lots to be proud of — endless hiking in the Franklin Mountains, beautiful views along Scenic Drive, and a growing downtown…