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The reclusive billionaire who's spent $75 million on Trump and $25 million on RFK Jr.
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire heir who's spent millions on GOP causes and once gave over $50 mill…
Bryan Metzger
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Here's where Biden and Trump stand on immigration in the 2024 race
Biden has sought to get on the offensive regarding immigration. But Trump believes the issue will b…
John L. Dorman
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A Texas judge has declared unconstitutional a law championed by Gov. Greg Abbott that limits the power of Democratic-led cities
The law, dubbed "the law that kills," was so broad it prevented local ordinances that mandated thin…
Katie Hawkinson
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Texas construction workers protest after Greg Abbott axed mandated water breaks, calling it 'the law that kills'
The law has coincided with a punishing summer heat wave. Some areas of Texas are reaching 110 degre…
Katie Hawkinson
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NYC hotel rooms are averaging over $300 a night as many hotels exclusively house migrants, reducing supply during a tourism boom
About 135 of the nearly 700 hotels in New York City are now sheltering asylum seekers, According to…
John L. Dorman
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Greg Abbott has cut required water breaks for Texas construction workers and labor advocates say it could kill them
Meanwhile, Texas is experiencing a record-setting heatwave, with heat indexes across the state reac…
Katie Hawkinson
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is giving schools supplemental material to combat 'misinformation and prejudice' about the Israel-Hamas war
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is giving schools materials like guides from the Anti-Defamation League on t…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Congressmen call on Biden to stop Greg Abbott from transporting migrants to Democratic-led cities after a 3-year-old child died on a bus headed from Texas to Chicago
Since last year, Abbott has sent more than 30,000 migrants to Democratic-led cities in protest of w…
John L. Dorman
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A Texas state trooper said Gov. Greg Abbott's border security has 'stepped over a line into the inhumane' with razor wire 'traps' and direction to withhold water from migrants, per reports
This year, Texas has installed miles of razor wire and large orange buoys near Eagle Pass to deter …
Lloyd Lee
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Chicago's mayor he'll continue to bus migrants out of Texas 'until Biden secures the border'
The letter came after Chicago's mayor wrote and pleaded with him to stop sending migrants to the mi…
Madison Hall
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Gov. Greg Abbott prompts swift rebukes after calling Texas mass-shooting victims 'illegal immigrants' in a statement offering condolences to their loved ones
In the statement, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $50,000 reward for information regarding the Clevela…
Lloyd Lee
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New York Mayor Eric Adams to bus asylum seekers upstate, much like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused asylum seekers to New York City
Just as Eric Adams has decried Abbott for busing immigrants to New York City, local officials upsta…
Katie Balevic
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Abbott's Texas National Guard set up a secret spy operation and treated the border like it was the war in Iraq: whistleblowers
Texas National Guardsmen created an unauthorized foreign intelligence operation by using WhatsApp t…
Sonam Sheth
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will pardon an Army sergeant who was convicted for shooting a Black Lives Matter protester ‘as soon as it hits my desk’
A jury on Friday convicted Sgt. Daniel Perry for the shooting death of Garrett Foster, 28, at a 202…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Results: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defeats Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in Texas
The race involved many culture-war issues that were national themes, including access to abortion a…
Warren Rojas
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's aides were 'annoyed' by DeSantis' migrant stunt: NYT
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew dozens of migrants from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard earlier thi…
Erin Snodgrass
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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vies for reelection against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in Texas
Abbott, who is seeking a third term, is involved in one of the priciest election fights the Lone St…
Warren Rojas
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5 months after the worst school shooting in Texas history, Greg Abbott easily triumphed in Uvalde County
Speaking to the Texas Tribune, families of the victims killed in the Robb Elementary School shootin…
Bethany Dawson
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Texas Gov. Abbott doesn't want to remove his 1,000-foot Rio Grande barrier full of metal blades unless the Supreme Court tells him to
A judge ruled Wednesday that Texas must remove the 1,000-foot barrier full of saw blades designed t…
Chris Panella
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Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas 'desperately needs more money' to address the border after spending millions on busing migrants to other parts of the country
During Biden's trip to the border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott renewed calls for the federal government …