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Crews work to clear debris from the Cade Loop bridge along the Guadalupe River on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

Rep. Joaquin Castro calls for probe of weather service staffing following deadly floods in Texas

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A health worker in protective gear against the new coronavirus, center, talks with a policeman behind a gate at an athletic dorm facility being used to house Guatemalans deported from the U.S. in Guatemala City, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The recently deported Guatemalans were quarantined in the dorm to wait for new coronavirus test results. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Hispanic Democrats tell Trump to stop deportations during coronavirus pandemic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Julian Castro targets airwaves at Trump’s New Jersey club with new ad

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Julian Castro (left) and twin brother Joaquin Castro (Associated Press) **FILE**

Julian Castro: ‘I’m very proud of my brother’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Donald Trump Jr. speaks before the arrival of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at U.S. Bank Arena, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Trump Jr.: Joaquin Castro’s GOP donors post comparable to Dayton shooter’s rape list

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

MSNBC television anchor Joe Scarborough takes questions from an audience at a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **

Joe Scarborough: ‘Dumb DC Trumpists’ upset by Joaquin Castro revealing donor names, info

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

File-This April 17, 2019, file photo shows U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, center, leaving a news conference in Austin, Texas. Castro, the Texas Democrat who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said Wednesday he was again passing up a Senate run despite hinting for months that 2020 might finally be his year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Joaquin Castro will not challenge John Cornyn for Senate in Texas

By Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Former state senator Wendy Davis, center, visits with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, following a stop for a news conference, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Wendy Davis says she’s also mulling Texas Senate run in 2020

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Rep. Joaquin Castro, Texas Democrat, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 25, 2019. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Joaquin Castro-John Cornyn Senate race possible, Julian Castro says

By Michelle L. Price and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

US delegation seeks more details on Guatemalan boy’s death

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

(The Washington Times)

Joaquin Castro gives ‘live’ interviews on CNN, MSNBC at same time

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Immigrant girl with cerebral palsy released, now with family

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

10-year-old immigrant with cerebral palsy released

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Texas’ Castro again says he’s not planning gubernatorial run

Associated Press

Pete Lawrence, left, and his neighbor, Walton Young, paddle a jon boat through floodwaters at the corner of Fleet Street and Travis Avenue in Orange, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (Ryan Pelham/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

Joaquin Castro pushes for a clean bill for Harvey funding aid

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Highlights from in and around the world of Texas politics

Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, center, flanked by Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., left, and Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., questions FBI Director James B. Comey on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, during the committee's hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Joaquin Castro flatly predicts Trump aides will ‘end up in jail’ after Russia probe

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Stopped: Illegal crossings along the Mexico border have slowed below the pace of the George W. Bush administration, but Steven A. Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, said overall numbers should be declining as a result. (Associated Press)

2.5 million illegals cross border under Obama, less than Bush

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rep. Joaquin Castro: House GOP caused border crisis

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Experts say it will take at least a year for small businesses to know how the law and its computer glitches will affect them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House hits back at Republicans and tallies up Obamacare benefits

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times