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FILE - An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, file)

Camp Mystic drops summer reopening plan over outrage by families and Texas lawmakers

By Jim Vertuno and Sean Murphy - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: No more gerrymandering, period

A meal building rests twisted in a tree after a possible tornado, Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Springtown, Texas (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes

Associated Press

The State Capitol is seen in Austin, Texas, on June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Supreme Court backs Texas’ GOP-friendly congressional map

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, file)

Camp Mystic relied on teen counselors with no emergency training before flood, investigator says

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Supreme Court won’t take up death penalty challenge over Black defendant’s rap lyrics

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A meal building rests twisted in a tree after a possible tornado, Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Springtown, Texas (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Tornado in northern Texas leaves at least 2 dead and destroys multiple homes

Associated Press

Milenko Faria, whose wife, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, is in immigration custody, hugs their daughter, Milena, after his asylum interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facility in Tustin, Calif., Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

A sudden shift: ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up

By Aaron Kessler and Tim Sullivan - Associated Press

A Border Patrol van transports a group of migrants on Jan. 21, 2025, after they crossed illegally between two border walls separating Mexico and the United States in San Diego, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Texas law cracking down on illegal immigrant ‘invasion’ prevails in court challenge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Camp Mystic warned of safety plan problems as it seeks to reopen this summer after deadly 2025 flood

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to the media Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Myer)

Why I stand with John Cornyn

By Newt Gingrich

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appears at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

Houston changes ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE after pressure from governor

By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press

A Ten Commandments poster and explanation of the state's new law are displayed in a classroom at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Can states require Ten Commandments in public school classrooms? A court just said yes

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Students work under Ten Commandments and Bill of Rights posters on display in a classroom at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Appeals court upholds state law requiring posting of Ten Commandments in classrooms

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office shows a fire burning at a H&P drilling company well Monday, April 20, 2026, about 20 miles away from Nacogdoches, Texas. (Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A well site explosion triggers a large fire and evacuations in Texas, but no injuries

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FILE - Students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the school's iconic tower, Sept. 27, 2012, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Michael and Susan Dell fund ‘AI-native’ medical center with $750 million gift to University of Texas

By James Pollard - Associated Press

Closing loopholes that allow criminals' dirty money in the United States of America's real estate and housing market illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Help keep dirty money out of America’s housing market

By Frank Russo

Rescue worker Steven Forbes carries 18-month-old Jessica McClure after she was rescued from abandoned water well in Midland, Texas, Oct. 16, 1987. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Woman who was ‘Baby Jessica’ arrested on assault charge nearly 38 years after famous well rescue

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Camp director Mary Liz Easton is questioned during a hearing on a suit against Camp Mystic in the 459th State District Court in Austin, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Mikayla Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Camp Mystic official testifies that deaths still haven’t officially been reported to state agency

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA answers a question from University of California, Davis, student, Patrick Mason, during a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Facing separate scandals and mounting bipartisan criticism, two congressmen quit office

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times