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House Speaker Charles McCall vows to secure Oklahoma’s borders via a measure similar to one passed by Texas lawmakers last year that allows local police to arrest people they suspect entered the country illegally and deport those who have.
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The controversial new law would allow Texas law enforcement officers and judges to arrest and deport people in the country illegally, powers that have traditionally belonged to the federal government.
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Texas officials warned that the threat was not yet over. Higher temperatures and stronger winds forecast for Saturday elevated worries that fires in the Panhandle could continue spreading.
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These cases raise a critical question for the First Amendment and the future of social media: whether states can force the platforms to carry content they find hateful or objectionable.
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Since 2022, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has bused over 102,000 migrants to predominantly Democratic-led cities. Supporters say the cost is necessary, but critics argue the program is expensive and inhumane.
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A teacher at a public school near Houston has a secret classroom bookshelf largely made up of challenged titles. Many of the books deal with race, sex and gender.
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Alligators rely on external sources to regulate their body temperatures — so during winter, they will go into brumation. A viral video captured the phenomenon during the Texas winter freeze.
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Oklahoma used state disaster response funds to pay for a 30-day deployment of National Guard troops to help with border security as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.
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It's already against federal law to enter the U.S. without permission. In Texas, it's now a state crime too, after Gov. Abbott signed into law a state immigration bill with strict penalties.
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The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.