Two more Texas lawmakers who left their state to hobble efforts to pass new voting restrictions have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising to five the number of infected person in the delegation.
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) has put pressure on Texas Democrats to come back home. In a statement released on Thursday, Phelan announced he is chartering a plane to wait for the Democrats in D.C. on Saturday in order to bring them back to Austin.
Governor Greg Abbott has threatened to arrest Democratic lawmakers who skipped a special session to prevent Republican-backed election reform legislation from becoming law.
Texas joined 21 states asking the Supreme Court to uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms following a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last year that upheld Hawaii’s ban on residents bearing arms outside their homes.
Multistate coalition is asking the justices to uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms outside their homes and overturn a federal appeals court.
Former President Donald Trump's visit to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas was a "trip of substance" that was made not to address political optics or get photo ops, like the visit Vice President Kamala Harris made last week, former acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan, who participated in the visit, told Newsmax Thursday.
