Texas

Federal judge blocks Texas drag ban, ruling the law violates free speech rights

Opponents of the law criticized it as too broad and said it was explicitly intended to target LGBT performers.

Drag Queen Brigitte Bandit performs during the "Stop the Trump takeover" demonstration outside of the State Capitol on August 16, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.

ICE agent in shooting case may go free as extradition request denied by judge

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.

SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana

 An American Airlines Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Dallas on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California; Illustrative.

Passenger burned after laptop computer catches fire aboard American Airlines flight to Dallas


Texan men plan invasion of island off coast of Haiti with an army of DC's homeless

The men planned to invade an island off the coast of Haiti with an “army of homeless mercenaries,” murdering the men on the island, and using the women and children as sex slaves.

Photo of Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20.

Donald Trump to designate Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organization - report

According to Just the News, Trump had been planning the move since his first term as president.

US President Donald Trump looks on as he walks to board Marine One to depart for Joint Base Andrews, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 22, 2025

Texas governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood criminal, terrorist groups

Texas Governor Greg Abbott labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR terrorist and criminal groups, citing alleged Hamas ties and national security concerns.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference to address the plan to deal with a New World screwworm problem, in Austin, Texas, US, August 15, 2025.

Texas man charged with making antisemitic death threats to Jewish conservative pundits

A Texas man faces four counts each of making a written threat to commit a mass shooting/terrorism and extortion after allegedly posting threats against Jewish commentators and Seth Dillon.

Nicholas Ray Lyn was arrested in Texas for allegedly making antisemitic death threats to conservative activists.

Judaism with a twang: Texan Joe Buchanan finds the common themes binding country music and Torah

To Buchanan, country music and the Torah have a lot in common – the sin, the redemption, the deception, and the heartbreak.

JOE BUCHANAN, flanked by Israeli and American flags, in his home musical workshop in Houston, Texas.

'Let the fireworks begin': Quran-burning Texas politician looks on as IDF strikes in Gaza

In a Monday post on X/Twitter, Valentina Gomez, a Republican vying for Texas's 31st Congressional District, posed at the Gaza border with popcorn and filmed blasts inside the enclave.

Valentina Gomez visits the Kotel plaza in Jerusalem's Old City, October 20, 2025.

Texas school district bans Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’

The decision came after the school district used artificial intelligence to detect 'DEI content' that was forbidden from classroom content.

Jane Yolen and her most famous book, "The Devil's Arithmetic."

Texas woman sentenced to five years for attempted drowning of Muslim child

Judge Andy Porter sentenced Elizabeth Wolf, 43, after she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and injury to a child.

Elizabeth Wolf, accused of the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl, poses for an undated police booking photograph in the Dallas suburb of Euless, Texas.

One killed in shooting at ICE office, suspect's rounds had anti-ICE messages, officials say

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in an X/Twitter post that there were multiple injuries and fatalities and that the shooter was deceased by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent prepares to arrest alleged undocumented immigrants in Salem, Mass., June 19, 2018.

Ted Cruz denounces FCC threats against US broadcasters as 'dangerous'

In comments on his podcast, the Republican senator from Texas said that he believed that Carr’s threat would come back around for conservative media figures in the future.

 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, Nov. 5 2021.