The actions come as President Donald Trump and his administration have begun cracking down on illegal immigration and laying the groundwork for rapid deportations.
Schools, churches, and hospitals are on edge after President Trump ruled immigration enforcement could happen in these places. Austin lawmakers said they should still be off limits.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation was once run by President Donald Trump's pick for agriculture secretary, and another former CEO helped author Project 2025.
About 130 people gathered at the headquarters of the conservative, Austin-based think tank Monday to watch Trump get sworn in for his second term. Wearing Trump scarves and “Make America Great Again” hats, they cheered when Trump stated, “The golden age of America begins right now,” during his inauguration speech.
Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.
Stargate — the joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle — is starting its AI infrastructure plans with 10 data centers in Texas.
Beainy was born in Boston and moved to Lebanon when he was 6. He and his family returned to the U.S. in 2019, according to a 2022 article by the Houston Chronicle. One year after moving to the U.S., he opened Trump Burger, in part because he thought Trump improved the economy.
President-elect Donald Trump announced last week that Dubai developer DAMAC Properties will invest at least $20 billion “over a very short period of time” in data centers across the U.S., including in Texas.
Condemning such assaults on law enforcement officers should be the easiest thing for a politician. But too many Republicans couldn’t even muster that.
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Texans are already bracing for big impacts in a state that the returning president has long admired.
In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who had been serving two life sentences plus 40 years for enabling the illegal trade of drugs and other illicit goods. People using his site traded in bitcoin to avoid detection.
President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion Stargate Project in Texas to advance AI research, starting with a data center in Abilene.