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Ted Cruz maintains ties to right-wing group despite its extremist messaging Beth Reinhard and Neena Satija, The Washington Post April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Republican colleagues applaud Texas Sen. Ted Cruz after he challenged the certification of Arizona's presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.Washington Post photo by Bill O'Leary On Aug. 4, 2019, the day after a gunman who had posted a hateful diatribe against Hispanics fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart, a leader of a tea party group in Texas said on Facebook, "You're not go...

U.S. Senate Photographic Studio / Wikimedia Commons US Senator Ted Cruz official portrait, 2019 Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) ties to a right-wing extremist organization are resurfacing again amid a review of the group's activities and social media presence. Back in 2019, Cruz posted a clip on social media congratulating the organization on its 10th anniversary. Prior to the presidential election, a past photo of Cruz holding up a True Texas Project shirt began circulating again. Most recently, Cruz's father, who is often a political advocate for his son, also spoke at one of the group...

'We're coming for City Hall:' Fort Worth area churches rally support of candidates Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago Luke Ranker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Apr. 22—Fort Worth area pastors are tiptoeing around explicit endorsements while making it clear to congregants which candidates running for local office are fellow church members. Multiple Tarrant County pastors on Sunday rallied worshipers to vote while listing candidates in the May 1 election. Making an endorsement would jeopardize a church's nonprofit status under a section of the federal tax code that restricts tax ...

Fort Worth is electing a new mayor. Here's what Black Lives Matter activists want to see Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago Brian Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Apr. 15—Fort Worth activists who demanded change last summer in the wake George Floyd's death are taking their issues to the next mayor and City Council. The new leaders should unite Fort Worth, address racial issues and work with minority communities, they say. Their influence combined with a large field of candidates make this mayoral election hard to predict, said James Riddlesperger, a TCU political science pro...

In the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz received calls to resign and ethics complaints. Cruz is also an attorney, and there’s an effort from lawyers and law students to disbar him. They say Cruz made false statements about the 2020 election, violating the ethical standards of the profession. KERA’s Bret Jaspers reports. Late last year, Congress reinstated something that had been banned for more than 25 years – Pell grants for people in prison. Those federal funds for inmates had been cut in 1994 during the “tough on crime” era. Criminal justice advocates are laudi...