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PHARR — As sober discussions on border security and immigration policy go, Wednesday's visit to South Texas by former President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott wasn’t a bad campaign rally. Dance music both welcomed the Republican political leaders to the stage in front of a section of unfinished border wall and ushered them off. There was enough red meat dished out to fill the bellies of just about everyone of the GOP elected officials from Texas and from out of state who made their way along two-lane asphalt and unpaved caliche roads to reach the site in the town of Pharr.

AUSTIN — State leaders will reallocate $250 million of already-budgeted money for "a down payment" on barrier fencing to built along the Texas-Mexico border now that the Biden administration is not pursuing the wall promised by former President Trump. The announcement was made by Gov. Greg Abbott during a news conference in the Capitol where he was joined by more than two dozen Republican lawmakers and the leaders of the state House and Senate. The governor, who plans to seek a third term next year, said South Texas farm and ranch owners are being overwhelmed by "a tidal wave of illegal im...

The race will be closely watched as former President Donald Trump considers who he will endorse.

The violators, both in Texas and across the nation, often faced few or any sanctions, the analysis showed.

The former state official and member of Donald Trump's administration said Texas energy sector can lead on reducing carbon in Texas.