2.8 million Texans got SNAP in September, the fewest since 2009 and down 20.8% in a year — the steepest drop in two decades. Children are more than half the losses. Every Texas House Republican on this site voted for the budget bill that experts blame.
Abbott's campaign announced 11 Democratic sheriffs backing his reelection, and the endorsement list on its website named 12. The sheriffs of Val Verde, Zapata and Webb counties say they never endorsed him. Days later, two of their names were still on it.
On a podcast, the Republican nominee in Texas's 23rd District joked that unwanted kittens should be handed to a Chinese restaurant so they don't 'go to waste' — the same racist pets-as-food smear Trump used against Haitian immigrants.
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Brandon Herrera goose-stepped on camera to Nazi songs and was condemned by the Republican Jewish Coalition as a "goose-stepping extremist."
Abbott's office insists 'no permits have been approved.' Watchdogs found stormwater approvals, fast-tracked air permits and public notices for data centers starting the day after his order — and the agency suspended the stormwater permits the day after the watchdogs went public.
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Brandon Herrera, the Trump-endorsed Republican running for Congress in Texas, attacked mothers organizing against school shootings after Sandy Hook by calling their children "cum trophies."
A ProPublica investigation traces how Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor, helped Idaho revive its ban, threatened hospitals over a court-approved abortion and prosecuted a midwife — and what anti-abortion groups expect him to do with a Senate seat.
A Texas Tribune analysis found Greg Abbott has raised about $9 million from data center-related donors since July 2025 — $2.8 million of it, his biggest monthly haul, after he 'paused' the industry. His opponent got one $25,000 check.
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Brandon Herrera is telling voters he will protect Social Security.