Texas feels the strain of mass shootings and politics
The piece surveys Texas strides and stumbles amid mass shootings and immigration fights. It profiles Texans like Jay Leeson and Vanesa Brashier, notes a shift in demographics, and contrasts open gun rights with rising political tensions. It highlights Houston to El Paso, Harris County elections, and border policy amid national divides.
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Houston
Texas
Jay Leeson
Lubbock
Texas High Plains
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Harris County
Leeson
University of Texas
George W. Bush
Chad Hasty
America
Sutherland Springs
Santa Fe
el Paso
Midland-Odessa
Uvalde
Cleveland
Allen
Vanesa Brashier
Bluebonnet News
Brashier
el Amanecer
Texas Sunrise
Mexico
Greg Abbott
Texas National Guard
Abbott
Ciudad Juarez
Richard Pineda
Sam Donaldson
U.S. States
U.S
India
China
Philippines
Vietnam
Dallas-Fort Worth
Chris Tomlinson
The
Houston Chronicle
Tomlinson
University of Houston
Texas Southern University
Gary Mauro
Texas Land Office
Santos Faces Criminal Charges Yet GOP Holds Line
Republican leaders defend letting the legal process unfold as New York Representative George Santos faces federal charges of embezzlement and fraud. Santos pleads not guilty as calls for his expulsion grow from Democrats and some New York Republicans. The debate weighs a four vote House majority and precedent on expulsions amid ongoing debt limit talks and a border bill vote.
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New York
GOP
George Santos
Washington
House
Congress
Santos
America
Steve Scalise
Louisiana
Scalise
Elise Stefanik
Casey Burgat
George Washington University
Long Island
Tony Gonzales
Texas
Senate
Congressional Research Service
James Traficant
Youngstown
Michael J. “Ozzie” Myers
D-Pa
FBI
Jeff Fortenberry
R-Neb
California
Duncan Hunter
R-Calif
Donald Trump
Hunter
Trump
Chris Collins
R-N.y
Robert Garcia
D-Calif
Garcia
McCarthy
Hakeem Jeffries
Marjorie Taylor Greene
R-Ga
United States
House of Representatives
Jeffries
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