Presidential candidate Robert “Beto’:O’Rourke has confirmed he participated in the controversial hacker group “Cult of the Dead Cow,” at least while he was a teen. “His background in hacking circles has repeatedly informed his strategy as he explored and subverted established procedures in technology, the media and government,” according to Joseph Menn, who interviewed the […]
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Kerwin Roach NBA Draft Projections: Mock Drafts for Longhorns Guard
Getty Kerwin Roach II #12 of the Texas Longhorns reacts as his team plays the Kansas Jayhawks. Kerwin Roach had a chance to go pro after last season. Just before the deadline in May, the Texas guard withdrew after considering his draft evaluations, instead deciding to be the senior leader for a team welcoming a […]
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Jaxson Hayes NBA Draft Projections: Mock Drafts for Longhorn Forward
Getty Jaxson Hayes #10 of the Texas Longhorns dunks against Sterling Manley #21 of the North Carolina Tar Heels. Shaka Smart has figured out how to pump out big men to the NBA since arriving in Austin in 2016. He helped get Jarrett Allen drafted in 2017 by the Brooklyn Nets in the first round. […]
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It’s Official: Beto O’Rourke Is Running for President in 2020
Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) On Thursday, Beto O’Rourke stopped the late night texts with America and made it official by announcing that he’s running for president in 2020 and joining an overly crowded field of Democrats all wanting to be the one to take down the evil Trump empire. “This is a defining moment […]
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Beto O’Rourke Enters the 2020 Presidential Campaign
[Sign up for our politics newsletter and join our conversation about the 2020 presidential race.] Beto O’Rourke, the 46-year-old former Texas congressman whose near-miss Senate run last year propelled him to Democratic stardom, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday, betting that voters will prize his message of national unity and generational change in a […]
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Beto O’Rourke Moves Toward a 2020 Race He Could Upend, Ready or Not
Beto O’Rourke has driven alone across the plains, straining to find his emotional bearings — or at least a Pancake House in Liberal, Kan. He has collected an “El Pasoan of the Year” award, before a modest audience, and smiled coyly through an interview with Oprah Winfrey, before a bigger […]
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La Gordiloca: The Swearing Muckraker Upending Border Journalism
LAREDO, Tex. — Priscilla Villarreal roams the streets of Laredo in an old Dodge pickup, scrambling to drug busts and murder scenes to bring her tales from the dark side of the southwest border to her many viewers. Rappers celebrate her scoops, proclaiming that “she gets more love than our […]
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Texas Bracketology: Updated NCAA Tournament Chances for Longhorns
Getty Head coach Shaka Smart of the Texas Longhorns coaches from the bench in the first half of play against the Iowa State Cyclones. As the calendars turns to March, the NCAA Tournament chatter is intensifying. In particular, who are the last teams that will sneak into the field of […]
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‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border
MCALLEN, Tex. — It was dark in the stash house where they kept her, the windows covered so no one could see inside. At first, the smugglers had her cook for the other migrants who had recently crossed illegally into the United States. Then they took her to a room […]
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Federal Judge Halts ‘Ham-Handed’ Texas Voter Purge
A federal judge has halted an effort to purge voter rolls in Texas, saying that the secretary of state there had created a “mess” in questioning the citizenship of nearly 100,000 voters, few of whom have been confirmed as ineligible to vote. David Whitley, the secretary of state, began a […]
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Beto O’Rourke Announces Pending 2020 Announcement
Image: Former candidate for U.S. Senate Beto O’Rourke speaks to thousands of people gathered to protest a U.S./Mexico border wall being pushed by President Donald Trump February 11, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Getty Images) After months of speculation and live-streamed visits to the dentist, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke […]
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Beto O’Rourke Says He Has ‘Made a Decision’ on a Presidential Run
Beto O’Rourke, who has turned his consideration of a presidential campaign into an online version of reality television, inviting Americans to follow along through journal dispatches as he travels the country in search of personal clarity, said Wednesday that he had made his decision. What is it? He’ll tell you […]
Read MoreWATCH: Nancy Pelosi Named ‘Honorary President’ of U.S.-Mexico Border Region
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was named the “honorary president” of the Rio Grande River which separates Mexico from the United States. During a press conference and ceremony blasting President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the southern border, Pelosi received the honor from Laredo, Texas, Mayor Pete Saenz. “While the Republic was short-lived, ten […]
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Apple will reportedly close 2 stores to avoid an infamous Texas patent court
With over 500 retail stores worldwide, Apple’s opening or closing plans for individual stores typically aren’t noteworthy, but the company appears to have an unusual motive behind the closure of two locations in eastern Texas: It’s reportedly attempting to sever business contacts near a court that is often preferred by […]
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Why Trump’s Emergency Mess Means Danger for the Courts
It didn’t take long for a group of Texas landowners to challenge President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in court. More suits have followed — 16 states, including New York and California, have sued to stop Mr. Trump’s use of emergency powers to build a border wall — and the […]
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Houston Police Officer Lies on Warrant for Raid that Leaves Two Dead
Image: JANUARY 28: An officer assists a local resident trying to get to his home near the scene of a shooting where five Houston police officers were reported shot January 28, 2019 in Houston, Texas. A tweet by the police officers union in Houston said that two of the officers […]
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Another Migrant With an Illness Has Died in Border Patrol Custody
A 45-year-old Mexican migrant died on Monday in the custody of United States Customs and Border Protection, an event that was sure to intensify pressure on an agency overwhelmed by record numbers of migrant families crossing the border, while its health and safety standards have come under harsh public scrutiny. […]
Read MoreRemaining GM Workers on Edge as Layoffs End: We’re ‘Nervous and Afraid’
The remaining American workers at General Motors (GM) say they are on edge as layoffs of thousands of longtime U.S. employees have somewhat concluded at a number of the automakers’ plants. At the beginning of the month, GM executives began laying off 14,700 workers in the United States and Canada, with the majority of the […]
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Police Identify Suspect in Attack Against 92-Year-Old Black Man
Image: HOUSTON, TX – AUGUST 28: Busses sit on a highway overpass to keep them away from flooding on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in areas of […]
Read MoreReport: Mitch McConnell Told Trump No ‘Land Mines’ in Spending Bill, a ‘Win’ over Pelosi
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly gave President Donald Trump false information about legislation to prevent a second partial government shutdown, claiming the bill possesses no “hidden provisions” or “landmines.” The Kentucky Republican also is said to have told the president that signing the bill into law would be a “win” over House Speaker Nancy […]
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When Judges Defy the Supreme Court
No, I wasn’t surprised last week, as most people apparently were, when Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding fifth vote to preserve access to abortion in Louisiana for at least a little while longer. In fact, I had predicted it (and I have witnesses). Why? Not because I think […]
Read MoreRobert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke: El Paso Is ‘Safe Not Because of Walls, But in Spite of Walls’
Failed Senate Candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke headlined a protest Monday night across the street from President Trump’s rally in El Paso, Texas, where he claimed that El Paso was one of the safest cities in America “in spite of walls.” El Paso is “one of the safest cities in the United States of America. Safe […]
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