Trump’s new tool to speed up wall construction may be a trap for Texas landowners

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. As President Donald Trump’s second administration rushes to wall off the Texas border, landowners along th

U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico ‘heartbroken’ about closure of Rhodes Middle School

State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat, told the Current he’s heartbroken by the closure of San Antonio’s Rhodes Middle School and would fight to improve public education if elected to the upper chamber. “Rhodes Middle School means a lot to me perso

After outcry over border wall changes, CBP removes map of barrier from website entirely

After another round of drastic changes on the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s online border wall map prompted sharp criticism from the Texas environmentalists, the map has disappeared entirely from the federal agency’s website. The removal comes after a round of updates posted to the map last week

U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map

The high court had previously allowed the map to be used temporarily, but Monday’s ruling makes that permanent. The post U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map appeared first on San Antonio Current.