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Trump Offers Temporary ‘Dreamers’ Deal For Border Wall
Posted on · While the President cast the move as a "common-sense compromise," Democrats were quick to dismiss it at a "non-starter."
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News
Cornyn Opposes Using Funds For Harvey Recovery To Build Border Wall
Posted on · NPR has reported the Army Corps of Engineers has been instructed to identify flood control and disaster mitigation projects that could be delayed or canceled.
Party Politics
Shutdown Is Becoming Biggest Legislative Skirmish Of Trump’s Two Years In Office
Posted on · Brandon Rottinghaus and Jay Aiyer also discuss the latest on the Russia investigation, the Texas Legislature's opening week and Beto O’Rourke growing a beard.
Party Politics
Government Shutdown Continues Over Border Wall Funding
Posted on · The new Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives makes it harder to get a deal and the White House is digging in.
Politics
Beto O’Rourke Still Undecided As 2020 White House Buzz Grows
Posted on · The outgoing Congressman from Texas is rising among top potential Democratic presidential candidates.
Politics
Beto O’Rourke No Longer Ruling Out 2020 Presidential Run
Posted on · U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, said at a town hall in El Paso Monday that he and his wife had "made a decision not to rule anything out."
Houston Matters
Thanks Obama: How A 24-Year-Old Ended Up Writing Speeches For A President
Posted on · David Litt discusses the challenges of writing speeches -- and the occasional jokes -- for the President of the United States.
Party Politics
Party Politics: Is Angleton’s Dennis Bonnen The Next Speaker?
Posted on · The Texas House is poised to elect a new Speaker and a State Representative from a city close to Houston wants the job.
Party Politics
Party Politics 82: Midterm-mania
Posted on · Breaking down the midterm elections!
Party Politics
Party Politics 81: Final Predictions!
Posted on · Election Day Predictions
Houston Matters
Democratic Candidate Todd Litton Talks about Role of Congress, Immigration And Health Care
Posted on · "As we are going out into the community, every day, we are hearing people who wanna work together."
News
Immigrant Toddlers Ordered To Appear In Court Alone
Posted on · As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as three years old are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
News
Melania Trump Pressured President Trump To Change Family Separation Policy
Posted on · "She's been talking to him about it from the very beginning," a White House official told NPR
News
After Traveling 2,000 Miles For Asylum, This Family’s Journey Halts At A Bridge
Posted on · Nine family members—from 58 years to nine months— make a fourth attempt to cross an international bridge between Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas.
Podcast
Party Politics, Ep. 60: Can President Trump Pardon Himself?
Posted on · Brandon and Jay talk about what the U.S. Supreme Court's Masterpiece Cakeshop decision means for religious refusal laws in Texas