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Allen West, the former Florida congressman who ran unsuccessfully for Texas governor in 2022, is mounting a campaign for chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party. West, who once led the Texas GOP, filed his candidacy Thursday for the March 5 election. He’s challenging incumbent Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu. West did not return messages seeking comment on his candidacy. On Thursday, he was immediately backed by …

Allen West, the former Florida congressman who ran unsuccessfully for Texas governor in 2022, is mounting a campaign for chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party. West, who once led the Texas GOP, filed his candidacy Thursday for the March 5 election. He’s challenging incumbent Jennifer Stoddard-Hajdu. West did not return messages seeking comment on his candidacy. On Thursday, he was immediately backed by …

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize a subpoena for Dallas real estate magnate Harlan Crow as it investigates his gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, although stiff Republican opposition could make it impossible to enforce that authority. Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz were among the panel’s Republicans who left the hearing room shortly before …

McALLEN, Texas — Border Patrol agents for now can cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border under a judge’s ruling that also took President Joe Biden’s administration to task for its handling of immigration enforcement. The ruling is at least a temporary defeat for Texas officials who say Border Patrol agents have repeatedly cut, damaged and moved some of …

NFL linebacker Von Miller turned himself in Thursday after police alleged in an arrest warrant that he grabbed a pregnant woman’s neck and shoved her during an argument in Dallas, law enforcement officials . NFL linebacker Von Miller turned himself in Thursday to Glenn Heights police, officials say.(City of DeSoto) Miller, 34, turned himself in to Glenn Heights police and …

McALLEN, Texas — Border Patrol agents for now can cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border under a judge’s ruling that also took President Joe Biden’s administration to task for its handling of immigration enforcement. The ruling is at least a temporary defeat for Texas officials who say Border Patrol agents have repeatedly cut, damaged and moved some of …

Monica Aldama, the coach of the Navarro Cheer program featured in the hit Netflix docuseries Cheer, will retire at the end of the fall semester, Navarro College announced Wednesday. Aldama, 51, joined Navarro, a junior college about an hour south of Dallas in Corsicana, in 1995. She has since coached the team to 17 National Cheerleaders Association junior college national titles and …

A woman who says Jerry Jones is her biological father refiled a defamation lawsuit this week alleging the Dallas Cowboys owner and his associates worked to portray her in the public as an “extortionist” seeking a multimillion dollar payout. Alexandra Davis, a 26-year-old congressional aide, says Jones and his team of lawyers and media and marketing professionals concocted a plan to destroy her …

AUSTIN — While Gov. Greg Abbott and “school choice” supporters didn’t peel off many rural Republicans in the Texas House’s recent vouchers vote, many experts say they believe the Legislature eventually will pass some form of public funding of private schools. As recently as two and a half years ago, 50 House Republicans were willing to take at least a …

The two escaped inmates out of Fannin County, who eluded authorities for four days, were back in custody Wednesday evening. Raymond Ross and Ramon Perez escaped custody Saturday while at the south annex of the Fannin County jail on County Road 4200, according to the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office. Perez turned himself in to law enforcement about noon Wednesday in …