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WASHINGTON – Two years after taking office, President Joe Biden will make his first U.S.-Mexico border visit on Sunday with a stop in El Paso, where a massive influx of migrants has overwhelmed local shelters. Republicans have long clamored for such a visit, pressing for Biden to see firsthand a crisis they blame on weak enforcement and misguided immigration policies. “I will …

WASHINGTON — On the third day of the increasingly bitter impasse over U.S. House speaker that has engulfed the chamber and halted legislative action — and the swearing-in of members-elect themselves — Florida Republican Matt Gaetz threw a new name into the ring when he cast his votes for speaker: Donald John Trump. In the fight between supporters of GOP leader Kevin …

At the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas, black fabric framed the front doors as traditional sign of mourning for the death of a pope. Tolling bells, symbolic of the passing of the Roman Catholic Church’s highest leader, began a memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Thursday at noon. Benedict XVI, who lead the Catholic …

WASHINGTON — California Republican Kevin McCarthy was discussing more concessions to the holdouts in his party Thursday evening, but any progress being made behind closed doors had yet to manifest on the House floor as he lost the 11th ballot in an increasingly bitter GOP impasse over picking a U.S. House speaker. Lawmakers-elect then voted to adjourn until noon Friday. That vote, …

https://youtu.be/uxMIvAOdd4o Amir Makhai mother in law & Nazleen Makhani mother Noor Bano passed away in Dallas. Dallas:, president of South Asia Democracy Watch, and former president of the Muslim Democratic Caucus of Texas, well-known entrepreneur Amir Makhani mother in law and & mother of Nazleen Makhani, CEO of an insurance business, Mrs Noor Bano died at a local hospital in …

A driver of a semi truck died Wednesday following a crash on Interstate 635 near Hillcrest Road, Dallas Fire-Rescue said. About 4:30 p.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue emergency crews were called to a crash involving multiple vehicles, including an overturned 18-wheeler, which is in northern Dallas. The driver of the semi was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to …

WASHINGTON — As the fight for House speaker continued Wednesday to split the Republican Party into two camps — those who support party leader Kevin McCarthy and those who don’t — Byron Donalds, R-Fla., was thrust into the spotlight after being nominated for the job by Chip Roy, R-Austin. Roy, who has emerged as a key anti-McCarthy resistance leader, called Donalds, …

A man was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after a six-hour standoff in a drainage culvert near a southeastern Dallas golf course. Police said Kevin Knowles, 31, was apprehended about 4 p.m. but did not say what charges he faced. He was loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher, but police said he was not injured and was taken to …

A man was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after a six-hour standoff in a drainage culvert near a southeastern Dallas golf course. Police said Kevin Knowles, 31, was apprehended about 4 p.m. but did not say what charges he faced. He was loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher, but police said he was not injured and was taken to …

AUSTIN — A staunchly conservative Rockwall County lawmaker and tea party-style activists have successfully sued to wipe out restrictions on who can spend money to influence a contest for Texas House speaker. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Austin accepted a proposed settlement and permanently barred the state from enforcing ethics laws that prohibit outside money from being spent in …