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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP leaders want to more than double their already amped-up spending on border security so Texas can put more boats in the Rio Grande, deploy 1,800 more National Guard soldiers there and prosecute and imprison immigrants arrested for misdemeanor offenses such as trespassing. A $1.77 billion appropriations bill filed late Thursday by Friendswood GOP …

A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday for sending homemade explosive devices to former President Barack Obama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials. Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty to the offenses over the summer, but Monday in a courtroom in Houston, she burst into sobs and said she had done nothing wrong. “I don’t …

A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday for sending homemade explosive devices to former President Barack Obama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials. Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty to the offenses over the summer, but Monday in a courtroom in Houston, she burst into sobs and said she had done nothing wrong. “I don’t …