Sources: AP
The Biden administration announces that it will waive 26 federal laws in Starr County, Texas, in order to allow construction of the border wall in an attempt to help prevent illegal entry into the country. 2023-10-5
The United States Census Bureau announces the country's total population to be over 331 million people, thereby marking the second-slowest growth rate in its history. It also announces that Texas will gain two congressional seats during the redistricting process, with Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gaining one seat each; California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose a seat. 2021-04-26
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces that the state is expected to deploy resources to Lubbock and El Paso to help combat the spread of COVID-19. 2020-11-11
A Texas man opens fire with an AK-47 style rifle at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., in a suspected hate crime. No one is injured, and the shooter is arrested and charged. 2020-04-30
Michigan confirms it now has 25 cases of COVID-19, more than double than reported the previous day. 2020-03-13
A federal judge in Michigan, Mark A. Goldsmith, rules that a recount in the Presidential Election vote in that state must begin on Monday, December 5. 2016-12-5
A prosecutor in Michigan, United States, is considering whether the words of an African grey parrot could be used to try the woman accused of killing the pet parrot's owner. 2016-06-29
Texas Senator Ted Cruz names former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his vice-presidential running mate. 2016-04-27
The governors of the U.S. states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin say they will not accept Syrian refugees in response to the Islamic terror attacks in Paris. Twenty-three of the 24 governors are Republican with the other being Democrat (New Hampshire). 2015-11-16
Lawmakers in the US state of Texas pass a healthcare bill imposing further restrictions on abortion. 2011-06-27