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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will be sworn in to office and celebrated in a series of events for Inauguration Day on Tuesday. Abbott defeated Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke by an 11-point margin in November on a platform of tightening border security and

AUSTIN – Greg Abbott will be sworn in to his third term as Texas governor on Tuesday on the steps of the Capitol and is expected to lay out his vision in an inaugural speech before lawmakers, lobbyists and members of the public. The Republican has a renewed lease on the office after winning his most competitive re-election against Democrat Beto O’Rourke and as questions swirl over whether he

A person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening inside Cielo Vista Mall, El Paso police confirmed. A large police presence remained at the mall Wednesday night. The public is asked by police officials to stay away from the area. "We don't have any active shooters at this time," El Paso Police Department spokesman Sgt. Robert Gomez said at a news conference. "

Afew months ago I wrote that policymakers shouldn’t be afraid to coerce Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador into complying with security aims:

The socialist president lacks the political capital or leverage to protect the cartels from American wrath, presenting the U.S. with an opportunity to decapitate major cartels with minimal martial cost and potentially political