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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. WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, ripped into his party’s right flank for voting against billions in foreign aid for U.S. allies last week, castigating his ultraconservative peers as “scumbags” and Klansmen.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has endorsed GOP border Rep. Tony Gonzales for a third term in Congress ahead of the incumbent’s Republican primary runoff against YouTube gun star Brandon Herrera. Abbott announced Wednesday morning that he would support Gonzales, a Navy veteran, in his race and called Gonzales a “fierce champion” for bolstering border security […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is traveling to Texas to campaign for one of House conservatives' biggest nemeses.
It’s been said so often it’s almost become a cliché: Donald Trump poses a threat to American democracy. But his authoritarian impulses and hate-encouraging demagoguery are far from the only peril for the nation. Conservatives and Republicans for years have been striving on multiple fronts to weaken democracy by suppressing voter rights and pushing for […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Although it's a pain in the ass to be an incumbent dragged into a runoff, it's a good bet U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales is feeling some serious schadenfreude as he watches top GOP elected officials line up behind him instead of his runoff opponent — a shambling mess of a candidate the Texas Republican Party helped create.
The Department of Justice announced the indictment of U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife, Imelda, on charges of accepting bribes. Cuellar, the representative for Texas 28th Congressional District, has been in office since 2005. The indictments come more than two years after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant on Cuellar’s Laredo home.
Gonzales’ interview on CNN infuriated members of the House Freedom Caucus, causing one to endorse his primary opponent. By Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, ripped into his party’s right flank for voting against billions in foreign aid for U.S. allies last week, castigating his ultraconservative peers as “scumbags” and klansmen. “These people used to walk around with white hoods at night. Now they're walking around with white hoods in the daytime,”...
The Justice Department is expected to indict South Texas U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Friday, NBC News reports, citing two sources familiar with the plans. A person familiar with the situation also told Politico that the long-serving Democrat's wife Imelda also is expected to face indictment. Federal authorities raided Cuellar's Laredo home and campaign office in January 2022 as part of a probe into the oil-rich country of Azerbaijan.
TX runoff between rep and pro-gun YOUTUBEr is key GOP test (Second column, 13th story, link)
For Rep. Chip Roy, it’s a frustrating conversation that happens all too often with fellow lawmakers on his side of the aisle. “‘Chip, we have Read More
A former Berwyn, Chester County, man is headed to prison after he admitted to trying to meet who he believed was an underage girl for sex but who he soon learned was an undercover law enforcement officer posing as the teen.