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Could a Libertarian Tip the Texas Senate Race?
Ted Brown claimed 2.4 percent of the vote in his last Senate run. That could be enough to spoil a tight race.
River Page
Masculinity Is the First Battleground of the Texas Senate Race
In the Trump era, voters are used to candidates insulting opponents. One race this year may test how far the trend can go.
Audrey Fahlberg
Is Donald Trump Tired of Winning?
From his endorsement of Ken Paxton to the White House ballroom, the president is putting his own priorities ahead of his party’s.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Meet Maureen Galindo, the Texas Democrat Who Wants Internment Camps for ‘Zionists’
Last week, Maureen Galindo embarrassed her party with an antisemitic tirade. Could she still win her primary?
Olivia Reingold
How Republicans—Not Democrats—Could Turn Texas Blue. Plus. . .
The latest on Iran from Aaron MacLean, Eli Lake, and Haviv Rettig Gur. Is Meta’s fix just as dangerous? asks Freya India. Rafaela Siewert sits down with…
The Free Press
Democrats Can’t Turn Texas Blue—but Republicans Can
Nominating Ken Paxton, a crass and corrupt politician, would risk a longtime GOP Senate seat. It’s happened before in other solid red states.
Mene Ukueberuwa
I Served in the Senate. John Cornyn Is the Man for the Job.
The point of public office is to govern and actually make things better. He’s the candidate who’s done it.
Phil Gramm
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Iran Is Collapsing, but Islamism Is Spreading
The fall of the Islamic Republic would be a defeat for political Islam. But an election in Britain and an attack in Texas suggest that Islamism poses an…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Mother Deported Without Her Kids
When Maribis Beleño was sent back to Venezuela, she was desperate to bring her kids. Instead, they were left behind—and ended up in the care of a…
Carrie McKean
How the GOP’s Gerrymandering in Texas Backfired
A three-judge federal court just threw out a Republican redistricting map that would get the GOP more House seats. But will the Supreme Court reverse…
Jed Rubenfeld
Meet the Man Conspiracy Theorists Have Blamed for Texas’s Biblical Flood
The 25-year-old CEO of Rainmaker on what cloud seeding is—and why it’s not to blame for the devastating floods in Central Texas.
River Page
Dan Crenshaw: Heartbreak and Heroism in Hill Country, Texas
Neighbors saved neighbors. That is the spirit of my home state. No flood can ever wash it away.
Dan Crenshaw
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