Politics
Politics news from McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley.
PoliticsRepublicans Try to Craft Their Midterm Pitch Despite Conflicting Iran War Messages
House Republicans want to tout tax cuts, but the president’s most recent speech focused on the war in Iran and a voter ID bill.
PoliticsHow James Talarico Won An Upset in Texas
Talarico’s campaign was “highly professional but also very modern,” one Democratic strategist said. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s campaign, he added, “was very modern but not very professional.”
PoliticsUnder Trump, DACA Recipients Struggle with New Uncertainty
Living in Trump's Deportation America right now feels like "pure trauma" says a DACA recipient in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
PoliticsWith the Border Chronicle, a group of veteran journalists cover “the backdrop for national politics and rhetoric.”
A group of veteran journalists cover “the backdrop for national politics and rhetoric.”
PoliticsReader question: Do local elections matter? Plus, Brownsville may dissolve its LGBTQ+ task force
Voters across the U.S. are casting ballots in key state and local races today, including in the Rio Grande Valley.
PoliticsLa caminata honors 'the last colonial rebellion', Trump fights SNAP payments in court, election day set for Tuesday
Trinidad Gonzales, who co-founded the history project Refusing to Forget, said the murders happened "in response to the last colonial rebellion by ethnic Mexicans against U.S. sovereignty."