The Texas Tribune
A year after Donald Trump won the Rio Grande Valley, South Texans navigate changes big and small
Residents in the southernmost part of Texas want to remind themselves — and the nation — that the region is more than a political battleground. It’s their home.
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1mWatch: Maggie Haberman speaks at the 2026 Texas Tribune Festival
The New York Times' Maggie Haberman sits down with Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith to discuss the reporting from her book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” at 9 a.m. Friday.
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7mKey GOP lawmaker says state should have caught error that delayed at least 178,000 Texas voter registrations
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6m“MAGA is dead”: Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Trump supporters liars and hypocrites
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