Texas is receiving the kind of political attention usually reserved for states where neither party can feel comfortable. With the November election approaching, the Senate contest between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico has become a test of party loyalty, candidate appeal and voters' concerns about their finances. President Donald Trump's planned October 7 appearance in San Antonio underscores the stakes. Reuters reported that the trip would be his third Tex

In South Texas, immigration enforcement is also a story about whether a construction crew arrives, a farm has enough workers and a local business can keep its schedule. The debate increasingly connects border policy with the daily mechanics of the regional economy. An October 7 Washington Post report described labor pressures in the Rio Grande Valley amid increased immigration arrests. Its analysis found construction payrolls in the Brownsville-Harlingen area down 5 percent f

President Donald Trump spent months arguing that the United States needed Greenland. On Tuesday, he signed an agreement that expands America’s military role on the Arctic island while leaving its sovereignty where it was: with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland. The agreement, signed in New York by Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, permits the United States to strengthen its existing Pituffik Spa

For millions of Americans, the first house was never supposed to be the dream house. It might have had two bedrooms, a cramped kitchen, one bathroom and a backyard that needed work. The appliances were old. The neighborhood wasn't glamorous. There was probably a list of improvements waiting for the new owner. That was the point. The starter home gave ordinary working people an affordable entrance into homeownership. They could purchase something modest, make payments, build e