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Critics warn that Kolkhorst's bill banning people from four countries from buying land in Texas will worsen anti-Asian sentiment, which is growing.

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An investigation highlighted church leaders' failures to heed warning signs about a youth pastor later imprisoned for crimes related to child sex trafficking.

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While all eyes were on Elon Musk setting fire to Twitter, another billionaire spent his spare time suing to stop Biden's modest student debt forgiveness.

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The bills filed by State Sen. Roland Gutierrez would raise the age to buy any firearm from 18 to 21 and set up orders that would keep guns away from dangerous people.

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'Our governor, our lieutenant governor … they have done nothing since that massacre to make it more difficult for the next massacre to take place,' Popovich said.

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Both of Texas' U.S. senators got failing grades, and so did U.S. Reps. Tony Gonzales and Chip Roy.

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