An alleged Chinese &#8220;birth tourism&#8221; center — which claims to have facilitated the births of 1,000 American-born babies — has been operating in Texas for nearly two decades.
Now, the Lone Star State is trying to stop them.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2049570167475368334">announced</a> a lawsuit Wednesday against the De’Ai Postpartum Care Center in Houston, accusing them of &#8220;exploiting birthright citizenship by unlawfully facilitating the invasion of Chinese nationals &#8230; for the sole purpose of giving birth.&#8221;
“America is for Americans, not foreigners trying to cheat the system to claim citizenship,” Paxton said Wednesday, alleging that the center &#8220;facilitated an invasion of Texas&#8221; while &#8220;shielding and facilitating violations of immigration law.&#8221;
&#8220;Birthright citizenship is a scam that threatens national security, and I will do everything in my power to stop unlawful ‘birth tourism’ schemes like this one,&#8221; Paxton added.
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Last week, the center posted a video to TikTok encouraging women to apply for US tourist visas &#8220;before pregnancy,&#8221; stating that the federal government &#8220;will strictly investigate birth tourism.&#8221;
&#8220;It is easy to be rejected if you sign after pregnancy.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/2E2wSxnFlO">pic.twitter.com/2E2wSxnFlO</a>
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Last week, the center posted a video to TikTok encouraging women to apply for American tourist visas &#8220;before pregnancy,&#8221; stating that the federal government &#8220;will strictly investigate birth tourism,&#8221; adding, &#8220;It is easy to be rejected if you sign after pregnancy.&#8221;
The center runs at least four homes, which host multiple families at once and can facilitate &#8220;up to twenty new births per day,&#8221; according to the lawsuit.
It also &#8220;claims to offer a variety of options for tourism while expectant families await the birth of their child,&#8221; that include a &#8220;luxury chauffeured black-car service across the Houston area for its high-paying guests, purportedly to visit the variety of different locales advertised on its social media page, including the spring bluebonnets in Brenham, Texas, the Houston Rodeo, Christmas light shows in Houston, and the Louvre Couture exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts,&#8221; the lawsuit states.
The Daily Wire requested comment from two of the accused clinic partners.
On the first day of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship. The order, which has been paused due to multiple legal challenges, now sits before the Supreme Court.
The high court heard oral arguments April 1, which were attended by the president himself.
“We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” Trump posted on Truth Social shortly after the conclusion of the oral arguments.
Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul <a href="https://x.com/SenRandPaul/status/2049862587064443291">introduced</a> a constitutional amendment Thursday to end birthright citizenship to ensure &#8220;that only children born to legal residents of the U.S. are automatically citizens.&#8221;
&#8220;Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;This is wrong and not at all the intent of those who wrote the 14th Amendment.&#8221;
&#8220;We are a country filled with immigrants, and legal immigration is valuable and should be protected. But we are also a country whose borders have been too open and our generosity exploited too often. President Trump has moved to seal our border from illegal immigrants more than any other president. But we will have more to do,&#8221; he added.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) suggested that the attack on the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner may have been &#8220;fake&#8221; because she couldn&#8217;t believe there would be so many assassination attempts targeting one president.
“Back to the shooting… has there ever been a president have this many close ‘attempts’ on their life? Maybe it’s lax gun laws, maybe it’s lack of mental health funding, or maybe it’s fake… who knows,” Crockett <a href="https://www.threads.com/@jasmineforus/post/DXleHDJDqJc">wrote</a> on her Jasmine For US Threads page just hours after the attack.
Crockett made the post shortly after law enforcement detained a man who rushed into the Washington Hilton with a pump action shotgun. The man, who was tackled by Secret Service agents, has been identified as Cole Thomas Allen of California.
Crockett, who mounted an unsuccessful campaign for the Texas Senate Democratic nomination earlier this year, took a less conspiratorial approach on her official accounts. In a <a href="https://x.com/RepJasmine/status/2048256882150711728">post</a> on her official X account, Crockett condemned political violence.
“The political violence is unacceptable and must stop,” she wrote. “I am grateful that everyone attending tonight’s WHCD is safe.”
Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts and was shot in the ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. A few months later, a man armed with a rifle attempted to take Trump out while he was golfing in Florida, but was chased away by the Secret Service.
Evidence from the Justice Department appears to show that Allen was targeting Trump and other top administration officials. An FBI affidavit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-unseals-email-from-suspected-trump-gunman-detailing-motive?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=FBI+Unseals+Email+From+Suspected+Trump+Gunman+Detailing+Motive">unsealed</a> on Monday afternoon showed an email Allen is said to have sent to his family saying that he was no longer willing to allow “a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
The message also identified potential targets.
“Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest,” the email stated.
The affidavit further indicates that the attack appeared to have been planned for weeks. Allen booked a room at the Washington Hilton on April 6, then traveled by train from the Los Angeles area to Chicago on April 21, arriving April 23 before continuing on to Washington, D.C.
Prior to the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Allen <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/27/us/correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-social-media-invs?cid=ios_app&amp;fbclid=PAZnRzaARdeLpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAaf02kXwa4HQK_QB2_ctm43znv6PhAm2xMGiKRXjSvXNI_3x1dEV4flmGvMIvA_aem_T5MKnmjyQ_x0mwJy0g5bjA">reportedly</a> shared posts comparing Trump to Hitler and posts that suggested the attack on Trump in Butler that left one of the president’s supporters dead was a hoax.

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The nationwide mid-decade redistricting battle appears to be entering its final stretch, with major developments unfolding in Florida, Texas, and Virginia.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday unveiled his proposed congressional map that could add up to four GOP- leaning seats, as lawmakers prepare to take up the plan during a special session that kicks off on Tuesday.
&#8220;Florida got shortchanged in the 2020 Census, and we’ve been fighting for fair representation ever since,&#8221; DeSantis told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-unveils-new-florida-congressional-map-would-give-gop-extra-four-seats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. &#8220;Our population has since grown dramatically, and we have moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage. Drawing maps based on race, which is reflected in our current congressional districts, is unconstitutional and should be prohibited.”
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas’s congressional map to move forward, shooting down a lower court ruling that had blocked it over claims of race-based gerrymandering. The map is expected to produce five Republican-leaning seats, according to the <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/27/texas-redistricting-map-ruling-us-supreme-court-upheld-2026-midterms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas Tribune</a>, and the high court had previously signaled in December that it was likely to allow the plan to stand.
“This was an intentional effort to limit the power of people of color in a state known for going to extremes to suppress the vote,” said Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “It is one of the most blatant examples yet of modern-day racial gerrymandering, under the thin guise of partisanship.”
In Virginia, the state Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a closely watched case that could determine the fate of a newly approved congressional map. Voters last week narrowly backed a constitutional amendment that would shift the state&#8217;s delegation from a 6-4 split to a 10-1 Democratic advantage.
If the Virginia court blocks the new map, it could significantly alter the broader redistricting fight and determine which party will come out on top.
“Hang in there. This isn’t over in Virginia, and that’s just the Virginia chapter,&#8221; former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican, told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dem-power-grab-faces-courtroom-showdown?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Virginia+Dem+Power+Grab+Faces+Courtroom+Showdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>. &#8220;I think there’s a lot of regret across the country about the redistricting play in Virginia.”
With Republicans holding a narrow 218-212 majority in the House, and five seats currently vacant, the outcome of these redistricting battles will play a decisive role in determining control of Congress.

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A crazed illegal immigrant allegedly bit a 3-year-old girl in the face and also attacked her mother in a Texas park after the Biden administration refused to take him into custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Indian national Atharva Vyas, 24, allegedly came out of the woods in San Antonio&#8217;s Espada Park on the afternoon of April 18 before he started punching the girl&#8217;s mother, Gabriella Perez, 27, and pulling her hair, <a href="https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/toddler-injured-in-violent-attack-at-espada-park-suspect-under-arrest-san-antonio-texas-atharva-vyas-south-side-brooks-city-base-assault-causing-bodily-injury">according</a> to Fox 29. Vyas then allegedly jumped on the little girl and bit her face.
Perez said she pulled Vyas&#8217; hair to get him off her daughter, while several good Samaritans restrained him until police arrived at the scene, Fox 29 reported.
The little girl lost two teeth in the attack and is now traumatized, Perez <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-our-family-after-traumatic-attack">posted</a> on a GoFundMe page for the family.
<div id="attachment_1084917" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1084917" class="size-medium wp-image-1084917" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/102601925_1776635830871118_r-300x169.webp" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/102601925_1776635830871118_r-300x169.webp 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/04/102601925_1776635830871118_r.webp 720w" sizes=" (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Photo by Gabriella Perez via GoFundMe</div>
&#8220;The emotional distress from this event has been overwhelming for both of us, and we are now focused on helping her heal physically and emotionally,&#8221; Perez said.
&#8220;Since the attack, my daughter has needed constant care, comfort, and reassurance. She is unable to be left with anyone else, so I have had to take time away from work to be by her side,&#8221; she said.
Vyas entered the United States in August 2023 on a student visa, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/04/25/ice-takes-enforcement-action-against-indian-illegal-alien-who-barbarically-attacked">according</a> to DHS. Three months later, he was arrested on the campus of the University of Texas for felony assault.
University police contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the time, but &#8220;the Biden Administration determined this crime was not &#8216;egregious&#8217; enough to warrant visa revocation and decided to take no enforcement action against Vyas,&#8221; DHS said.
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Since the latest attack, ICE has lodged a detainer with local authorities, asking them to hand Vyas over for deportation proceedings. The Trump administration also revoked his visa.
“This criminal illegal alien brutally bit this child and caused her to lose two teeth. This barbaric assault against this woman and her three-year-old in a park was completely preventable,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a recent statement.
“The Biden administration NEVER should have released this animal following his arrest for assault. We are working with our partners in Texas to ensure this criminal illegal alien never roams free in American communities again,&#8221; Bis said.
Vyas was charged with aggravated assault and assault causing bodily injury, according to Fox 29. He is being held in the Bexar County jail.

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Two teenagers, including an 18-year-old girl, were arrested earlier this week and charged with plotting a major attack on one of the largest Jewish synagogues in Houston.
Authorities arrested 18-year-old Angelina Han Hicks of Lexington, North Carolina, on Wednesday and accused her of planning to &#8220;kill as many Jews as possible&#8221; in an attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-texas-synagogue-attack-plot-387b32d268fb0cd71c9415c418856a96">reported</a>. Hicks is accused of plotting the attack alongside two &#8220;male subjects.&#8221; The conspirators planned to murder Jewish worshipers by driving a vehicle through the synagogue on April 21, 2028, according to court documents.
It appears that one of the other alleged co-conspirators was also arrested earlier this week. The Houston Police Department announced on Thursday that a 16-year-old was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder in relation to &#8220;a threat directed towards certain Jewish institutions in our area.&#8221;
The Houston Police did not say the 16-year-old was arrested for a planned attack on Congregation Beth Israel specifically, but authorities in Texas&#8217; largest city said they learned about the threat on the same day Hicks was taken into custody in North Carolina. Court documents identified Hicks&#8217; alleged co-conspirators as &#8220;Teegan&#8221; and &#8220;Angel,&#8221; the Houston Chronicle <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/religion/article/houston-beth-israel-arrest-22221195.php">reported</a>.
Congregation Beth Israel, which also runs a school for pre-K through 5th graders, closed on Wednesday &#8220;out of an abundance of caution&#8221; after Houston police alerted the synagogue&#8217;s leadership to the threat. The synagogue reopened on Thursday.
The FBI <a href="https://x.com/FBICharlotte/status/2047385012278829223">said</a> that its Charlotte Joint Terrorism Task Force began investigating the alleged plot on Tuesday evening &#8220;after a tip to a North Carolina law enforcement agency.&#8221;
&#8220;This is an exceptional example of when you see something concerning, you say something to law enforcement,&#8221; the FBI added.
Hicks faces two felony charges of conspiracy to commit murder and felony conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon. Her bond was set to $10 million, with District Court Judge Carlton Terry saying on Wednesday that Hicks&#8217; detention is necessary to prevent her from getting &#8220;a chance to communicate with either of those [co-conspirators] or those who could relay a message puts lives at risk.&#8221; Hicks&#8217; lawyer said his client&#8217;s young age could be a major factor in her legal defense.
North Carolina prosecutors warned that while the alleged plot highlighted a date two years from now, there was &#8220;some concern that there could be an imminent event&#8221; targeting Congregation Beth Israel.
The arrests come as Jewish Americans face increased threats and just a month after a Muslim man in Michigan rammed his vehicle into the largest Jewish Reform synagogue in the United States in an attack that the Justice Department said was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-synagogue-terrorist-attack-was-directed-by-hezbollah-fbi-says">directed by Hezbollah</a>. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old Lebanese national, was killed after exchanging gunfire with security guards at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan. One of the security guards was injured after he was struck by Ghazali’s vehicle, but no one else was harmed in the attack, which occurred near a daycare with dozens of children inside.

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The Houston City Council voted Wednesday to walk back a policy that prevented local police from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the state of Texas threatened to pull more than $110 million in funds.
Texas Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-texas-governor-greg-abbott-puts-blue-cities-on-notice-over-sanctuary-policies?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Texas+Governor+Greg+Abbott+Puts+Blue+Cities+On+Notice+Over+Sanctuary+Policies">Greg Abbott</a> (R) accused the city of violating the terms of the public safety grants after the passage of an ordinance that prevented local police from holding individuals with immigration arrest warrants for 30 minutes while ICE arrives at a scene.
Houston Democratic Mayor John Whitmire revised the ordinance with the help of Abbott&#8217;s office after voting in favor of it, according to KHOU. The new version states that Houston police will comply with federal laws and can temporarily hold someone for as long as reasonably necessary.
The Houston City Council passed it in a 13-4 vote, KHOU <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-city-council-approves-revised-immigration-policy-amid-funding-fight/285-feefb140-c43c-4143-afc7-90be1e14119a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
A spokesperson for Abbott told The Daily Wire it’s “a step in the right direction after Houston leaders put public safety at risk with reckless policies that undermined law enforcement.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the city of Houston over the original ordinance, arguing that “no Texas city will be a safe harbor for illegals.”
Paxton said Wednesday that the legal pressure forced Houston to take &#8220;action to reverse its sanctuary policy.&#8221;
&#8220;My office will continue to review the updated ordinance and ensure that the City of Houston fully complies with SB 4 and does not restrict law enforcement&#8217;s ability to assist ICE and enforce immigration law,&#8221; Paxton wrote on X Wednesday.
Houston originally passed the ordinance barring local police from assisting ICE on April 8. That led Abbott to threaten to pull the $110 million, arguing the original version of the ordinance resulted in a breach of contract over the grants.
The state requires that recipients of the public safety grants must work with ICE. If they refuse to assist ICE, “they forfeit the money” and must “repay to the state every single dollar they have received,” Abbott told The Daily Wire in a recent interview.
“As President Trump sometimes says, they have no cards,” Abbott said. “We have all the cards in this, and they are going to lose, and they’re not going to be able to balance their budget.”
Last week, Whitmire said the city was facing a &#8220;crisis situation,&#8221; adding that “the potential loss of state funding poses real challenges” for local authorities and for security at the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a law requiring public schools to display posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. 
In a 9–8 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that S.B. 10 does not violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, marking a significant victory for conservatives who support a greater role for religion in public schools.
“S.B. 10 looks nothing like a historical religious establishment,” <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084.507945887.1.pdf">the 5th Circuit’s opinion said.</a> “It does not tell churches or synagogues or mosques what to believe or how to worship or whom to employ as priests, rabbis, or imams. It punishes no one who rejects the Ten Commandments, no matter the reason. It levies no taxes to support any clergy. It does not co-opt churches to perform civic functions. These are the kinds of things “establishments of religion” did at the founding. S.B. 10 does none of them.” 
In June 2025, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed <a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00010I.pdf">Senate Bill 10</a>, which requires public elementary and secondary schools to display in each classroom a &#8220;durable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments.&#8221; In December 2025, a coalition of parents filed suit and obtained preliminary injunctions blocking the law in certain parts of the state. 
Challengers of the law argued that they didn’t want their children to “be forced to observe and venerate a state-mandated version of the Ten Commandments” every day at school, <a href="https://www.aclutx.org/press-releases/judge-orders-texas-school-districts-remove-ten-commandments-displays-response-second/">according to the ACLU.  </a>
Judges on the conservative-leaning Fifth Circuit disagreed, arguing the law does not mandate any religious exercise. 
&#8220;Students are neither catechized on the Commandments nor taught to adopt them. Nor are teachers commanded to proselytize students who ask about the displays or contradict students who disagree with them,” <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084.507945887.1.pdf">the opinion said.</a> “It puts a poster on a classroom wall. Yes, Plaintiffs have sincere religious disagreements with its content. But that does not transform the poster into a summons to prayer.&#8221;
Republican Gov. Gregg Abbott hailed the ruling as a “HUGE WIN.” 
“The foundation of Western law &amp; morality belongs in our classrooms. Texas stands for faith, freedom, and the values that founded our great state,” he said on social media. 
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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Ten Commandments can remain in Texas public school classrooms.
The foundation of Western law &amp; morality belongs in our classrooms. Texas stands for faith, freedom, and the values that founded our great state.…
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Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX), who faces a contentious May 26 runoff with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), also took a victory lap. 
“This is a major victory for Texas and our moral values,” Paxton said. “My office was proud to defend SB 10 and successfully ensure that the Ten Commandments will be displayed in classrooms across Texas. The Ten Commandments have had a profound impact on our nation, and it’s important that students learn from them every single day.”
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🚨WIN: This is a major victory for Texas and our moral values. My office was proud to defend SB 10 and successfully ensure that the Ten Commandments will be displayed in classrooms across Texas.
The Ten Commandments have had a profound impact on our nation, and it’s important… <a href="https://t.co/6sh3uLnFpI">https://t.co/6sh3uLnFpI</a>
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2046718781964378358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2026</a></blockquote>
The ACLU expressed &#8220;disappointment&#8221; with the court’s ruling and vowed to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. 
“The Court’s ruling goes against fundamental First Amendment principles and binding U.S. Supreme Court authority,” <a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/fifth-circuit-upholds-law-requiring-display-of-ten-commandments-in-public-school-classrooms">the ACLU said.</a> “This decision tramples those rights. We anticipate asking the Supreme Court to reverse this decision and uphold the religious-freedom rights of children and parents.”
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have passed laws requiring Ten Commandments posters in public schools, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/ten-commandments-schools-states.html">according to the New York Times</a>, with several other conservative-led states debating similar legislation.

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It&#8217;s a real Texas showdown as the Lone Star State battles blue cities attempting to impose sanctuary policies.
Governor Greg Abbott (R.) has threatened to pull $110 million dollars in public safety grants from Houston over a recent policy that prevents local police from waiting 30 minutes for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrive at a scene to detain individuals with immigration warrants. The state has threatened to withhold $90 million in funds from Dallas and $2.5 million from Austin for taking a similar approach to policing.
In a recent interview with The Daily Wire, Abbott fumed at the &#8220;radical leftists and progressives who are running our large blue cities in the state of Texas,&#8221; adding, &#8220;You would think this would be something that would happen in some other state, especially because of the laws that we have in place in the state of Texas that don&#8217;t exist in some of these blue states.&#8221;
&#8220;It was in the city of Houston where there were two illegal immigrants who were apprehended and let go and then went on to murder Jocelyn Nungaray,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;And so these people are not comprehending the reality. And that is there are deadly consequences by their failure to ensure that we detain illegal immigrants and make sure they clear through ICE and pose no danger to our community. The city of Houston is making their community more dangerous.&#8221;
&#8220;But I&#8217;m not going to tolerate, and Texans will not tolerate, policies Houston&#8217;s trying to adopt that let dangerous illegal immigrants roam the street without ICE having the opportunity to try to detain them and put them in the deportation process,&#8221; he added.
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NEW: Gov. <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregAbbott_TX</a> has threatened to pull $110 million dollars in public safety grants from Houston over its recent policy barring local police from waiting 30 minutes for ICE to arrive at a scene to detain individuals with immigration warrants. Tomorrow, the Houston City… <a href="https://t.co/sjmXP8gF0g">pic.twitter.com/sjmXP8gF0g</a>
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If things don&#8217;t change in Houston, the city could be losing a lot more than just the $110 million in state funds, Abbott warned. The state comptroller could also withhold $40 million a month that the city receives as a sales tax rebate.
It may be Houston&#8217;s &#8220;largest source of revenue,&#8221; Abbott said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like you getting a paycheck &#8230; on a monthly basis to be able to pay your bills. The city of Houston is going to not get a paycheck of about $40 million a month where they&#8217;re not going to be able to pay their bills,&#8221; Abbott said.
&#8220;So this truly is a crisis, a financial crisis, the city of Houston is going through. And it&#8217;s not a crisis made by the state of Texas. It&#8217;s a crisis made by their leftist agenda insisting they&#8217;ll pay whatever the consequences in order for them to have sanctuary cities,&#8221; he said.
It all started on April 8, when the Houston City Council passed an ordinance barring local police officers from holding illegal immigrant detainees for extended periods of time for ICE.
Abbott has threatened to pull $110 million in public safety grants to the city, arguing the latest ordinance has resulted in a breach of contract over the funding.
The state requires that recipients of the public safety grants agree to work with ICE. And if they don&#8217;t, &#8220;they forfeit the money&#8221; and must &#8220;repay to the state every single dollar they have received,&#8221; Abbott said.
&#8220;As President Trump sometimes says, they have no cards,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;We have all the cards in this, and they are going to lose, and they&#8217;re not going to be able to balance their budget.&#8221;
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has also sued the city of Houston, arguing that &#8220;no Texas city will be a safe harbor for illegals.&#8221;
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said last week that the city has found itself in a &#8220;crisis situation,&#8221; arguing that &#8220;the potential loss of state funding poses real challenges&#8221; for local authorities and for security at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Whitmire has called a city council meeting on Wednesday to discuss possibly repealing the ordinance.
&#8220;We have significant work ahead, and I&#8217;m considering all options,&#8221; Whitmire said.

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Election day is Tuesday in Virginia, with a single question on the ballot: Whether to amend the constitution of the state so that Democrats will represent 10 out of 11 of the state&#8217;s congressional seats – even though the state is essentially evenly-divided, with Kamala Harris winning it with less than 52% of the presidential vote in 2024.
A defeat could be a serious blow to new Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who ran as a moderate and said she had no plans to engage in redistricting – only to preside over a series of ethically dubious moves to enact what is, by some measures, the most extreme gerrymandering in the country.
The ballot language asks voters if they want to &#8220;restore fairness.&#8221; The Spanberger administration encouraged county clerks <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-admits-to-unfair-map-while-keeping-voters-in-the-dark">not to display</a> maps on the ballot, and Democrats have largely tried to obscure the substance of the vote, reducing it to vague anti-Trump messaging.
Redistricting proponents like Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas say it&#8217;s retaliation for Texas conducting its own mid-decade redistricting. But a Daily Wire analysis found that the two aren&#8217;t comparable.
In Texas, Kamala Harris won 42% of the popular vote, but the new map favors Democrats in 21% of seats – a 21% gap. Virginia has a more evenly-split population, yet would have much more lopsided representation. Harris won with less than 52% of the vote, but Dems would have 91% of the seats. That&#8217;s a 39% gap.
That would be a shame, because Virginia currently has one of the most fairly constituted congressional delegations in the United States. Dems have 55% of the current House seats. That means even now, Democrats are slightly over-represented, not under-represented, in Congress, but this is the closest to an exact representation that is mathematically possible with 11 districts.
The data also does not support the Democrat argument that they are merely &#8220;fighting back&#8221; against Republicans who have outdone them in gerrymandering. 7/10 of the most-gerrymandered states are Dem, while 16/20 of the least-gerrymandered states are Republican. The five states with the largest gap between popular vote and House seats all favor Democrats:
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<li>In New Mexico, Harris won less than 52% of votes, but not even one of the three congressional seats went to a Republican. The mismatch between 52% of votes and 100% of seats is 48!</li>
<li>This is common in New England. Harris won New Hampshire with 51% of the vote, but Democrats control both of the state&#8217;s House seats, instead of splitting them between parties to mirror the state&#8217;s makeup. That&#8217;s 51% vs 100%, for a disproportionality score of 49.</li>
<li>In Maine Harris won 53%, but Democrats have both seats, for a score of 47.</li>
<li>In Rhode Island it&#8217;s the same situation, but with Harris winning by 56%, for a score of 44.</li>
<li>Connecticut has five congressional seats, giving it ample opportunity to throw one to Republicans, considering Harris won only 56% of the popular vote. Yet Democrats control all five House seats, for a disproportionality index of 44.</li>
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The Daily Wire&#8217;s analysis excluded states with only one House seat, which can&#8217;t be gerrymandered. You can explore how states&#8217; congressional delegations compare to their popular votes here:
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The Texas map was opposed by Democrats on racial grounds, saying it deprived minorities of representation by scattering black voters instead of concentrating them. However, the Virginia map does the same thing. Whereas current districts are drawn around communities of interest, including black-heavy cities, the new map drives up Democrat margins by drawing districts with tentacles into the super-Democratic, but largely non-black, D.C. suburbs.
That would make it extremely difficult for congressmen to represent actual geographic interests, such as port cities, agricultural districts, or manufacturing centers, and five of the congressional districts would include Fairfax County, the D.C. suburb that shares little in common with the rest of the state.
It was previously against the law to enact partisan redistricting in Virginia, which Democrats got around by rescinding the law and making the rescission retroactive. Constitutional amendments must be voted on by the state legislature twice, with an election in between giving the populace the chance to punish lawmakers for such a vote.
Republicans say they violated the law there, too, because the first vote in the legislature took place after the lengthy early voting period – a Democrat initiative that persisted after COVID-19 restrictions begun to wind down.

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Tesla is rolling out its robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, the electric vehicle maker said on Saturday, marking further expansion of its nascent service in the United States since its Austin, Texas, launch last year.
Tesla&#8217;s official robotaxi account on X announced the launch and posted two videos showing its best-selling Model Y SUVs running in the two cities with no human driver or monitor in the front seats.
It posted two map images outlining service boundaries, but did not disclose further details such as fleet size or pricing.
&#8220;Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas &amp; Houston!&#8221; CEO Elon Musk said reposting the X post.
Tesla&#8217;s move comes as the robotaxi business has regained momentum with Alphabet&#8217;s Waymo and Amazon&#8217;s Zoox speeding up expansion.
Expanding the robotaxi service and wider adoption of its full self-driving software, a version of which underpins the technology, is key to Tesla&#8217;s growth strategy as Musk has pivoted the company&#8217;s focus to artificial intelligence and robotics from EVs.
Much of the company&#8217;s $1.3 trillion valuation hinges on that bet.
Tesla first deployed a small group of self-driving taxis in an area of Austin with human safety monitors and other restrictions. The company has since widened the service area and started removing the monitors.
Last year, Tesla also started a ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Musk has promised to expand the robotaxi service rapidly in the U.S., but missed earlier predictions of its robotaxis operating widely in multiple U.S. metro areas by the end of 2025.
(Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru and Abhirup Roy in San Francisco Editing by Nick Zieminski, Rod Nickel)

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Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico said Wednesday that his campaign had hauled in $27 million during the first quarter of 2026 as he seeks to flip the seat blue.
Talarico said the total marks a record for money raised by a Senate candidate in the first quarter of an election year. The leftist Democrat is set to face the winner of the GOP primary runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
&#8220;Grassroots contributors from almost every county in Texas are sending Washington, D.C. a clear message: they&#8217;re tired of this broken, corrupt political system and they&#8217;re ready to take back Texas for working people,&#8221; Talarico said. &#8220;We&#8217;re bringing Democrats, Republicans, and Independents together to end billionaire control over our politics and bring down costs for families across our state.&#8221;
Talarico&#8217;s campaign said that 97% of contributions were $100 or less, adding that many of the donations came from teachers.
&#8220;Winning in Texas will require unprecedented resources. The grassroots fundraising haul puts our movement in a strong position to spread our message in some of the most expensive media markets in the country,&#8221; said Talarico campaign manager Seth Krasne.
Large fundraising totals have not always translated into victories for Democrats in high-profile Senate races.
In 2018, Beto O&#8217;Rourke raised $38 million during the third quarter of his challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) but ultimately lost by about 2.6 percentage points.
In 2020, Democrat Jaime Harrison raised $57 million in the third quarter for his bid against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the highest quarterly total in Senate history, but lost by more than 10 percentage points.
Talarico, a state representative, has a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-james-talarico-says-he-loves-trans-children-in-unearthed-clip">reputation</a> for backing leftist policies on several social issues. During his time in the legislature, he has <a href="https://journals.house.texas.gov/HJRNL/88R/PDF/88RDAY63FINAL.PDF">opposed</a> legislation that restricted transgender medical procedures for minors, including a 2023 law addressing surgeries and cross-sex hormone procedures.
In April 2019, he also spoke out against a bill that would expand the definition of child abuse to include parents who do not affirm their child&#8217;s so-called gender identity.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a formal investigation into Lululemon over concerns the popular activewear brand may be misleading consumers about the safety of its products, particularly regarding the potential presence of so-called “forever chemicals.”
In a press release obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire, Paxton’s office confirmed it has issued a Civil Investigative Demand as part of a broader probe into whether Lululemon has accurately represented the health impacts, safety standards, and material composition of its clothing. The company, which generated more than $11 billion in fiscal year 2025, markets itself heavily around wellness, sustainability, and performance — branding that Paxton suggested may not align with emerging concerns.
“Americans should not have to worry if they are being deceived when trying to make healthy choices for themselves and their families,” Paxton said. “I will not allow any corporation to sell harmful, toxic materials to consumers at a premium price under the guise of wellness and sustainability.”
At the center of the investigation are PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a class of synthetic chemicals widely referred to as “forever chemicals” due to their extreme resistance to breaking down in the environment or the human body. According to researchers at <a href="https://sustainability.yale.edu/explainers/yale-experts-explain-pfas-forever-chemicals#:~:text=PFAS%2C%20or%20per%2D%20and%20polyfluoroalkyl%20substances%2C%20are,chips%20*%20Toilet%20paper%20*%20Waterproof%20cosmetics">Yale School of Public Health</a>, PFAS have been used in consumer and industrial products since World War II, often for their water-resistant, stain-resistant, and non-stick properties, qualities commonly associated with performance apparel.
That same durability, however, is what makes PFAS potentially dangerous. Experts warn the chemicals can accumulate over time in the human body, persisting in blood, liver, and kidneys for years. Studies have linked PFAS exposure to a wide range of health risks, including certain cancers, liver toxicity, reduced fertility, immune system suppression, and developmental issues.
“PFAS are often called ‘forever chemicals’ because they contain an exceptionally strong carbon-fluorine bond, which makes them highly resistant to breakdown,” Yale epidemiology chair Vasilis Vasiliou explained. “As a result, they persist in the environment for decades or longer.”
Paxton’s investigation will specifically examine whether Lululemon’s products contain PFAS that consumers would not reasonably expect based on the company’s marketing. It will also scrutinize the company’s internal safety standards, testing protocols, and supply chain practices to determine whether its products comply with its own stated guidelines.
The probe comes amid growing scrutiny of PFAS contamination nationwide. Federal regulators only recently began setting enforceable limits on certain PFAS chemicals in drinking water, though those standards have already faced rollbacks and legal challenges. Meanwhile, consumer awareness has surged, with increasing concern about the presence of these chemicals in everyday products, including clothing.
While the investigation is still in its early stages, it signals a broader shift toward holding companies accountable for how they market “health-conscious” products, particularly when underlying materials may tell a different story.
Worth noting, Paxton is currently locked in a high-profile Republican primary runoff against John Cornyn (R-TX) for a U.S. Senate seat. His investigation also aligns with a broader push inside the Trump administration to crack down on environmental toxins in consumer products. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made similar issues a priority at HHS, including a recent <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-hhs-announce-historic-actions-protect-americans-microplastics-and-safeguard">joint initiative</a> with the EPA targeting microplastics, which regulators have begun categorizing alongside PFAS as emerging public health risks.
For now, the outcome of the investigation remains unclear. But as scrutiny around PFAS intensifies, companies built on wellness branding may increasingly find themselves under the microscope.

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