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01

The Rio Grande forms the U.S.-Mexico border.

Red River Versus Rio Grande: Are There Two Standards?

By Leif Reigstad

02

Little-Known Beto O’Rourke Is Nipping at Ted Cruz’s Heels

By R.G. Ratcliffe

03

George and Barbara Bush smile and shake hands with supporters after he spoke in Concord during the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1980.

Barbara Bush Had a Good Life But a Hard One

04

Sheriff Oscar Carrillo

Speaking Truth to the Powerful

By Robert Moore

05

Did a Prominent Republican Donor Have a Hand in Helping Beto O’Rourke?

By R.G. Ratcliffe

06

Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C. in 2014.

A Jury of His Peers—and Karma—Convict Steve Stockman

By R.G. Ratcliffe

07

Menéndez: Does Texas Still Need to Spend $800 Million on Border Security?

By R.G. Ratcliffe

08

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Capitol Hill, April 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. Stevens recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in favor of repealing the Second Amendment.

Guns, Budgets, and Term Limits—Proposals to Change the Constitution

By R.G. Ratcliffe

09

All You Need to Know About the Census Controversy and the Question of Citizenship

By Carlos Sanchez

10

Cecile Richards Make Trouble

Cecile Richards Plans Her Next Move

By Charley Locke

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The original Wink Sink in Wink, Texas, from a photo taken Feb. 19, 2014.

More Sinkholes for West Texas?

12

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) walks on stage to speak at Liberty University to announce his presidential candidacy March 23, 2015 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Cambridge Analytica Helped Ted Cruz Win Iowa But Now May Haunt His Reelection

By R.G. Ratcliffe