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The rally is part of a grassroots movement fighting to preserve democracy. The group aims to seek answers about President Donald Trump's administration, demanding a closer investigation on the alleged ties with Russia and requiring Trump to make his tax returns public.
Thousands of people have assembled in Texas on President Donald Trump's hundredth day in office to demand federal action on climate change. The Texas Department of Public Safety told the Austin American-Statesman that about 3,500 people participated in a rally Saturday in Austin - part of nationwide marches calling for climate action.
Sen. Donna Campbell , R-New Braunfels, has her first declared opponent for 2018. On Monday, Steven Kling announced that he plans to run for the SD 25 seat as a Democrat.
Federal judges found more problems in Texas' voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office. The ruling late Friday by a three-judge panel in San Antonio gave Democrats hope of new, more favorably drawn maps that could turnover more seats in Congress in 2018.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday made the mistake of asking reporters if they wanted President Donald Trump to end his days-long refusal to speak on the record about a number of topics, including the baseless claim that he was illegally wiretapped by President Barack Obama. "Is it possible that we could see the president for a more general multi-question news conference," Real Clear Politics reporter Alexis Simendinger asked Spicer at Wednesday's briefing.
The Republican-led House voted Thursday to repeal an Obama-era Social Security Administration regulation to keep people with severe mental illnesses from buying guns. "The Social Security Administration not only overstepped its mission with this regulation, it discriminated against certain Americans with disabilities who receive Social Security benefits.
Early voting starts this Monday and Austin city leaders are pushing people to get out and vote. And what better way to do it, than in true Austin style with live music.
The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. The new advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika.