Trump, No Kings and Houston City Hall
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President Donald Trump’s quest to erase his criminal conviction is heading to a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel in Manhattan is set to hear arguments Wednesday in the
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy.
A series of demonstrations, in opposition to President Donald Trump and his policies, are planned for Saturday in Houston and several surrounding cities.
Three men were arrested at a southwest Houston immigration court Monday by ICE agents. The arrests appeared to be a local example of an ICE strategy happening around the United States: arresting people after they show up to their hearing at immigration court.
So far, the military is protecting federal property and functions, but Trump potentially has the power to expand its role under the Insurrection Act.
In April, the Trump administration gave 68 plants a two-year exemption from complying with federal regulations intended to lower mercury emissions, a powerful toxin that can affect the brain.
Plainclothes immigration officers arrested three more asylum seekers who showed up for their hearings Tuesday at the southwest Houston immigration court for the second day in a row. Two of the detainees were from Venezuela,
Juarez officials say some 1,500 migrants remain in government and church-run shelters with possibly an equal amount renting rooms or apartments in this sprawling Mexican border city of 1.5 million people.
The protests in Texas followed days of unrest in Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump sent National Guard troops in response to demonstrations.
Houston travelers shouldn't experience delays as a result of President Donald Trump's wide-ranging travel ban that starts early Monday, a Houston Airport System spokesperson said. Trump announced Wednesday the ban would affect citizens of Afghanistan,