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Breaking: A federal judge has blocked portions of Texas' immigration enforcement law, SB 4, from taking effect Friday. The order prevents state police from arresting noncitizens for illegal reentry and bars state judges from ordering that arrestees be removed from Texas. #txlege

BREAKING: @TexasHDC enter Tennessee's redistricting fight — penning a letter condemning GOP leadership's "blatant discrimination" and "political retaliation" against Democrats that protested such efforts @statesman statesman.com/news/politics/…

Here are the megadonors and dark money groups boosting James Talarico’s anti-billionaire Senate bid texastribune.org/2026/05/14/tex… @kaylaguo_ #TXSEN

@kissphoria INCREDIBLY HYPED.👀📖

The very first edition of YALL HEARD comes out this Saturday 🤠

Very excited to announce that I am launching a newsletter for @chron! Every week, I'll be rounding up my favorite stories from around the state of Texas, whether they're moving, funny, or just extremely emblematic of my big, weird home state. Sign up here: chron.com/newsletters/ya…

@kissphoria @chron You heard it here first, folks

@FBugenhagen_ @chron eve better news than if world hunger was solved?

.@GovHotWheels_TX calling @jamestalarico "homie" was truly never on my Texas politics bingo card...

Former President Barack Obama visited an Austin-based restaurant alongside James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa. statesman.com/news/politics/…

Former President Barack Obama appears with James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa at an Austin taco restaurant Tuesday

President Obama just appeared at a taco restaurant in Austin with @jamestalarico and @GinaHinojosaTX. They chatted with restaurant goers and as he left, Obama said, “remember to vote!” to big cheers:

In audio obtained by @TXBullpen from an event last week, @KenPaxtonTX told a gathering that he is voting for @mayes_middleton for #TXAG and that he “could not imagine [@chiproytx] stepping into that role.”

Thune tells me he spoke with Trump as recently as last week about a Cornyn endorsement in the Texas runoff, which is two weeks from today. “I still don’t know where he’s headed,” Thune said Thune says “in a runoff, voters are gonna be decidedly more MAGA-oriented than even a traditional Republican primary electorate. So somebody would clearly benefit from it.”

NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton sued Dem fundraising giant ActBlue last month while complaints about the platform he personally uses, WinRed, piled up in his own office, per records we obtained. Some donors say they lost thousands to recurring charges they never meant to authorize.🧵

President Trump nominates @GregAbbott_TX deputy chief of staff Angela Colmenero as a judge for the Southern District of Texas. #txlege Colmenero served as interim attorney general while Ken Paxton was suspended during his impeachment trial.

getting a chilosos taco, hallelujah getting stuck in Heights farmers market traffic, hallelujah being back in the blessed, baptized land of Houston, Texas, hallelujah

Inbox: Texas DSHS announces summer camps that don’t meet the new fiber optic requirement will still be licensed if they have other broadband services. Comes after @Burrows4TX + @DanPatrick urged the agency to allow camps to be licensed in this case #txlege

The Austin Democrat says big money has too much influence in politics, but that hasn't stopped a deep-pockets super PAC from helping his campaign statesman.com/news/politics/…

Texas Ethics Commission sends notice of formal complaint to Mayor John Whitmire over the city's podcast. The notice, obtained by KPRC 2, Whitmire is required to submit a written response within 25 business days. click2houston.com/news/local/202…