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They committed no crime, but Hayam El Gamal and her five children have personally experienced all the abuses the Department of Homeland Security is accused of in its anti-immigration campaign. After spending more than 10 months detained, they hold the record for the longest time spent during Donald Trump’s presidency at the Dilley Detention Center in Texas, which has faced numerous complaints of inhumane conditions. The crime for which they were imprisoned was not committed by them, but by their father, from whom El Gamal is now divorced.

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Redrawn map could flip up to five seats to Republicans as Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress

The US supreme court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Donald Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.

The move by the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim decision it made in December to revive the map of US House districts in Texas.

Extreme weather likely to continue after devastating homes and endangering millions in US south and midwest

At least two people are dead after a very powerful tornado struck northern Texas on Saturday night, as extreme weather continued to devastate homes and put millions across the south and midwestern US at risk, with wildfires also raging on in parts of Georgia.

Officials from Wise county in Texas said the storm reached the area at around 10pm and caused significant damage across multiple neighborhoods. In addition to the confirmed deaths, six people were treated or transported by emergency responders to be treated for storm-related injuries.

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Camp Mystic must make changes to its emergency notification processes to receive its operating license

The Texas Christian summer camp where 27 girls and counselors died in a catastrophic flood in July 2025 may not be allowed to open again this upcoming summer after state officials found it has not met health and safety requirements.

Camp Mystic must make several changes, including to its emergency and parent-notification processes, in order to receive its license to operate, according to a letter from the Texas department of state health services.

In 2021, Miriam González, a 35-year-old from Murcia, Spain, went to the doctor because she was bleeding from her breast. She was told to relax: everything was normal. But in 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. And, shortly afterward, she discovered it was metastatic, at stage four.

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“You want oil to live above $60, but below $90.” This line is uttered by Tommy Norris, the character played by Billy Bob Thornton in the popular TV series Landman. One of Paramount’s most successful productions, it’s based on the adventures of oil workers in Texas. “But don’t get me wrong,” Thornton continues, “we’re still printing money at $90, but [when] gas gets up over $3.50 a gallon, it starts to pinch.”

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US judge orders release of a woman and her five children who were family of the 2025 Colorado fire attack suspect

A woman and her five children, whose immigration detention of more than 10 months marked the longest family detention under Donald Trump’s second administration, were released on Thursday hours after a judge’s order, their lawyer said.

US district judge Fred Biery of the western district of Texas ordered the family’s release.

This story was co-published by Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual nonprofit newsroom and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border, and Minero Magazine.

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Juan Espinoza spent nearly eight years rebuilding his life in the United States. When he arrived in Austin, he knew he had left behind in Caracas his position as manager, which he had held for 20 years, and that now he would have to take any job that would allow him to support his family. That job was driving trucks. In February 2020, he legally obtained his commercial driver’s license in Texas.

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