Sam Habashy

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[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

The Houston neighborhood where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent is among the East End territory that is shifting into a new red-leaning seat under the congressional map approved by Texas Republicans last summer. https://t.co/ONA3RZ6NWp

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Texas Republicans unite behind Iran war funding as U.S. House passes $95 billion spending package. https://t.co/l69y5xRpOJ

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Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder and prominent billionaire venture capitalist, last month donated $10 million to the main super PAC supporting Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico, according to newly filed Federal Election Committee records. https://t.co/s9D7Pln3pZ

[Sam Habashy @HabashySam]

Durbin said he was “pleasantly surprised” by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s decision to pause ICE vehicle stops and that Mullin is “trying to clean that agency up some” but Durbin doesn’t think he can with Stephen Miller “at the heart of it.”

[Sam Habashy @HabashySam]

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said ahead of AG Nominee Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing tomorrow that Blanche did not make any comment on whether he would investigate the recent ICE shootings in Texas and Maine.

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Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes https://t.co/MnoVlyoQdB

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Four years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, just 2% of Texas voters named abortion as the most important problem facing the state.

Some Texas women continue to advocate for abortion rights, but not everyone in Washington is receptive. https://t.co/NuqU2nWikx

[Gabby Birenbaum @birenbomb]

NEW: Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina leads Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) outside the margin of error in a Tijerina internal poll in #TX28

🔴Tijerina: 42%
🔵Cuellar: 33%

Also of note, the district, which was Trump +10 in ‘24 and majority Latino, is tied in #TXSen and Abbott +8

[Jasper Scherer @jaspscherer]

From last night: @kaylaguo_’s writeup of Talarico & Hinojosa’s speeches, and the parallels btwn them, to close out the first full day of the Texas Dem Convention https://t.co/blMM1Sg9T9 #txsen #txgov

[Sam Habashy @HabashySam]

My first for @TexasTribune in D.C. More to come. Send me your thoughts [email protected].

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Sen. John Cornyn came out against top Texas Republicans’ efforts to close the state’s GOP primaries on Friday, saying requiring voters to register with a party would backfire on Republicans in the state. https://t.co/0ulxPerC4i

[IndyStar @indystar]

Here's the latest from the vice president's visit to Indy: https://t.co/uzMbfqhCK6

[Brittany Carloni @CarloniBrittany]

.@VP JD Vance is inside the Indiana Statehouse and on the way to meet with Gov. Braun

[Sam Habashy @HabashySam]

Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade heading east towards the Indiana State Library. Vance is set to meet with Governor Braun amid talks of redistricting Indiana’s congressional map.

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We tried 12 wild Indiana State Fair dishes and ranked them from worst to best https://t.co/lFrF22fiUs

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Indiana State Fair free concert lineup: Bill Murray, Babyface to perform. What else to expect https://t.co/Je22FmXFkG

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'It's in my DNA:' Indiana State Fair memories so strong you can smell the funnel cake https://t.co/040FRzFufI

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All-Star Bounce swarms downtown Indy with 2,500 kids ahead of 2025 WNBA All-Star Game https://t.co/RYbm99y1jx

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I took on the Indy Hoops Pass challenge. Here’s what I discovered about basketball in Indy https://t.co/abxX1mbU93

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On the map: the origins of Indiana's quirkiest town and city names https://t.co/vwRoUk6Jzw

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Tim Harmon, founder of Indianapolis's Teeny Statue of Liberty Museum, dies at 72 https://t.co/ZH7VMucwJX