American Airlines cancels Boeing 737 MAX flights until early June

American Airlines is canceling Boeing 737 MAX flights until early June.  The Fort Worth-based airline said Tuesday the plane is off its schedules following last week’s recommendation from Boeing that all pilots get 737 MAX simulator training.  It’s not known when the federal government would allow 737 MAX flights to start again.  They were grounded […]

Court allowing Trump to continue with border wall construction

President Trump is celebrating a court ruling that will allow his administration to use Defense Department funds to continue building his border wall.  He tweeted the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling gives him the go ahead to build one of the largest sections of a desperately needed border wall.  The court granted a stay […]

Castro ‘proud’ of presidential run

Julian Castro says he’s proud of his presidential run.  The former San Antonio mayor pulled the plug last week after struggling for months with single-digit poll numbers.  In the early candidate debates, Castro supported decriminalization of illegal border crossings.  He failed to qualify for the two most recent debates.  Castro hasn’t yet said whether he’ll […]

Cruz says House hasn’t proved its case for impeaching President Trump

Texas Senator Ted Cruz says the case to impeach President Trump hasn’t been proved.  The Republican spoke Thursday morning on Fox and Friends and mocked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for saying she would wait until the Senate sets its rules for the trial before sending over the articles of impeachment, suggesting she wait until election […]

One dead in Texas from Listeria outbreak linked to hard-boiled eggs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of a listeria outbreak involving store-bought hard-boiled eggs.  Seven people in five states have gotten food poisoning so far, and one in Texas has died.  The CDC didn’t indicate where the Texas death took place.  The agency says the hard-boiled eggs were sold in plastic containers […]

Travel warnings issued for parts of Mexico, including Tamaulipas

The State Department is urging Americans to avoid traveling to certain parts of Mexico during the holidays due to violence and criminal activity.  The warning issued Tuesday includes the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which borders the Rio Grande Valley.  The State Department says crime and kidnapping are reasons to avoid traveling to the area.  The […]

Texas Democrat says Barack Obama “deserves cancer”

A far-left Texas congressional candidate is not backing down from tweets in which the stated that Barack Obama deserves worse than cancer.  Justin Lecea told reporters Monday that he stands by his comments made about the former president and added that all major political party leaders over the last 20 years should stand trial.  Lecea […]

Warren opens campaign office in Austin

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign now has an office in Austin.  The office in the capital city opened on Saturday, less than three months before the Texas Democratic primary.  The Massachusetts senator’s campaign has announced the hiring of more than two-dozen full-time senior staffers and organizers around Texas.  Warren has campaigned in Austin, Dallas […]

Sailor who killed two at Pearl Harbor buried in SA

The family of the sailor behind a deadly shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard earlier this month are saying the action was unlike him.  Military officials say 22-year-old Gabriel Romero killed two people and wounded a third before fatally shooting himself.  Romero was buried in a private ceremony in San Antonio on Monday, and […]

Cruz intends to “fully” follow impeachment oath

Senator Ted Cruz plans on being impartial during the expected Senate trial in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.  The Texas Republican told ABC’s This Week he intends to fully follow the impeachment oath.  Cruz said “this remains a political process,” adding the framers of the Constitution “knew what they were doing.”  The full […]