Texas

Why is Karl Rove supporting a progressive Jewish candidate in Texas?

What did the only Jew serving in the Texas state house do to earn this distinction? It’s more about what he didn’t do: run for statewide office with a record of spewing racially charged comments.

Then-Tarrant County Republican Party Chair Bo French speaks at a rally on April 15, 2025, in Mansfield, Texas.
In an aerial view, the Stargate Oracle AI data center campus is seen on August 26, 2026 in Abilene, Texas. The Stargate Oracle AI data center will span roughly 4 million square feet and will be operated by Oracle for OpenAI.

Texas Gov. Abbott freezes environmental permits for AI data centers in expanding state power audit

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks on stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 10, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach Holocaust books

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025

Netanyahu to visit Texas during upcoming US trip for UN General Assembly


Israeli-American 'ShamWow' infomercial icon seeks Texas Republican Congress seat

Shlomi, 61, is an Israeli-American who gained prominence for his role in a popular infomercial in the United States for the cleaning tool, the “ShamWow” towel. 

Vince Offer attends the Hollywood Domino & Bovet 1822's 8th Annual Pre-Oscar Hollywood Domino Gala & Tournament at Sunset Tower Hotel on February 19, 2015 in West Hollywood, California.

Texan men plan invasion of island off coast of Haiti with an army of DC's homeless

The men planned to invade an island off the coast of Haiti with an “army of homeless mercenaries,” murdering the men on the island, and using the women and children as sex slaves.

Photo of Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20.

Donald Trump to designate Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organization - report

According to Just the News, Trump had been planning the move since his first term as president.

US President Donald Trump looks on as he walks to board Marine One to depart for Joint Base Andrews, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 22, 2025

Texas governor designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood criminal, terrorist groups

Texas Governor Greg Abbott labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR terrorist and criminal groups, citing alleged Hamas ties and national security concerns.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference to address the plan to deal with a New World screwworm problem, in Austin, Texas, US, August 15, 2025.

Texas man charged with making antisemitic death threats to Jewish conservative pundits

A Texas man faces four counts each of making a written threat to commit a mass shooting/terrorism and extortion after allegedly posting threats against Jewish commentators and Seth Dillon.

Nicholas Ray Lyn was arrested in Texas for allegedly making antisemitic death threats to conservative activists.

Judaism with a twang: Texan Joe Buchanan finds the common themes binding country music and Torah

To Buchanan, country music and the Torah have a lot in common – the sin, the redemption, the deception, and the heartbreak.

JOE BUCHANAN, flanked by Israeli and American flags, in his home musical workshop in Houston, Texas.

'Let the fireworks begin': Quran-burning Texas politician looks on as IDF strikes in Gaza

In a Monday post on X/Twitter, Valentina Gomez, a Republican vying for Texas's 31st Congressional District, posed at the Gaza border with popcorn and filmed blasts inside the enclave.

Valentina Gomez visits the Kotel plaza in Jerusalem's Old City, October 20, 2025.

Texas school district bans Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’

The decision came after the school district used artificial intelligence to detect 'DEI content' that was forbidden from classroom content.

Jane Yolen and her most famous book, "The Devil's Arithmetic."

Texas woman sentenced to five years for attempted drowning of Muslim child

Judge Andy Porter sentenced Elizabeth Wolf, 43, after she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and injury to a child.

Elizabeth Wolf, accused of the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl, poses for an undated police booking photograph in the Dallas suburb of Euless, Texas.

One killed in shooting at ICE office, suspect's rounds had anti-ICE messages, officials say

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in an X/Twitter post that there were multiple injuries and fatalities and that the shooter was deceased by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent prepares to arrest alleged undocumented immigrants in Salem, Mass., June 19, 2018.