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Politicians in the House Chamber during a special session at Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas

Texas House passes Trump-backed redistricting bill

The Texas legislature's lower chamber has passed a contentious new electoral map that aims to help Donald Trump's Republican Party retain its razor-thin US House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.

US • 21 Aug

Texas Capitol building in Austin, where a Texas flag and US flag fly.

Texas Democrats return amid push to redraw election map

Dozens of Democratic legislators who fled Texas to halt a redistricting drive have ended their two-week standoff, clearing the way for a new electoral map pushed by US President Donald Trump.

US • 18 Aug

Library book borrowed in 1943 returned to US library

A library book has been returned in the US nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from a library in Texas.

News Lens • 15 Aug

Two Democrats from Texas disembark a bus arriving in Illonis US

Democrats leave Texas in bid to block redistricting vote

Democratic politicians in Texas said they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts.

US • 04 Aug

US President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by First Lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott during a meeting with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025, following devastating flooding that ocurred in the area

Trump visits Texas flood zone, defends disaster response

US President Donald Trump has defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas as he visited the Hill Country region, where at least 120 people, including dozens of children, were killed.

US • 12 Jul

HUNT, TEXAS - JULY 6: Search and rescue workers search near debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas with

Texas floods: How climate and policy failures collided

"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say - a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies.

US • 08 Jul

INGRAM, TEXAS - JULY 7: Search and rescue crews continue to look for missing persons after devastating floods hit near the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas on July 7, 2025. The death toll from flash floods in the US state of Texas has risen to 91, with th

Texas floods death toll climbs to 108, more rain expected

A search operation continues in Texas following recent heavy floods, as hopes dimmed of finding any survivors among the dozens still missing from the disaster that has claimed over 100 lives, many of them children.

US • 08 Jul

Moises Sandoval Mendoza was the 13th inmate to be executed in the US so far this year

Texas man executed for woman's murder in 2004

A 41-year-old man has been executed in the US state of Texas for the murder of a young mother more than 20 years ago, the 13th execution in the country this year.

US • 24 Apr

Steven Nelson, pictured on 22 January, was put to death by lethal injection in Texas

Man convicted of pastor's murder executed in Texas

A man has been executed by lethal injection in the US state of Texas for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insisted he did not commit.

US • 06 Feb

Robert Roberson had been scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the February 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki (Credit Innocence Project)

Texas Supreme Court stops execution of man last minute

The Texas Supreme Court has issued a last-minute stay of execution to an autistic man whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."

US • 18 Oct 24

Four executions were carried out in the United States last week and one the week before, bringing the total this year to 18

Texas man executed for 1989 murders of twin sisters

A Texas man has been put to death by lethal injection for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials have said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.

US • 02 Oct 24

The shooting occurred at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas in 2022

Former Uvalde school police chief indicted over shooting

A grand jury in Uvalde, Texas, has indicted former school district police chief Pedro Arredondo over the police response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in which 19 students and two teachers were killed.

US • 28 Jun 24

Ramiro Gonzales, seen in an image from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, was convicted of the murder of 18-year-old Bridget Townsend

Convicted murderer executed in Texas

A US man has been executed in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman.

US • 27 Jun 24

The music and arts festival runs from 8 to 16 March, with a number of panel discussions being hosted (file image)

Martin reiterates 'utmost respect' for boycott of SXSW

Minister for Arts Catherine Martin has reiterated her "utmost respect" for the Irish musicians who boycotted the SXSW music festival in Texas in protest over its sponsorship by the US army.

Ireland • 13 Mar 24

Emergency services say the fire is 3% contained (Pics: Greenville Professional Firefighters Association)

Huge wildfire grows to become largest in history of Texas

A wildfire spreading across an area of Texas has become the largest in the US state's history, covering nearly 4,500 square kilometres of scorched rural lands and destroyed homes.

US • 01 Mar 24

Tesla CEO Elon Musk 56 billion pay packet was invalidated by a US judge earlier this week

Musk seeks Tesla shareholder vote on moving to Texas

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said today the company will hold a shareholder vote to transfer its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware, days after a judge invalidated his $56 billion pay package at the electric vehicle maker.

Business • 01 Feb 24

Brent Brewer was executed by lethal injection (File image)

Texas man executed after 32 years on death row

A Texas man who spent more than 30 years on death row for a murder he committed during a robbery when he was 19 has been executed.

US • 10 Nov 23

Jedidiah Murphy was executed at a prison in Huntsville, Texas (File image)

Texas executes man who killed woman in 2000 carjacking

The US state of Texas has executed by lethal injection a man sentenced to death for killing an elderly woman during a carjacking two decades ago, despite efforts by his lawyers to postpone the carrying out of his sentence.

US • 11 Oct 23

The Mount Carmel compound where the Branch Davidians lived

'They didn't wait' - 30 years on from Waco siege

A lawyer who got inside the Waco compound where cult leader David Koresh was holed up, recalls the events that led up to the bloody end of the 51-day siege in 1993.

US • 19 Apr 23

Groups are seeking preliminary order halting sales of mifepristone

Texas judge to consider banning abortion pill in US

A US judge in Texas is set to hear arguments in a bid by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the abortion pill mifepristone across the country, even in states where abortion is legal.

US • 15 Mar 23

Arthur Brown Jr died by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville (File image)

Texas executes man convicted of quadruple murder

A man convicted of a quadruple murder linked to drug trafficking more than 30 years ago has been executed in Texas.

US • 10 Mar 23

Fr Patrick Ryan from Doon, Co Limerick, was found dead in a hotel room in Odessa in December 1981

Texas inquiry into Irish priest's 1981 murder reopened

An investigation into the murder of an Irish priest in Texas more than 40 years ago has been reopened.

US • 09 Feb 23

Robert Fratta was put to death by lethal injection (File image)

Texas executes ex-police officer who had wife killed

A former US police officer convicted of hiring the hitman who killed his wife almost 30 years ago was executed after a last minute legal battle, Texas authorities said.

US • 11 Jan 23

Tracy Beatty was put to death by lethal injection (File image)

Texas executes man convicted of killing his mother

The US state of Texas executed a man convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago, officials said.

US • 10 Nov 22

The parents of the child were identified as the owners of the gun and the father was arrested and charged with making a firearm accessible to children (Stock image)

Four-year-old takes gun to school in Texas

A four-year-old in Texas has brought a loaded handgun to school, officials said, as the end of summer holidays in America reignites fears of school shootings.

US • 01 Sep 22