Texas, Donald Trump and Republicans
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Cornyn may be facing his toughest Senate re-election fight yet in a primary against state Attorney General Ken Paxton — and the field could continue to grow.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell sued the Trump administration on July 16 to stop the termination of a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at protecting communities against natural disasters through infrastructure upgrade projects.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) warned on Tuesday that “two can play that game” after President Trump said he’s vying to pick up five House seats in Texas during a mid-cycle redistricting. “Trump
President Trump has not talked about eliminating FEMA as the emergency response agency helps with recovery efforts from the Texas floods.
U.S. President Donald Trump actually sent 700 U.S. Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles in June 2025 — alongside 4,000 National Guard troops.
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Trump called on Texas Republicans to gerrymander their districts. Senate Republicans rallied behind turning DOGE cuts into law. This week: The Senate appears likely to approve almost $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting after removing from the package cuts to an HIV/AIDS program.
If Texas gerrymanders its House seats to boost Republicans, Newsom threatens to do the same for Democrats. But it's not in the governor's power after voters created a nonpartisan commission.
Trump never said the above words. We found no evidence in his public statements, interviews or on his social media posts about the Texas floods that he hoped immigrants had died in the flooding. The above video and voice-over is likely AI-generated. As such, we rate this claim as false.