Jasmine Aguilera

“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...

A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said. w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org

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A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national

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The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.

Immigration judges with prior immigrant defense work make up the largest share of those fired by the Trump admin. NPR identified 70 fired immigration judges. The changes have at least shifted perception of fairness in these courts

My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...

What are the 17 Texas propositions on the November ballot? A majority of the proposed constitutional amendments address tax cuts for homeowners and businesses.

🗳️ Texas voters will get the final say Tuesday on 17 constitutional amendments, usually listed as statewide propositions at the top of the ballot.

Here’s a guide that breaks down the proposed measures.

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there's something heartening to me here that despite how much people claim the press doesn't matter, people in charge really don't want you to know about what they're up to

This Texas town probably grew your Halloween pumpkin In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.

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Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a...

IMPACT: Citing a ProPublica investigation, senators propose sweeping changes to generic drug oversight

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Hugely important story by my colleague Nicole Foy who found more than 170 cases US citizens being arrested by immigration agents. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned but read about these cases and judge for yourself... www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Trump Administration Embraces Word Used By White Nationalists "Is the English language too difficult for you?” said a Homeland Security official to TIME when asked its use of the word "remigrate"

A TIME reporter asked a Homeland Security spokesperson about the agency's tweet of the word "remigrate," a word embraced by white nationalists

The spokesperson responded in an email, “Is the English language too difficult for you?” followed by the dictionary definition of the word “remigrate.”

A Year Before Trump’s Crime Rhetoric, Dallas Voted to Increase Police. The City Is Wrestling With the Consequences. Leaders at Dallas HERO argued the city was descending into anarchy despite falling violent crime rates. Residents, including some law enforcement officials and at least one prominent Trump supporter, ...

A year before President Trump said crime was out of control in big cities, conservatives in Dallas, Texas, used similar rhetoric and convinced voters to approve a ballot measure calling for more police. From our partners at @wfaach8.bsky.social

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While praising Charlie Kirk’s commitment to free speech, Texas leaders move to punish students celebrating his death Gov. Greg Abbott called for a student to be expelled for celebrating Kirk’s death. Legal experts say the student’s speech is likely constitutionally protected.

While praising Charlie Kirk’s commitment to free speech, Texas leaders move to punish students celebrating his death www.texastribune.org/2025/09/22/t... via @texastribune.org

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The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy The administration has been testing a strategy of using the courts as leverage to force political outcomes. In Texas, the state’s leaders and conservative activists have been willing, if not eager,…

Texas AG Ken Paxton and Trump’s DOJ have moved to a “new level” of using the courts to change policy, said one legal expert.

Paxton is working to “challenge Texas’ own laws. There are no statutes that allow, or even anticipate, this behavior.”

Reporter Bob Garrett holds up a piece of paper that reads: AMA about how the Trump administration and Texas leaders are using courts to sidestep lawmakers. r/Texas Sept 18 @ 2 p.m. CT. u/texastribune

TODAY at 2 p.m. CT, ProPublica and @texastribune.org contributor Bob Garrett will be hosting an AMA on r/Texas about this legal strategy.

📌 Drop questions here: www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...

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Thanks for this question! I really encourage you to ask Bob during the AMA tomorrow. He'll be posting responses here:
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ProPublica and Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Divorce Records A group of eight state and national media organizations are arguing that the records are of public interest, especially in light of Paxton’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat.

NEW: ProPublica and seven other news organizations — including @kutnews.bsky.social and @texastribune.org — are arguing that the records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce case are of the public interest, especially in light of his bid for a U.S. Senate seat.

So excited to be working behind the scenes on this AMA. Check out this story by Bob Garrett, Texas veteran reporter, and ask him anything you want about it!
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The Ancil Payne Reporting Fellowship at @propublica.org is open for applications. The two-year fellow will report on the many federal agencies that have been pulled into immigration enforcement. The role is based in DC.
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