Defend Texas Liberty promised big primary spending. Then its leader met with an Adolf Hitler fan.
The Defend Texas Liberty PAC gave just $10,000 in the last two months of 2023 and received no new money from its billionaire funders.
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Man pleads guilty to multiple counts in tractor-trailer smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people
SAN ANTONIO – A 31-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to his involvement in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022. Riley Covarrubias-Ponce aka Rrili aka Rilay pleaded guilty to four charges, including one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death; one count of conspiracy to … Read more
‘The response…was a failure’ | DOJ details ‘painful lessons’ learned from law enforcement reaction to Uvalde school shooting
The Justice Department’s investigation involved interviews with more than 200 individuals and the analysis of more than 14,000 pieces of evidence as of spring 2023. UVALDE, Texas — A federal report into the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde found multiple failures of law enforcement and concluded the massacre … Read more
Spurs’ Popovich comments on the passing of Dejan Milojevic
Milojevic spent time with the Spurs in 2017. SAN ANTONIO — The basketball world was stunned to hear the sad news of the passing of Warriors assistant coach, Dejan Milojevic. Milojevic, 46 years old, suffered a sudden heart attack at a team dinner in Utah Tuesday night and the NBA ultimately postponed Golden State’s matchup … Read more
Timeline of Uvalde massacre provides details about police response
UVALDE, Texas – A report, published by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center in 2022 provided minute-to-minute details about the May 24 Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. The timeline is similar to the timeline provided by Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw several days after the mass shooting but gives … Read more
WATCH LIVE: Jilson Avelar-Rodriguez capital murder trial, Day 3
SAN ANTONIO – The capital murder trial of Jilson Avelar-Rodriguez is scheduled to resume at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Avelar-Rodriguez is accused in the fatal shooting of Nicholas “Trey” Milanovich, 23, and Julia Wright, 21, on Sept. 30, 2018. Police at the time called a very bloody scene. Wright was found outside an apartment in the … Read more
Dominican authorities arrest US rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine on domestic violence charges
SANTO DOMINGO – Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested U.S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, who is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday on charges of domestic violence. The rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernández, is being held at a jail in the capital of Santo Domingo, where he was arrested Wednesday, officials said. … Read more