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Border Patrol made 98,708 southwest border apprehensions in fiscal 2026, a record low, nearly half in Texas sectors. Washington's $7.5 billion repayment to Texas had not been transferred.
Observers rated Iceland's EU referendum very well run but found not every voter had to show ID. Iceland's law allows other means; Texas requires one of seven photo IDs.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Washington's 1868 ban on home distilling stands, after a Texas-based hobby distillers group won in a Texas federal court and at the Fifth Circuit.
Alberta's independence option lost about 76 to 24 percent. It started behind, was outworked late, and let the vote become a question about Washington instead of Alberta.
Washington spent $1.99 trillion more than it took in during fiscal 2026, the third-largest deficit on record. Texas law forbids its own budget from doing the same.
Texas added 154,300 jobs in the year through September, all of it and more from private employers, while government payrolls fell by 6,100.
The new White House press secretary once said Washington should take over California and suspend habeas corpus. Lincoln showed where that power goes.
Minutes of the Fed's September meeting show most officials expect another rate increase by year end. Texas local governments owe $368.30 billion, with $63.71 billion more approved by voters.
Contributors with out-of-state addresses supplied 20.8 percent of the $886.0 million in Texas state politics this cycle, up from 19.8 percent in August, whoboughttexas.com data show.
Boulder's lawyer told the Supreme Court nothing in its theory stops climate suits against retailers. Texas, home to ExxonMobil and 42 percent of U.S. oil output, backs the producers.
The 30-year Treasury yield closed at 5.66% on October 5, its highest since July 2001, even after Treasury tripled the size of its long-bond buybacks.
The Texians who declared independence in 1836 passed judgment on the people who acquiesced in the destruction of their liberty. Their standard still applies, and it starts with each of us.
Treasury data show the federal debt stood at $40.17 trillion when fiscal 2026 closed on September 30, up $2.53 trillion, or 6.7 percent, in a year.
