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As COVID Surges Again, Experts Forecast Hundreds Of Thousands More US Deaths
By Josh Kovensky
07.08.20 | 10:31 am
HOUSTON, TEXAS - November 1, 2017: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner at Houston City Hall. (Photo by Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Washington Post) HOUSTON, TEXAS - November 1, 2017: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner at Houston City Hall. (Photo by Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Washington Post)
Texas Mayors Hit Back At Trump’s Claim That 99% Of COVID-19 Cases Are ‘Harmless’
By Summer Concepcion
07.05.20 | 5:29 pm
During a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds a new executive order stating travel by road from any location in the state of Louisiana into Texas will require 14-day self quarantine, Sunday, March 29, 2020.  He also announced the US Army Corps of Engineers and the state are putting up a 250-bed field hospital at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas The space can expand to nearly 1,400 beds. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/Pool) During a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds a new executive order stating travel by road from any location in the state of Louisiana into Texas will require 14-day self quarantine, Sunday, March 29, 2020.  He also announced the US Army Corps of Engineers and the state are putting up a 250-bed field hospital at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas The space can expand to nearly 1,400 beds. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/Pool)
In Whiplash-Inducing Reversal, Abbott Requires Masks In COVID-Ravaged Texas
By Matt Shuham
07.02.20 | 5:02 pm
As TX Spike Grows Dire, Gohmert Says He Won’t Wear A Mask Unless He Gets COVID
By Nicole LaFond
06.27.20 | 1:00 pm
CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2013/06/01: Supreme Court Building, eastern facade. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2013/06/01: Supreme Court Building, eastern facade. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
SCOTUS Rebuffs Dems’ Request To Expand TX Absentee Voting Ahead Of July Primary
By Tierney Sneed
06.26.20 | 4:59 pm
HHS Forced To Keep Texas COVID Testing Sites Open Following Public Outcry
By Josh Kovensky
06.26.20 | 2:37 pm
As Texas Cases Spike, Feds Will Pull Support From Major Local Testing Sites
Local officials are bracing for the feds' withdrawal on June 30
By Matt Shuham
06.26.20 | 11:15 am
Abbott Reverses Reopening As COVID-19 Surges In Texas
By Paul J. Weber
06.26.20 | 10:18 am
DALLAS, March 22, 2020 . Medical workers work at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Dallas, Texas, the United States, March 21, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 20,000 as of 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Saturday ,1730 GMT, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering ,CSSE, at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua via Getty) DALLAS, March 22, 2020 . Medical workers work at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Dallas, Texas, the United States, March 21, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 20,000 as of 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Saturday ,1730 GMT, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering ,CSSE, at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua via Getty)
For States, Fed Support For Testing Came With A Demand: No Extensions
By Josh Kovensky
06.25.20 | 6:14 pm
READ: Cruz, Cornyn Demand Trump Admin Keep Supporting TX Testing Sites
By Josh Kovensky and Kate Riga
06.25.20 | 3:41 pm
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