Texas

TL/DR - Around one-third of immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the U.S. are uninsured, as per the Department of Health and Human Services. DACA recipient Andrea Rathbone Ramos shared her past experience of being uninsured, which led to untreated health problems, but now has insurance through school and…

TL/DR - Congress has sharply contrasting views on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) handling of an $80 billion investment, with Republicans accusing the agency of wasteful spending and Democrats praising its progress. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified that the investment, part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is crucial in efforts to…

TL/DR - Presidential candidate for 2024, Nikki Haley, has retracted a previous statement suggesting that Texas could secede from the United States. She clarified her stance during a conversation with CNN's Dana Bash, stating that the Constitution does not permit states to break away from the union. Haley's clarification follows her initial…

TL/DR - Kate Cox, a 31-year-old Texas woman, sought a legal medical exemption for an abortion after being informed that her baby suffered from trisomy 18, a chromosomal disorder that often results in stillbirth or early infant death. After Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that Cox could terminate her pregnancy, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily…