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  Ted Cruz’s Totally Real Plan to Pay for the Border Wall Is Back, Baby

  July 18 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has resurrected the only plan for paying for President Donald Trump's favorite pet project that's less likely to succeed than the president's own plan for paying for the scheme. Cruz, echoing the totally conceived-in-good-faith idea that first sprang from his mouth in 2017, thinks that Joaquín Guzmán...

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  After Years of Decline, International Grad Students Coming Back to North Texas Universities

  July 1 at 4 a.m.

  For the last two years, colleges and universities nationwide, including in North Texas, have seen fewer international students applying to graduate degree programs. But officials at some North Texas universities say they're seeing signs that international grad students are beginning to come back. Higher-education officials say a healthy population of international...

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  Affluenza Mom Tonya Couch’s Bail Revoked. Again.

  April 29 at 3:32 p.m.

  One of DFW's longest running true-crime soap operas took another turn Friday as Tarrant County authorities arrested Tonya Couch, the mother of "affluenza" drunk driver Ethan Couch, for yet another alleged bail violation. Couch is accused of failing a urinalysis, violating the portion of her bail agreement that requires that...

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  What Happened Before and What Happens After the ICE Raid in Allen?

  April 8 at 4 a.m.

  The headlines on reports about last week's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's raid on an electronic repairs plant in Allen were startling. In one day, ICE agents arrested 280 people at CVE Technology Group, making Wednesday's bust the biggest in a decade. Despite the scale of the operation, however, the way...

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  The Closer to Mexico that White People Get, the Better Their Manners Become

  February 27 at 4 a.m.

  This will be my second what-I-did-on-my-vacation column, and all I did was go down to the Rio Grande Valley for a week, so maybe that means I ought to go on more, better vacations? When I was down there, I swore I would tell somebody about one part of it...

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  Most Systems Are Go for DFW TSA, Despite Fed Shutdown

  January 7 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas' airports are feeling the effects of President Donald Trump's government shutdown but aren't likely to face any serious pain for another couple of weeks, Transportation Security Administration union officials say. Quoting unnamed local sources, CNN reported Friday afternoon that "call-outs" (sick days) by DFW Airport TSA agents are up...