Governor Greg Abbott announced that a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $15.2 million has been extended to Tekscend Photomask Round Rock Inc. to expand photomask production capacity at their manufacturing facility in Round Rock. The project is expected to create 50 jobs and represents more than $223 million in capital investment. Tekscend Photomask is a leading manufacturer of photomasks, essential components in semiconductor chip production.
Hichilema, a businessman who was elected in 2021 with 60% of the vote, has moved to restore confidence in the country. He has streamlined licensing, cut public employees, and paid off foreign debt. Most importantly, he reversed the expropriation of the copper mines that the previous government began. Zambia's economic growth hit 5.8% in 2025 and is projected to be even higher this year.
The PPTE would be a professional development program focused on giving NASA and industry professionals an opportunity to gain exposure and experience in a variety of subject and skill areas. Specifically, it would assign NASA employees into industry posts, as well as place industry professionals into positions at NASA. The exchanges would last between three months to two years with options to extend for an additional year.
Grant funds may be used only for costs associated with participating in the 287(g) agreement that are not reimbursed by the federal government. Authorized uses include compensation for personnel performing duties under the agreement; required reporting and administrative functions; equipment acquisition, repair or replacement; mandatory training; costs associated with confining inmates under the authority of the agreement; and other eligible expenses.
Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud? To understand what's going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic culture. Minnesota was settled largely by people of Scandinavian and German ancestry. In survey after survey, Minnesota has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 among states, often just behind neighboring and much smaller North Dakota, in social connectedness, civic participation, workforce participation and voter turnout. It has traditionally led the nation in levels of trust and conscientiousness.
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), John Kennedy (R-LA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced the Stop Fraud by Strengthening Oversight and More Accountability for Lying and Illegal Activity (Stop Fraud by SOMALIA) Act, which would strengthen penalties for child care providers who commit fraud and impose immigration consequences on fraudulent child care providers who are not U.S. citizens, making them inadmissible and deportable:
The company’s investment in Texas represents an investment over more than $500 million and the creation of more than 500 new jobs in the next five years. Texas-based CesiumAstro is a leader in connectivity solutions for the aviation, aerospace, and defense industries delivering end-to-end solutions encompassing satellites, high-performance communications payloads, and advanced computing systems.
To paraphrase Paul Newman in the movie “Cool Hand Luke”: “Sometimes doing nothing is a pretty cool hand.” Those are words the Trump White House should embrace. As we’ve correctly predicted many times on these pages: the economy is flying high right now. Three straight quarters of an average of near 4% growth. Inflation tumbling to 2.7%. Record high stock markets. Low and still falling gas prices. Real incomes exceeding inflation. Crime down. The budget deficit falling.
Remember the outrage from The Radical Left when Elon Musk & DOGE Inc. uncovered all the fraud and theft in the USAID Program? Billions of tax dollars were going to leftist causes after being laundered through so-called "non-profits." These “charities” were really just partisan slush funds for Liberals to use our tax dollars to advance a progressive agenda around the world. Well, much to everyone's surprise, now we find Democrats have Perfected the same scam in the domestic “charity” world too.
"As we approach the one-year anniversary of my daughter Katie’s Jan. 19th, 2025 death, Sanctuary City & Sanctuary State policies continue to cause death. My family and 1,000s of other Angel Families have become collateral damage to a reckless experiment of self-serving politicians. That's not compassion, it's exploitation," says Angel Father Joe Abraham. "We all share my daughter Katie’s legacy — and her death must still mean something."
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz & John Cornyn, along with a influential group of fellow Senators have introduced the "Stop Illegal Aliens Drunk Driving Act" to strengthen current immigration laws and ensure that illegal aliens who drive drunk and kill or seriously injure someone can be arrested, detained, and removed from the U.S. as aggravated felons. Additionally, the bill would permanently bar those found guilty from obtaining an immigration status, such as asylum, or from holding a Green Card.
In Minnesota, an individual attempted to run over an ICE Officer with her vehicle, leaving him no choice but to defend himself. This is what happens when radical Democrats — from governors in California and Minnesota to Senators like Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — spend years demonizing Law Enforcement and stoke hatred in their followers toward those who uphold the law. Democrats have gone on record dozens of times attacking ICE — and now are even trying to undermine our nation's respect for Law & Order.
Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott directed all of Texas' State Agencies to launch investigations into any potential child care funding fraud that might be taking place in Texas. Today, Gov. Abbott sent a letter to fellow Texan and U.S. Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Sect. Scott Turner volunteering the Lone Star State to participate in the HUD Pilot Program that seeks to eliminate fraud in federal affordable housing programs.
These are savage terrorists profiting from addiction, agony, and anarchy. They poison our towns with fentanyl, prey on desperate migrants, bully businesses, and breed fear and corruption everywhere. Rural Texas battles cartel chaos every day: stolen gear, smuggling trails ripping through private land, endless trespassers, and maxed-out law enforcement. This isn't some foreign headache—it's a full-on war on Texas and America.
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security is claiming that ICE and other Law Enforcement Agents are in more danger today than at any time in recent memory. They are cursed in vile ways, bottles and bricks are thrown at them, and demonstrators demand they remove face masks so they can be identified and doxxed. In Minneapolis, Portland, Oregon & Seattle, we have seen ICE trying to arrest and deport people with serious charges and convictions. And now those who are to "protect and serve" are the targets of organized demonstrators, many of whom are breaking the law.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today announced that $66,304,000 in federal funds, including U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, payment assistance to active duty military and military retirees, Internal Revenue Service tax refunds, Social Security checks, Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance, and more, were returned to Texas constituents in 2025 due to the efforts of his Constituent Services team.
Senators John Cornyn and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Ted Budd (R-NC), have introduced the "Fraud Accountability Act" which would explicitly add fraud as a deportable offense under the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA). The bill would also make clear that any person who commits a deportable offense, now explicitly including fraud, would be subject to denaturalization.
During his remarks, the Governor reminisced on his time growing up in East Texas as a Boy Scout exploring the majesty that Texas has to offer and learning how to care and respect the outdoors. Additionally, Governor Abbott thanked Texas voters and the legislature for creating the $1 billion Centennial Parks Fund so that every Texas family can have that same experience and make a connection to the outdoors and heritage of our great state.
