Last week, after Democrats forced the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Republicans stood firm, rejected Chuck Schumer’s demand for $1.5 trillion in wasteful far-left spending, and reopened the federal government. For 43 days, Democrats kept the government closed to use taxpayers as political leverage, draining tens of billions from our economy, disrupting thousands of flights, and leaving hardworking Americans without paychecks for more than a month.

Hallelujah, hallelujah – after 43 days of the Schumer Shutdown, the government is not finally open again. 43 days of parks and museums being closed, government services being highly limited, air traffic controllers, TSA agents, and other federal workers not being paid, and flights being delayed and canceled, is finally over after the Democrats decided to end their gigantic temper tantrum.

Governor Greg Abbott, U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan, National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) President Paul Perez, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin today served meals and thanked Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers (DPS) stationed on the border over Thanksgiving. 

"As the state’s CFO, my daily focus is on making Texas state government leaner and more efficient. Our office is auditing state agencies, rooting out waste and safeguarding the tax dollars entrusted to us by hardworking Texans. And when it comes to keeping government in check, I’ve always believed you start by limiting how much it can grow. That’s why I authored the strongest state spending limit in the nation — to make sure state government lives within its means, just like Texas families do."

At long last — an administration that actually believes America can do big things again. One that understands energy independence isn't a myth, a meme, or a climate-cult hallucination, but a real national security priority and an economic necessity. And unlike the previous crowd running the circus in Washington, this administration isn't trying to replace physics with feelings, or swap reliable power for a windmill and a wish.

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and their colleagues issued statements following Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the abduction of Pastor Ezra Jin and other leaders of the Zion Church and calling for their release. Companion legislation was introduced in the House by Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.-06).

Governor Greg Abbott announced that an NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) natural gas facility to be constructed at the existing NRG Cedar Bayou power production complex in Chambers County has been designated as a qualified project under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation (JETI) program. The new 721 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant represents an estimated $936 million in capital investment in Texas.

Harmony Public Schools-Central Texas is celebrating outstanding achievements as several of its campuses earned top rankings in the 2024–2025 Children at Risk Central Texas Area School Rankings. The annual report recognizes high-performing public and charter schools across the region for their excellence in student achievement, growth, and college readiness. This recognition highlights the school’s consistent excellence and dedication to serving students across multiple grade levels.

Well, that didn’t take long. Democrats won some liberal state races during the off-year elections one week – BUT, then less than a week later the Congressional Dems in the U.S. Senate completely collapsed on the shutdown under Chuck Schumer's "leadership." And I mean completely collapsed. It was an utter defeat and a huge humiliation – and a Democrat Civil War broke out afterward to boot.

“Texas is the financial services capital of America. With another financial exchange coming to Texas, Nasdaq Texas cements our state as a global economic leader and will grow our leading financial industries," said Gov. Greg Abbott while announcing that the Nasdaq Texas location will be aimed at expanding services all across the state. Texas now has the largest financial services workforce in the United States.

"Today I voted for a second time to fully fund the Federal Government's Operations – Congress’ core responsibility. This is a step in the right direction — and is critical to Military and VA projects in our District, as well as USDA priorities that will receive full-year funding,” said Cong. Tony Gonzales after voting to reopen the Federal Government in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

When a School District in Texas begins to decline or fail to maintain a standard of Hope & Inspiration, students from the brightest to its most vulnerable suffer and are impacted. In public education, the measure of success isn’t found in Slogans or Strategic Plans, but in how a district treats its students at the margins – the children who need the most help, and those who need the most challenge. By that standard, Leander ISD is failing both.

Affordability. It's all of a sudden the word that's on everybody's lips. Ever since self-described Socialist-Democrat Zohran Mamdani became the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral election by saying the word with talismanic regularity, we've been told that the key to modern politics is the word's repetition. There is in the end, however, only one way to make things more "affordable". And there are only two ways to reduce prices: reduce demand, or increase supply.

By definition – and by all procedural realities – the side that votes not to keep government open is the one that is "shutting down" government. This is not complicated. On the other hand, a vote to fund and keep government operating is, yes, a vote to fund and keep government "open." Every Republican in the House & Senate voted to "keep government open." The votes against the funding all came from Democrats. So now that the government shutdown's almost over, can we stop pretending it was a Republican shutdown?

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement about Senate passage of the House version of the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (MEDAL) Act, legislation which he drafted and will now pass into law. The act was unanimously passed by the Senate had previously been passed unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives It will increase the monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients to $67,500 annually.

"We must determine whether American ranchers and consumers are being squeezed while these massive corporations' profit through price manipulation and collusion. I applaud the President’s bold leadership and urge the Department of Justice to expedite this investigation. If it is found that these companies are exploiting our ranchers, harming consumers, and undermining our food security, they must be held accountable.”

Democrats are the evil party – but that doesn’t mean they’re stupid. In fact, I often have to remind people that they are evil, not stupid, to explain why they do the things they do. It explains why, after more than 6 weeks, they suddenly decided to vote to reopen the government. It wasn’t because they felt people were suffering – you don’t subscribe to a political philosophy responsible for 100 million deaths in the last century if you have concern over suffering – but because it was electoral politics, plain and simple.

Apparently restrooms on Capitol Hill and in the nation’s National Parks will soon be open again. And according some members of the U.S. House, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer needs to be one of the first things flushed after Senate Democrats folded like a cheap lawn chair after 6 weeks of posturing —without President Trump or Congressional Republicans giving Schumer anything close to a win. This is what capitulation looks like, and 'The Left" is coming unglued.