Was an immigrant crossing genuine or staged?
Texas
Did CNN Air a Staged Migrant Crossing of the Rio Grande?
An unusual video has been flagged by activists as deliberately manufactured to present a story of a border crisis, possibly with the participation of the Border Patrol.
⏩ Dispatches From the Border: Behind the Scenes
Watch writing fellow Marcia Brown’s behind-the-scenes videos of her on-the-ground reporting at the Matamoros asylum camp.
The Crisis in State Governments Isn’t the Budgets, It’s the Governance
Statewide tax revenue paints a better-than-expected picture, but the political climate says something else.
The Final Day of the Matamoros Asylum Camp
The Biden administration has prioritized clearing out this tent camp of migrants, some of whom have waited years to enter the U.S.
The Quiet Winner of the Texas Energy Crisis
Macquarie, an Australian investment bank, is poised to profit heavily off Texas’s briefly surging energy prices during the snowstorm. The Biden infrastructure program could be its next conquest.
Freezing Texans: The Larger Lessons
The culprit is deregulation—not just in Texas and not just in electricity.
Frozen: Natural Disaster, Energy Choices, and Inhuman Responses in Texas
The Lone Star State is in free fall, pointing fingers everywhere else.
The Establishment Strikes Back
Henry Cuellar and centrist Democrats mutiny against progressives in a key committee fight.

