Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to expand on Texas’ controversial floating barrier during a Wednesday visit to the Rio Grande Valley.

So far in Fiscal Year 2026, the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector is leading the nation in arrests and encounters of ...

From El Paso to Boca Chica, the border is quiet. Illegal crossings have plunged. The editorial board outlines what ...

With 2025 behind us, The Texas Tribune’s politics team has compiled five of the top political stories we are watching in 2026 ...

Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday morning in the criminal trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer.

The Chinati Mountains State Natural Area encompasses 39,000 acres of pristine Chihuahuan Desert landscape. Marfa Public Radio ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A South Texas environmentalist who studies water quality in the Rio Grande says waterborne barriers and new border wall will hurt wildlife and the river’s flow. Elsa ...

Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller urges vigilance after a screwworm case is confirmed in northern Mexico, just 197 miles from ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Federal forces are installing hundreds of miles of concertina wire along the Southwest border with Mexico in a “historic” and major large scale operation announced ...

From legacy West Texas spreads to headline-grabbing properties near iconic landscapes, 2025 was a banner year for massive ...