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On Tuesday President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate, praising him as a "strong America First conservative" and a loyal supporter of his political movement.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said he had "known Ken well" and described him as a "winner" who has been tested at the highest levels of politics. He also highlighted Paxton's support for key GOP priorities, including efforts to end the Senate filibuster, expand domestic energy production, strengthen border security, and advance conservative education and tax policies.
Trump contrasted Paxton with incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, saying he had worked with Cornyn but arguing the senator had not been sufficiently supportive during key political battles.
"John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough," Trump declared. "John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination."

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William Davis, a defensive back for Sam Houston State University, died Saturday, the school confirmed to Chron. Davis' cause of death was not announced as of Sunday evening.
Davis, 22, starred in three seasons with Virginia Union from 2022-24, a Division II HBCU program. He earned all-conference honors in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in 2024, a year in which he tallied 56 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, and one sack.
Sam Houston felt like home from the moment I first set foot on campus," Davis said in February after his commitment to SHSU. "As a Virginia kid that had played every snap of football in my life within driving distance of home, it was important to me that I'd play somewhere where I fit seamlessly into the culture if I was going to be so distant geographically.

On Friday afternoon the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announced an investigation into Houston ISD, alleging the district's concentration of special education services and silo-ing of special needs students constitutes a potential breach of federal law.
"Public schools are required – to the maximum extent appropriate – to ensure that children with disabilities are educated alongside their nondisabled peers and to follow specific procedures when making placement decisions about how and where children with disabilities are educated," the department stated in a release.

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A Houston doctor who became one of the country's most controversial voices during the COVID-19 pandemic is now offering to sell ivermectin directly to Texans—while again promoting the drug for use against another viral illness—hantavirus.
Mary Bowden shared the post on X Thursday morning, saying she would exclusively sell the ivermectin to Texans for 100 tablets, 12 mg and 18 mg at $85 and $110, respectively.
The announcement came just a day after Bowden shared on X that she believed ivermectin "should work" against hantavirus, a rare but potentially deadly disease that has recently resurfaced in public conversation following a cruise ship outbreak.