Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation was once run by President Donald Trump's pick for agriculture secretary, and another former CEO helped author Project 2025.
Beainy was born in Boston and moved to Lebanon when he was 6. He and his family returned to the U.S. in 2019, according to a 2022 article by the Houston Chronicle. One year after moving to the U.S., he opened Trump Burger, in part because he thought Trump improved the economy.
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Texans are already bracing for big impacts in a state that the returning president has long admired.
In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who had been serving two life sentences plus 40 years for enabling the illegal trade of drugs and other illicit goods. People using his site traded in bitcoin to avoid detection.
President Donald Trump was speaking to his supporters about the border after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. The president was talking about Texas' handling of the border when he realized Texas Governor Greg Abbott was in the crowd.
President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion Stargate Project in Texas to advance AI research, starting with a data center in Abilene.
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders following his inauguration on Monday, including a freeze on hiring federal workers except for positions related to immigration
Stargate's first data center campus, located in Abilene, will be about 875 acres, but only says it will create at least 57 jobs.
About 130 people gathered at the headquarters of the conservative, Austin-based think tank Monday to watch Trump get sworn in for his second term. Wearing Trump scarves and “Make America Great Again” hats, they cheered when Trump stated, “The golden age of America begins right now,” during his inauguration speech.
Austin leaders say they must find new ways to support immigrants or wait to observe new actions after the federal government ended sanctuary status.