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# Texas **Texas** (/ˈtɛksəs/) is a state in the South Central region of the United States. It is the second-largest U.S. state by both land area and population. Known as the "Lone Star State," it possesses a diverse geography and a major maritime presence. ## Geography and Borders Texas is characterized by its vast territory and various regional borders: * **North:** Oklahoma * **Northeast:** Arkansas * **East:** Louisiana * **West:** New Mexico * **Southeast:** The Gulf of Mexico (coastline) * **South and Southwest:** An international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. ## Demographics Texas holds the distinction of being the most populous state in the Southern United States and the second-most populous in the nation. It serves as a major economic and cultural hub within the South Central region.

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Microsoft is taking over a data center construction project in Texas after OpenAI declined to pursue it, in a move that will make the two companies ne...
🇺🇸 Rex Maurer defends title in 400 IM at the NCAA swimming championships, and Texas leads after Day 2 (2026-03-27)
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🇺🇸 Worker sues Valero over Texas refinery explosion (2026-03-26)
🇺🇸 Rising fuel costs hit Texas farmers (2026-03-25)
The impacts from the Iran war have trickled down to consumers. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen spoke with farmers in Texas who are impacted by risi...
🇺🇸 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Ranking the Sweet 16 Matchups (2026-03-24)
FOX Sports' Casey Jacobsen ranks the Sweet 16 matchups in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament....
🇺🇸 Explosion rocks Texas oil refinery (2026-03-24)
A fire at Valero's largest oil refinery in Texas was put out on Tuesday after an explosion prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area...
🇺🇸 Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children (2026-03-24)
Citing gridlock in Washington, President Trump’s top immigration adviser encouraged Texas lawmakers to lead on conservative priorities....
🇺🇸 Large blast at Valero oil refinery in Texas sends smoke, flames into the air (2026-03-24)
A large explosion at a Valero oil refinery near the Texas Gulf coast shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced some nearby residents to shelter in ...
🇺🇸 Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur hit by fire after massive explosion- reports (2026-03-24)
🇺🇸 Elon Musk says he'll manufacture chips in Texas (2026-03-23)
Elon Musk says he will make chips in the U.S. for use in Teslas and robots. Reuters global aerospace editor Joe Brock joins to discuss....
🇺🇸 Supreme Court rejects appeal from online citizen journalist over her arrest in Texas (2026-03-23)
The justices left in place a divided federal appeals court ruling that found journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca, could not ...
🇺🇸 Ms. Rachel Advocates For Closure Of ICE Detention Center In Texas Holding Kids: “We’re Trying To Get A Child Out Of Jail To Do A Spelling Bee” (2026-03-23)
Rachel Accurso, best known as Ms. Rachel on YouTube, is using her voice to advocate for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Tex...
🇺🇸 Supreme Court rejects appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed (2026-03-23)
The justices left in place a ruling against Reed from the federal appeals court in New Orleans for the second time in less than three years....
🇺🇸 Supreme Court declines to review press freedom case (2026-03-23)
At issue was the 2017 arrest in Texas of a journalist who published news stories about a border agent's public suicide and a car crash....
🇺🇸 Supreme Court rejects citizen journalist's case against Texas officials who arrested her for reporting (2026-03-23)
The Supreme Court rejected an attempt by citizen journalist Priscilla Villarreal to revive her civil rights claim against Laredo, Texas, officials....
🇺🇸 Supreme Court won’t hear Texas death row inmate’s bid for DNA testing again (2026-03-23)
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s fight for DNA testing nearly three years after allowing his bid t...
🇺🇸 Booker's March Madness moment is career high 40 as No. 1 Texas rolls over Oregon 100-58 to Sweet 16 (2026-03-23)
Madison Booker scored a career-high 40 points in a dazzling display of shot making, and No. 1 Texas rolled past No. 8 Oregon 100-58 Sunday in the seco...
🇺🇸 Meteor spotted streaking above Texas (2026-03-22)
A bright fireball that was spotted Saturday afternoon in the skies over Texas was confirmed to be a meteor that likely broke apart over the Houston ar...
🇺🇸 Meteor spotted streaking above Texas responsible for sonic booms, NASA says (2026-03-22)
A bright fireball that was spotted Saturday afternoon in the skies over southeastern Texas was confirmed to be a meteor that likely broke apart over t...
🇺🇸 Videos capture meteor above southeastern Texas (2026-03-22)
A fireball spotted in the skies over southeastern Texas was confirmed to be a meteor, according to NASA. Several residents in the Greater Houston area...
🇺🇸 Trump, GOP intensify attacks on Democrat Talarico as he seeks to end party's losing streak in Texas (2026-03-22)
President Trump took aim Sunday at Texas state Rep. James Talarico, calling the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee a guaranteed loser in November....
🇺🇸 Nature: Spring in Mason County, Texas (2026-03-22)
We leave you this first Sunday of spring surrounded by wildflowers and songbirds in Mason County, Texas. Videographer: Scot Miller....
🇬🇧 Seven-year-old Canadian girl with autism and mother detained by ICE in Texas (2026-03-20)
Mother and child held in notorious Rio Grande Valley detention centre despite presenting visa, family saysA Canadian mother and her seven-ye...
🇺🇸 RV fire sets off fireworks explosions in Texas (2026-03-20)
RV fire sets off fireworks explosions in Texas...
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🇺🇸 Key deadline in Texas Senate race passes without Trump endorsement (2026-03-18)
Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will officially both be in the ballot for the May 26 GOP runoff, as Tue...
🇺🇸 As Trump keeps Texas guessing, neither Cornyn nor Paxton backs down from Republican Senate runoff (2026-03-17)
President Donald Trump has said he plans to endorse one of the candidates in the Republican Senate runoff in Texas, but Tuesday is the last chance for...
🇺🇸 NC State takes on Texas in First 4 matchup (2026-03-16)
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🇺🇸 Women's NCAA field to be revealed with UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina potential No. 1s (2026-03-15)
UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are projected No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament when the bracket is announced Sunday night...
🇺🇸 Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home (2026-03-15)
Armadillos are making North Carolina their home. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with wildlife biologist Colleen Olfenbuttel about how Texas' sta...
🇺🇸 In Texas, an Unyielding Gun Culture Jumps Off YouTube and Into Politics (2026-03-15)
Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate for Congress, built a large online fan base as a “guntuber.”...
🇺🇸 Texas, Florida face pushback over efforts to exclude Islamic schools from school voucher programs (2026-03-15)
Texas and Florida are facing criticism and potential legal challenges over moves to exclude Islamic schools from their school voucher programs. Both...
🇺🇸 Texas bans intoxicating hemp flower effective March 31 (2026-03-14)
The Texas Department of State Health Services has finalized new rules that will ban intoxicating smokable hemp, increase licensing fees for hemp store...
🇺🇸 Pregnant migrant girls held at Texas center criticized for inadequate care (2026-03-13)
Since July, the Trump administration has been sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelt...
🇬🇧 Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas (2026-03-13)
Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters<u...
🇺🇸 Senate Democrat calls for investigation into Texas drone incidents (2026-03-13)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), the ranking member on the Senate’s Aviation Subcommittee, is calling for an investigation into the government’s use of ...
🇺🇸 Fat Joe joins artists petitioning a halt to James Broadnax's execution in Texas (2026-03-13)
Musician and activist Fat Joe is joining Killer Mike, Young Thug and other artists as they seek a halt to James Broadnax's execution in Texas. Broadna...
🇺🇸 Texas prepares for SXSW 2026 (2026-03-13)
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson joins CBS News 24/7 Mornings with the latest details on preparations for SXSW 2026....
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🇺🇸 Texas Woman Found Innocent After 22 Years in Prison Faces Deportation Threat (2026-03-11)
Carmen Mejia was cleared of murder this week in connection with the death of a baby in her care, who was scalded by hot water in 2003 in Austin, Texas...
🇺🇸 AP College Basketball Players of the Week: Duke's Boozer, Texas' Booker (2026-03-10)
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🇺🇸 Primary turnout shows Democrats can win in November — even in Texas (2026-03-10)
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🇺🇸 The May shootout at the Texas corral: RINO meets MAGA (2026-03-10)
Texas could, quite surprisingly, be the deciding state in the Democrats’ quest for Senate control....
🇬🇧 Texas welder called ‘highway hero’ for stopping unconscious driver (2026-03-10)
Rene Villarreal-Albe averted possible crash by pulling truck up to car and halting it as driver faced medical episodeA <a href="https://www....
🇬🇧 Teens in Texas mariachi band released from ICE detention after bipartisan backlash (2026-03-10)
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🇺🇸 AP Top 25: No. 2 UCLA Ends UConn's Run as Unanimous No. 1; Texas Up to No. 3 (2026-03-09)
No. 2 UCLA has closed the gap on top-ranked UConn in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. See who else made the list....
🇺🇸 Hip-Hop Icons Tell Justices That Texas Turned Rap Lyrics Into a Death Warrant (2026-03-09)
Killer Mike, Travis Scott, T.I. and other artists said James Broadnax was sent to death row in Texas based partly on his artistic expression....
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Executing someone in Andre Thomas’s condition would be indecent and inhumane....
🇺🇸 Talarico turns toward general as Texas GOP Senate primary heads to runoff (2026-03-08)
Democrat James Talarico is now staring down the challenge of a tough general election against a still-undecided Republican rival after emerging victor...
🇺🇸 ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community (2026-03-08)
Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation....
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Nijel Pack scored 23 points, Xzayvier Brown added 21 points, and Oklahoma beat Texas 88-85 in overtime in the final regular season game of the season ...
🇺🇸 State of Texas: Trump endorsement could decide Senate runoff between Cornyn and Paxton (2026-03-08)
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🇬🇧 Texas fracker turned escort says repression allowed business to flourish (2026-03-07)
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🇺🇸 No. 4 Texas rolls into SEC Tournament semifinals with 83-60 win over Alabama (2026-03-07)
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🇺🇸 Oracle and OpenAI scrap deal to expand flagship Texas data centre (2026-03-06)
Meta in talks to take up additional computing capacity that the ChatGPT maker will not take up...
🇺🇸 Donald Trump Jr. boosts Paxton's SAVE Act push (2026-03-06)
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Trump, celebrated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) support for the Safeguard American Voter Eligi...
🇬🇧 ‘Abject cruelty’: review of 911 calls from Texas ICE detention facility reveals disturbing conditions (2026-03-06)
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🇺🇸 The stars align for Democrats in Texas. Trump is helping them (2026-03-06)
By failing to swiftly endorse for Senate, the president is setting up the two remaining Republican primary candidates for a fight that hurts the GOP....
🇺🇸 GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas ends reelection bid after admitting to affair with aide (2026-03-06)
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas said late Thursday he was withdrawing from his reelection race, after having admitted an affair with a former s...
🇺🇸 Texas Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election (2026-03-06)
Several House members had called for Tony Gonzales to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself....
🇺🇸 Texas lieutenant gov rips Hunt for entering Senate race: 'He had no business' (2026-03-05)
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Thursday slammed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) for entering the GOP Senate primary in the Lone Star State. “Wesley Hunt...
🇺🇸 Man Killed After Fleeing Texas Border Patrol Checkpoint, Police Say (2026-03-05)
The man fired shots at law enforcement and civilian vehicles before he was killed during a pursuit along Interstate 10 in West Texas....
🇺🇸 Gonzales admits to having an affair, calls it a 'mistake' and 'lapse of judgment' (2026-03-05)
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) admitted to having an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire last year. Go...
🇺🇸 Crockett says election results delayed in Dallas County (2026-03-04)
Crockett says election results delayed in Dallas County...
🇺🇸 Incumbents under pressure as House members faces restless voters in primaries (2026-03-04)
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🇺🇸 Live coverage: 2026 primary elections in Texas, North Carolina, Arkansas (2026-03-03)
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🇺🇸 Generational change becomes focal point in Texas, North Carolina Democratic battles (2026-03-01)
Several Democratic primaries in Texas and North Carolina are teeing up generational battles in the party. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), 78, is facing a cha...
🇺🇸 3 dead, 14 injured in downtown Austin mass shooting (2026-03-01)
Three people have died, and 14 were injured in a shooting on West Sixth Street overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to Austin-Travis County EMS....
🇺🇸 Three dead, 14 injured after shooting in Austin, Texas (2026-03-01)
🇺🇸 Brooks and Capehart on the Senate primaries in Texas (2026-02-27)
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Republican and Democrat...
🇺🇸 How one man's passion for history is helping the public (2026-02-28)
"CBS Saturday Morning" meets a Texas man whose passion project is to restore historical signs across the state. He never predicted how the project wou...
🇺🇸 Trump wades into Texas primary, but doesn't endorse candidate (2026-02-27)
President Trump traveled to Texas touted the candidates in the state's hotly contested three-way GOP primary, but did not back a candidate, calling tw...
🇺🇸 ‘We Got to Win the Midterms’: Trump Takes His State of the Union Message on the Road (2026-02-28)
During a visit to Texas, President Trump made clear that he would be driving home his depiction of Democrats as out of step ahead of the elections in ...
🇺🇸 Trump looms large in Texas as GOP gears up for Senate primary (2026-02-27)
President Trump is looming large over Texas as the Lone Star State’s GOP gears up for competitive primaries next week. The president is set to stop i...
🇺🇸 US military shot down border patrol drone with laser in Texas, lawmakers say (2026-02-27)
The U.S. military shot down a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone with a laser in Texas on Thursday, according to Democratic lawmakers, promptin...
🇺🇸 MP Materials selects Texas for rare earth magnet manufacturing site (2026-02-26)
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🇺🇸 Taylor Sheridan Moves ‘Tulsa King’ Spinoff From New Orleans to Texas (2026-02-25)
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🇺🇸 Powerful Winds and Wildfires Have the Southern Plains on Edge (2026-02-19)
A combustible mix of weather ingredients has sparked worries about new fires in Oklahoma and Texas....
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🇺🇸 Texas center to disperse sterile screwworm flies to block parasite it spawns (2026-02-09)
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🇺🇸 Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting (2026-02-18)
It was an unfamiliar setting for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday night: walking out to the applause of supporters at his first campaign rally...