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Gun owners allowed to carry handguns without permits or training. Parents of transgender children facing investigation by state officials. Women forced to drive hours out-of-state to access abortion. This is Texas now: While the Lone Star State has long been a bastion of Republican politics, new laws and policies have taken Texas further to the right in recent years than it has been in decades. Elected officials and political observers in the state say a major factor in the transformation can be traced back to West Texas. Two billionaire oil and fracking magnates from the region, Tim Dunn and Farris...

Dear Mr. President: We have seen your heartfelt concern for American lives. You took bold steps to protect America from an invisible threat. But, as you have said numerous times, we must not allow the cure to be worse than the disease. And now you have expressed an understandable angst in choosing when and how to reopen the country. We can tell you feel the weight of responsibility for our well-being. We appreciate your desire not just to protect American lives, but to also protect every American’s economic future. These burdens are too much for one person to bear. Thankfully,...

crash death after Donald Trump dropped the "bombshell" that she was in the room next door at the White House. Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn felt "a little ambushed" by the offer made by the US president. Anne Sacoolas, 42, returned to the United States days after the crash which killed 19-year-old Harry. Harry's parents said they wanted to meet Mrs Sacoolas in the UK. Mr Dunn said a White House official told them she would not be returning to the UK, but Mr Trump said he would "try to push this from a different angle".

An Iraq war veteran and lawyer who helped mount a case against Saddam Hussein has become the first Democrat to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes. Tim Dunn of Fayetteville kicked off his bid Wednesday in the 8th District, which runs from Fayetteville to Charlotte. A lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves, Dunn spent eight months in Iraq in 2004. He advised a special tribunal prosecuting the former Iraqi leader and officials of his government. Dunn said he has a "passion for what we're doing over in Iraq" but is troubled by the lack of equipment for U.S. troops...