Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaking at the grand opening of Buc-ee’s travel center in Luling, Texas. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Larry D. Moore Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called out Texas Gov. Greg ...

The deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago has made national headlines and stirred controversy. Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent the troops last week at the request of President Trump.

A flight carrying members of the Texas National Guard appears to have arrived in Indiana after being deployed on the orders of President Donald Trump to conduct operations in the neighboring state of ...

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, whose National Guard troops were recently deployed in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Chicago, ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) denounced the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois on Thursday, breaking with national GOP leadership and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX). Stitt, the chairman of the ...

After Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said he had reason to believe Texas National Guard troops were preparing to deploy to Illinois under President Donald Trump’s orders, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ...

Greg Abbott said he would deploy the National Guard across parts of the state as anti-ICE protests that have gripped Los Angeles since Friday spread across the country. Apple’s CEO called Texas Gov.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that Texas National Guard troops should “stay the hell” out of his state after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott approved President Donald Trump’s request to send troops to ...

Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.

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A spokesperson for Abbott told Chron that the governor urged Johnson to "do your job," so Texas authorities wouldn't have to. "If the liberal governments in Illinois and Chicago were protecting people ...