John Gravois
@Grav1
Dallas Morning News assistant politics editor. Ex-political editor Houston Chronicle, FW Star-Telegram, Houston Post. Proud dad, grandpa and Cajun. @dallasnews
Fossil fuels still get nearly nine times the government consumption subsidies as renewable energy sources, but 74% of the growth in electricity generated globally last year was from wind, solar and other green sources, according to a new UN report. #txlege dallasnews.com/news/environme…
“It's very disappointing… There were so many young girls and women that were harmed by her,” witness who helped put Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars says of limited immunity sources say Trump administration gave the convicted sex trafficker.abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ag-b…
“Let’s call it what it is: a politically motivated, coordinated attempt to silence local voices,” one official says as Texas lawmakers seek to keep local governments from hiring lobbyists, @TroMcManus & @ChhetriDevyani report. #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
Move over “Alligator Alcatraz”: Trump administration awards contract to build America’s largest immigration detention facility in Texas, a 5,000 bed tent camp at sprawling Fort Bliss in El Paso. dallasnews.com/news/immigrati…
Trump promised to “make America affordable again,” but when it comes to health care costs, it’s could get more expensive as president’s policies risk pushing more people into debt, straining family budgets already stressed by medical bills. @KFFHealthNews kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…
CORRECTING @AP reporting error about homestead property exemptions claimed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
A previous post shared on this account included a link to this story which was edited to remove an error by The Associated Press that included incorrect information about Texas homestead property exemptions on houses owned by Ken Paxton. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
The wrath of Trump: Federal Reserve Chair Powell is telling associates and allies there’s no chance he will bow to President Trump’s incessant calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand months more of attacks over his refusal to lower interest rates. cnn.com/2025/07/25/pol…
No threat of any significant tropical development, but an area of low pressure is perched off the coast of SW Louisiana and is expected to drift W-NW into the Texas coast tonight, likely bringing heavy rains to some areas into the weekend. #txwx #lawx
8 am EDT - A broad low pressure area located about 100 miles south of the coast of southwestern Louisiana continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is moving west-northwestward toward the Texas coast, and it has limited time to develop before it…
Saying he’s “saving” college sports, President Trump signs executive order seeking to clarify college athletes’ employment status. dallasnews.com/sports/college…
Paxtons’ alleged false statements on mortgage forms claiming 3 houses as primary residences “a violation, in all likelihood, of state & federal laws,” says Sen John Cornyn, who faces challenge by Texas AG Ken Paxton, @ByJosephMorton & @gromerjeffers write.dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
“We’re in such a time of turmoil... We’re on the lip of greatness or destruction.” Deep thoughts and more from the iconic voice and mind of Captain James T. Kirk, aka William Shatner, as told to @sarahhepola ahead of his upcoming Dallas appearance. dallasnews.com/arts-entertain…
In a string of mortgage transactions containing apparent inaccurate statements, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, claim three houses as primary residences, claiming a homestead tax break on two of them, which is against state law. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
Three rockets launched from Texas this year have exploded, disrupting air traffic and raining debris on beaches and roads in the Caribbean and Gulf waters. Trump nonetheless may slash environmental rules for launches, a move long sought by Elon Musk. propublica.org/article/trump-…
Pentagon's internal watchdog obtains evidence that encrypted messages sent from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Signal account included details from a classified email, contradicting denials from Trump administration, according to two senior officials. cbsnews.com/amp/news/hegse…
BREAKING: Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship by executive order ruled unconstitutional “because it contradicts the plain language of the Fourteenth Amendment's grant of citizenship to 'all persons born in the United States,’” appeals court rules. thehill.com/regulation/cou…
17 minutes: The gap between a dire weather warning and the beginnings of deadly Texas Hill Country flooding was a focus of lawmakers overseeing the Legislature’s response to the disaster as hearings opened today, @PhilJankowski reports. #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
Trump isn’t the only world leader filing megabucks defamation suits: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte file lawsuit against US conservative podcaster Candace Owens over “outlandish” unproven claims online that Brigitte was born a man. abcnews.go.com/US/french-pres…
With more than a dozen bills already filed, the Texas Legislature appears quick out of the gate in addressing the July 4th floods that killed at least 135 in the Hill Country, @PhilJankowski reports. Good thing special session is only 30 days long. #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
A near-total ban on consumable hemp-based THC products advances in the Texas Senate in apparent defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott, who last month told lawmakers he wants to regulate the $8 billion industry, not outlaw it, @kbrooksharper reports. #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
The crazy train will roll no more: Ozzy Osbourne, a founding father of heavy metal and a new-millennium reality TV luminary, has died after a yearslong struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 76. variety.com/2025/music/obi…
