As president, Trump will likely have the final say in whether or not to grant Abbott’s request for a full reimbursement for Operation Lone Star.
The governor's order comes after Trump complained about the federal call for flags to be lowered in honor of former President Jimmy Carter's death.
When Donald Trump takes control of the White House on Monday, he will inherit something his voters hardly would have expected during a long campaign of berating outgoing President Joe Biden on immigration: a U.S.-Mexico border with the lowest number of illegal crossings in five years.
President Joe Biden has ordered flags be flown at half-staff through Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter.
President Joe Biden issued an order to fly American flags at half-staff for 30 days. But those 30 days include Inauguration Day, when President-elect Donald Trump officially takes office. Some state governors, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Alabama Gov.
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered on Monday for the flags at the Texas Capitol and all state buildings to be raised to full-staff on January 20 in honor of Inauguration Day. Newsweek reached out to President-elect Donald Trump 's transition team and the Biden administration for comment Monday morning via email.
Greg Abbott is requesting that the federal government reimburse his state more than $11.1 billion for taxpayer money spent on securing the southern border during former President Joe Biden's ...
Greg Abbott is formally asking Congress to foot ... make those expenditures at the feet of Democratic former President Joe Biden. “President Biden’s policies left Texas and the rest of America ...
Greg Abbott speaks at the Sheriffs' Association ... largely blames former President Joe Biden’s border security policy for leaving Texas “defenseless,” forcing state officials to expend ...
The governor ordering flags to full mast for Donald Trump’s inauguration isn’t how things should be done. | Opinion
AUSTIN, Texas — The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, asked the United States ... He blamed former President Joe Biden's policies for leaving "Texas and the rest of America defenseless" against ...