President Donald Trump is looking to claim victory now that the U.S. and Mexico have reached a deal on immigration.
Some Democratic challengers for the White House have criticized Trump for overselling a deal that only ramps up existing efforts to slow immigration.
Trump defends the agreement to head off the 5{2a63e07d84fe12ceff3a79b3b7d16ceb8565bd2470b26c53e2419132d99be4c6} tariffs on all Mexican goods he had threatened to impose Monday as he tried to pressure Mexico to stem the flow of Central American migrants across the U.S. southern border.
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Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is hospitalized following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic.
Officials say Ortiz was at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo around 8:50 p.m. Sunday when the alleged gunman approached from behind and shot him at close range.
Ortiz’s father says his son is out of danger and that the bullet had not hit any major organ.
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The Austin City Council continues to move forward with a bold plan to create a minimum of 60-thousand new low-income and taxpayer-subsidized housing units.
The city has identified where they ant to see the highest concentration of these new units.
At the top of their list is the area around William Cannon and Slaughter Lane.
About 30-percent are being planned in West and Northwest Austin.
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Today, some Austin City Council members will speak out against an annexation exemption that was implemented in 1891 allowing some multi-million-dollar homes along Lake Austin to be exempt from paying property taxes.
Jimmy Flannigan and Greg Casar will hold a press conference this morning calling for a reversal of that exemption.
They say it’s unfair and it deprives the city of millions of extra dollars to spend on things like homelessness.
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There may be some heavy delays later this morning on Highway 620, according to the LCRA.
Transmission lines will be upgraded and both lanes of traffic will be intermittently closed on the bridge near Mansfield Dam.
LCRA says both directions will shutdown at the same time, but they plan to limit the closures to no more than 15 minutes at a time.
The work is planned between 9:00 a.m. and noon.
