The U.S. government is asking people to avoid traveling to certain areas of the Texas-Mexico border due to security concerns.

Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.

U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in the area.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered 400 soldiers Monday to the Rio Grande Valley, escalating efforts to secure the state’s border with Mexico as President Donald Trump sends military

The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.

Local leaders in Texas and New Mexico are voicing their concerns over President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily freeze federal grants and loans.

The Texas governor said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents as part of Trump's efforts to seize the offensive.

President Trump declared an emergency at the southern border, and as a result, there have already been many changes to policy. At the Texas Capitol, a fight is brewing between Democrats and most Republicans after lawmakers proposed spending $1 billion on a school choice program that would give taxpayer money to students so they can attend public school.

According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.

The U.S. State Department is warning travelers of IEDs found along dirt roads near an area of northeastern Mexico that borders McAllen, Texas.

Rising tuition costs continue to burden medical students, with average debts reaching $200,000 for public school graduates and $230,000 for private sc