Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the state has started an operation targeting homeless encampments in the city of Austin. A release from the governor's office says that operation began last week.

Texas State offensive lineman Tellek Lockette is taking a redshirt and is no longer on the roster. "I still love Texas State, and no hard feelings," he said.

The troops were sent to the midwest after protests over the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement sometimes escalated into violent clashes.

Deployments of National Guard troops across states without full gubernatorial consent signal a shift in domestic military operations and threaten to erode state control over their forces.

At President Trump’s direction, Gov. Greg Abbott authorized the deployment of hundreds of troops to Illinois to “safeguard” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood, Illinois, at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago on Oct. 7, 2025. Credit: Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via ZUMA Press Wire via REUTERS Hundreds of Texas National ...

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

In his fourth appearance so far this season, former Texas A&M guard and current Indiana Pacers star Quenton Jackson made a statement.

Texas A&M basketball hosts Northwestern State University on Nov. 3, 2025 at Reed Arena in College Station. Here's our score-by-score updates, TV info and more.