Former Texas governor Rick Perry suggests that going days without power is a sacrifice Texans should be willing to make if it means keeping federal regulators out of the state’s power grid.

Editorial: We recommend Beto O'Rourke for governor

THREAD: While ripping up the floorboards of an old Texas school building to create a new community center, contractors uncovered a purse filled with memories and mementos dating back to 1959. 👜

UPDATE: The National Butterfly Center on the Texas border is closing “for the immediate future” after conspiracy-fueled threats against the center escalated in recent days.