In an unexpected move, President Donald Trump announced that he will pardon U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) and his wife, Imelda, on Wednesday. The couple faced federal bribery charges related to alleged dealings with Azerbaijan.

In a full court press, the campaign for a new downtown NBA arena has raised more than $7 million to try and sway voters in the Nov. 4 election.

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A UTSA professor explains vote harvesting, a charge six suspects, including Pearsall city council members and the Frio County Judge, are facing in Frio County.

KSAT sat down with two political science professors in San Antonio to discuss some of the top issues likely to permeate throughout the Republican-led session.

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We sat down with UTSA Professor Jon Taylor to talk about the top things to watch out for in the debate against former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Several professors and politicians appeared on KSAT to share their reactions to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from his 2024 re-election campaign.

Within minutes of an attempted assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, conspiracy theories began circulating.

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New laws on property taxes and homeowners associations now in effect across Texas could also have some market impact.

Thousands of years of history are hard to sum up in one article on the internet, but here, the KSAT Explains team is breaking down some of the key conflicts that have transpired involving Israel, Gaza and its surrounding areas since Israel gained its independence in 1948.

Senate Bill 7 bans private employers from having mandates that require someone to have the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of their employment or position.

As the government shutdown deadline approaches, there is growing concern about the financial uncertainty service members and their families could face, and it remains to be seen whether Congress can come to an agreement and avert this potential crisis.

The Texas Office of the Inspector General is launching an investigation into alleged mistreatment of migrants at the border.

Inflation in the U.K. has fallen by more than anticipated to a 15-month low in a development that offered struggling homeowners hope that interest rates will not rise as much as feared over the coming months.

The debt ceiling debate that’s raged on in the nation’s capital was a test of political wills combined with economic catastrophe. So where did the US debt ceiling come from? KSAT Explains.

Early voting is over — and Election Day is Tuesday. However, many still have questions about what is on the ballot. Professor Jon Taylor, the political science department head at the University of Texas San Antonio, joined Leading SA to explain what’s happened and the possible outcomes.

According to the poll, more than half of Republican voters agreed that immigration and border security are the most important. Democrats’ priorities are more dispersed between abortion, health care, gun violence and climate change.

Early voting is just around the corner, and there are competitive elections across Texas. Professor Jon Taylor, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography at UTSA, joined Leading SA to dive into some election detail.

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The Republican National Committee is working to attract more Hispanic voters and has created a new Hispanic community center on the city’s Southeast Side.

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A UTSA political science professor broke down why Texas Democrats can't be arrested for their walkout and answered other lingering questions.

The disaster declarations give the governor broad power to suspend state laws and regulations that hinder a jurisdiction’s recovery from a disaster and to allow the use of available resources to respond to the disaster.

The defeat of the For the People Act was no surprise to Jon Taylor, chair of the UTSA department of political science and geography.

SAN ANTONIO – President-elect Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office will begin in “unchartered territory,” said Jon Taylor, Ph.D., chair of the UTSA department of political science and geography. President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate is expected to begin after Biden is inaugurated. “Get that legislation going that you need to get going, get those appointees in place that you have to have, and then move forward if you want, with an impeachment trial,” Taylor said. Taylor said that’s how it was done during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. “Combine that with a relatively united Republican opposition, and we will likely see a lot of rancor going forward,” Taylor said.

Among them was Rosie Diaz, who was well aware that President Trump tested positive for COVID-19. Coronavirus is real, it’s not fake.”Still, others offered their thoughts and prayers for the president and First Lady Melania Trump. At that point, Taylor said Vice President Mike Pence becomes the acting president. This now becomes a national security issue and a continuity of government issue. And those are very serious issues at that point.”Read also:Marine One standing by to transport President Trump to Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterTrump’s diagnosis rocks final stage of presidential campaign

SAN ANTONIO The Republican National Convention has spent this week reinforcing why President Donald Trumps core supporters in 2016 should re-elect him, said Jon Taylor, Ph.D., a longtime political expert. Same reasons they should vote for him now, said Taylor, chair of the University of Texas at San Antonios political science and geography department. He said at stake in November are the Republican Partys future and the presidents legacy. Itll be interesting to see how many back away from President Trump to save their own election chances, Taylor said. With the presidential election just over two months away, Taylor said Trump will use the power of his incumbency in his favor.

SAN ANTONIO A seasoned political observer, Jon Taylor, Ph.D., chair of the UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography, said he wasnt surprised former Vice President Joe Biden asked Sen. Kamala Harris to join him on the Democratic Party ticket in November as his running mate. "Great pick," Taylor said, for what he called the generational transition of the party. Biden, Harris make unusual campaign debut in virus eraMuch has been said about Harris confronting Biden during one of the Democratic debates last year. "In 1960, Johnson and Kennedy, in 1980, Bush and Reagan, for that matter, 2008, Obama-Biden," Taylor said. How Biden chose Harris: Inside his search for a running mateHe said Biden and Harris already were close friends before that moment on the debate stage, because of his late son, Beau.

SAN ANTONIO The debate over voting by mail in Texas is getting a closer look because of the spread of COVID-19. RELATED: Your questions answered about mail-in voting controversy in Texas during coronavirus pandemicFive states can vote entirely by mail. The same argument was used in 1971-72 to oppose giving 18-year-olds the right to vote, going back to 1920, giving women the right to vote, said Taylor. Martinez believes allowing more people to vote by mail would open the door to voter fraud. Monica Alcantara, the chair of the Bexar County Democratic Party, said the partisan rhetoric surrounding the issue of mail-in voting is an effort to suppress the vote.