With Texas slammed by a flood of illegal immigrants streaming over the southern border, some states are stepping up to help.

A key Republican congressman who had announced his retirement said he will remain in the battle, with an assist from Donald Trump.

Supporters of the measure, including lead sponsor Republican Rep. Gino Bulso, argue it will preserve "tolerance across the board."

The congressman, who never faced a primary opponent, thanked his family, his voters, and his staffers in a lengthy statement.

Searchers have found a vehicle submerged in the Tennessee River in their hunt for a missing sheriff's deputy.

"The AMERICAN national anthem doesn’t see color. Dems have been the front line in dividing this country with race wars."

The late father and grandfather was in his fourth year as a full-time sheriff's deputy when he was gunned down last week.

Authorities exhumed the body of the wife of a famed Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she died in a still-unsolved killing.

Jones claimed he did not want to participate in "performative patriotism" with Republicans who "undermine liberty."

It was not known what substance the singer was accused of possessing at the time of his arrest on Thursday.