Alamdar Hamdani, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas and the first Asian American to be presidentially appointed to the position, announced his resignation on Wednesday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/09/510287/houston-u-s-attorney-alamdar-hamdani-announces-resignation-ahead-of-trump-administration/

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America."

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/08/510125/trump-says-he-will-change-the-name-of-the-gulf-of-mexico/

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Local billionaire and Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta could reportedly be President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Italy. Fertitta chairs the UH System Board of Regents.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/12/11/508464/houston-rockets-owner-tilman-fertitta-possibly-in-running-for-trumps-ambassador-to-italy/

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Texas is offering the incoming Trump Administration a 1,400-acre ranch as a possible site for deportation detention centers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/11/20/506621/texas-offers-starr-county-ranch-to-trump-for-mass-deportation-plans/

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