Texas has the right to secede from the U.S. if its citizens decide to do so, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley argued on Wednesday -- a controversial view that contradicts centuries of ...

No matter the day or year, chances are somebody in Texas is calling for the Lone Star State to secede from the union. It’s been happening since the 1800s, and it’s happening again amid a ...

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The Internet Research Agency has recently been linked to secession efforts in Texas and -- as the BBC reported late last week-- California. SEE ALSO: Russian Facebook trolls pushed for race-based ...

The secession of certain states from the United ... adding that he would "be rooting for [the state of] Texas" should it decide to opt for independence. "A battle of annihilation on the part ...

Evans said a member of Congress openly talking of secession hasn’t occurred since the Civil War. Additionally, a Civil War-era U.S. Supreme Court decision — Texas v. White — gives states the ability ...