Texas border towns

Relief could be on the way for South Texas farmers facing a crippling water shortage. On Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the country would make "an immediate water delivery" to Texas farmers.

Two measles cases have been reported at Fort Bliss and in the city of El Paso; Juárez reports four cases.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the West Texas town that has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

Measles complications can include pneumonia, hearing loss, meningitis, and death.

Next step will be action in the state House, where budget writers have different plans for distributing property tax help.

Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread.

The measles outbreak has claimed at least two lives so far. Texas will share its own update on the outbreak on Friday.

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have signed an agreement that allows Texas guardsmen to make immigration arrests on the border.

It was a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.

The troops will be stationed in El Paso and San Diego, Calif.