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 ...

Is it all talk though? What would it take for Texas to secede again, and could they get away with it? Texas was part of Mexico, but thinly populated. Land-hungry Americans migrating west began to ...

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 ...

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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 ...