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Here we go again. For the second time in four months, Mayor John Whitmire is facing intense criticism over his handling of federal immigration enforcement, an issue he has spent much of his first term trying to keep out of … Continue reading →

Thirteen years ago, when Texas created the tax deal for data centers, state lawmakers expected to lose — at most — $14 million in tax revenue in Texas’ next 2-year budget cycle. Now, state projections show it could lead to Texas forgoing more than $3 billion in the 2028-29 bienni…

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Campaign cash, cost per vote, and the war in the Gulf will make Republicans' lives a lot harder.

Protesters are demanding not only accountability for what happened to Salgado Araujo, but an end to what they see as systemic violence from a federal immigration enforcement agency

“It’s really the bare minimum to call out the actors involved … the EU should be doing a lot more,” said an expert.

The morning after a still-unnamed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 52-year-old Houston resident Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on Tuesday, July 7, investigators from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office were on the scene. They hadn’t received an inv…

The AG walked out of his own press conference. Plus: new witness statements challenge ICE's account of a Houston shooting, and Canada quarantines Texas livestock.

The poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans.

Excellent. Days after the end of the 2026 FIFA World Cup for men’s soccer teams, Houston officials said their hosting seven matches was a major success. Now, they’re moving forward with bidding to host the Women’s World Cup. “We will … Continue reading →

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It isn't irrational to use your whole brain to understand the world and solve problems

Gulf Coast refineries are welcoming the surge from Venezuela during the prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure that’s virtually halted imports from Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Trump's executive order bashed the Smithsonian Institution for attempting to advance ideas of “social justice.”

When Michelle Wright Rhame was asked to be a foster mother, she saw it as a divine calling. She had always wanted to be a mom, but she couldn’t have children of her own—a heartbreak that contributed to the demise of her marriage. She got her opportunity through Hope Rising, a Bre…

Trump has made the word of the US government worthless.

Meet the guy trying to unseat a man who thinks his in-laws shouldn't be citizens.

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About a quarter of Americans say that the US should let him walk free, compared to nearly half who want him arrested.

Students and professors who say SB 37 led to censorship are holding a news conference before the Texas Senate’s hearing.

Lawyers are appealing to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which had urged the release of Leonard Peltier.

Texas lawmakers accuse the state broadband office of favoritism and sweetheart deals after satellite internet providers received most of the funding.

This is both hilarious and annoying. Waking up in a Waymo comes as a shock. Ditto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi’s speakers as he rode home late at night from a friend’s birthday party last year. The … Continue reading →

A federal judge mandated Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego be released within 48 hours. He was one of three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE.

The case for flipping HD65.

Out of 138 data centers that qualified for the tax break, only 20 have been audited so far. Six facilities were found to be out of compliance.

It's been a month and a half since Sen. Mitch McConnell made a public appearance.

The panel did not say why it was looking into the Terrell Republican, noting only that the matter was referred last month by the Office of Congressional Conduct.

The Low-T call is coming from inside the Pentagon.

The lieutenant governor released seven new charges for state senators to study before the Legislature reconvenes, including ways to “inform and remind Texans of their religious liberty rights.”

In a relatively unregulated market, sports betting companies are embracing predatory tactics to keep their users hooked.

A prolonged drought had put the Coastal Bend city months away from running short of water, but upstream storms have improved the outlook.

Beto Coral was arrested and returned to Colombia for exercising free speech in criticizing Abelardo de la Espriella.

The laws, which make it easier to build apartments, face stiff resistance from North Texas suburbs. State lawmakers vow to force cities to comply.

Instead of enforcing environmental laws, it’s suing states over their efforts to hold oil companies accountable.

The change speeds up deportation proceedings, and over 444,000 currently pending asylum applicants could be affected.

Texas may expand use of the Classical Learning Test despite a new report finding less evidence its scores predict college success than the SAT or ACT.

“Public conscience and community resistance have paid off,” read a statement from the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition.

The Texas Tribune’s database of state employees’ compensation has been updated to include salaries as of July 1.

He said that Congress should approve legislation to allow Venezuela’s funds to be rerouted to the US military.

An Israel-based startup publicized its operations in a press release decrying the loss of local news outlets.

The limited resumption will allow a southern port of entry in Arizona to reopen in phases. The move comes after 41 of 42 cases of screwworm have been reported in Texas.

The alleged anti-Cop City activist was stopped and interrogated when reentering the US at the airport in January 2025.

A professor who fled Madrid says decades of neoliberal policies have diminished Spain’s ability to respond to disasters.

If National Board officials don’t show compliance with state law, they risk Texas excluding educators with the credential from a pay-for-performance program.

The Trump administration cut humanitarian aid to Somalia while continuing to pound it with military airstrikes.

Research last year found that, by 2030, DOGE cuts could kill 14 million, including 4.5 million children under 5.

The FBI suggested plastic bags in the van contained methamphetamine. The agency hasn’t released official test results.

“The whole thing is troubling,” said a health law expert who noted the risks to patient privacy.

Trump’s directive to ICE “is bigotry as official government policy,” said an immigration policy expert.

At a congressional hearing in Houston, District Attorney Sean Teare said officials have yet to release the name of the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on July 7.

Michael Edison Hayden’s new book tells the story of an Appalachian town’s fight against an anti-immigrant behemoth.

The ruling preserves an injunction against key provisions aimed at restricting mail-in voting.

Politicians on the ballot this November from both sides of the aisle have pressed for greater scrutiny on data centers in Texas. Recent polling shows most Texans oppose them in their communities.

The 1,400-bed facility comes as the Trump administration ramps up immigrant detention nationwide.

Even terminally ill people must prove they are too sick to work to keep their Medicaid coverage.

Six of the victims, including a 14-year-old boy, were found dead inside a train shipping container in Laredo in the sweltering Texas heat.

Israel routinely targets Palestinian journalists and then questions their credibility after death.

Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.

We discuss how he's down bad and only sinking further.

Plaintiffs say DHS violated federal privacy law by secretly collecting personal data on people documenting ICE operations.

Road expansions are repeating a long history of environmental racism and displacement.

The victim was swept away while driving in Val Verde County, the governor said after assessing damage around Cotulla.

Months spent hiding from ICE left many DACA recipients unable to afford costly renewal fees.

The new film pushes back against MAGA attempts to use a fetishization of the ancient world to legitimizing bigotry.

Choke Canyon has almost doubled its supply of water this week, although the reservoir is still at 15% capacity.

Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.

Senate candidate Haley Stevens’s campaign has also been marked by $30 million in support from AIPAC.

Mealer, the GOP nominee in Texas’ 9th Congressional District, would represent Houston’s Magnolia Park, where an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, under the GOP’s new redistricting map.

As abortion laws became substantially more restrictive, public opinion moved toward greater support for abortion access.

The Trump White House is “threatening to jeopardize public safety,” one state attorney general said.

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The bill would create “a subclass of people who can be discriminated against” in US territories, says a legal scholar.

Three officials said that the reason for the change was because their deaths happened after the April ceasefire.

James Talarico’s comments come after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live.

Trump’s war on the left blends “war on terror” language with Cold War McCarthyism.

Attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting will consider a number of model policies.

The sun is low over Nuevo Laredo as David Patricio and three friends start unloading gravel and mountain bikes for their evening ride along the Rio Grande, but the weather is still in the 90s and the humidity stifling. In the early 2000s, the City of Laredo began buying up land t…

“Are you going to do this again?” the judge asked lawyers for the administration.

The emergency is expected to worsen in the coming months if Israel’s bombardment and siege continue.

They know better. They're hoping voters don't.

With its waste disposal infrastructure destroyed, Gaza is experiencing a growing health and environmental crisis.

Seems perfectly fine. Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Wednesday called for a broad set of tighter regulations on data centers in Texas, seizing on what has become a potential political liability for Republicans who until recently had embraced … Continue reading →

Recent court rulings and new laws make it tougher for the state to remove children from their homes.

Property-wealthy districts say recapture gives the state too much control over local finances. But advocates warn that without it, underserved students could end up worse off.

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Presidio has sued the federal government, arguing that a border wall could cause flooding in the town of 3,200 residents.

He lost his seat in 1964. He was everything the modern Republican is now.

The vote came just hours after the House voted to pass its own war powers resolution, 214 to 208.

At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump’s return to office.

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake was felt early Thursday morning and is said to be stronger than what the region typically experiences.

The president said that Iran “wants to negotiate,” but “they haven’t received enough pain yet.”

“The people most affected by policing must have the power to decide what safety looks like,” a local group said.

Diode Ventures said Gov. Greg Abbott's tougher stance on data center development in rural areas drove the decision to cancel the project

After being detained by ICE last month, Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja, a 56-year-old nun from Nigeria, could be detained again or subjected to constant monitoring.

The move comes as the Trump administration has escalated its efforts to attack left-wing movements at home and abroad.

In Chula Vista, south of Crystal City, residents of the Hispanic community searched through the debris after a flood caught them off-guard.

Bobby Pulido descended a staircase bedecked in flowers to face the quinceañara in her shimmering blue ball gown. Her magnificent hoop skirt swayed as the Tejano star-turned-South Texas Democratic congressional candidate launched into a rendition of “Hermoso Cariño.” It was Pulido…

The ruling says Attorney General Ken Paxton didn’t prove his allegations that the Houston-area clinics performed abortions when a lower court’s injunction forced them to close.

A three-judge federal appeals panel overturned the lower court ruling that had freed Mahdawi from ICE custody.

Public backlash has pushed some counties to pull funding for Flock cameras and issue moratoriums on data centers.

The madman theory works ... right up until it doesn't anymore.

“The best way to prevent contracting measles is through measles vaccination,” Johns Hopkins University explains.

They also voted on an amendment to ban transgender girls from women’s sports in K-12 schools run by the military.

Residents along the U.S.-Mexico border said they want crossings under control and the state’s next senator to actually do something on immigration policy.

The blueprint also pushes states to adopt restrictions on voting rights as people struggle to afford groceries.

“A lot of people are really sitting up and pushing back," says Brian Merchant.

Despite ICE crackdowns, experts say immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. Deportation fears might also make them less likely to report them.

The donations came after the Trump administration moved to vacate an enforcement action against their crypto exchange.

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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board mulled a course action at a meeting Wednesday, including asking the Legislature for money to offset the impact the cuts would have on students.

Midland school trustees argue they have minimal control over local taxes and can’t properly serve students as a recapture system redistributes millions of the district’s revenue.

The faith leaders at the Texas Capitol noted that recent violent actions from ICE go against their religious traditions and beliefs while calling for specific reforms

The Republican senator from Texas had threatened to withhold his vote on Trump’s ambassador nominees unless the White House unlocked the freeze on a fund meant for HIV/AIDS prevention.

The state’s higher education agency recommends Texas lawmakers revamp funding for public universities that rewards schools for student success.

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With support from Democrats Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, the House also passed a bill Wednesday that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks and implement new voter ID requirements.

What it actually takes to beat Abbott, Paxton, and thirty years of bad governance.

The measure, known as Section 219, is included in the Pentagon budget bill advancing through Congress.

Trump also said that support for the war is high among Americans — a claim that multiple polls indicate is false.

Christian and Jewish leaders urged limits on using force as well as accountability for immigration agents who go too far.

A recent New York moratorium gives the appearance of accountability without the structural change that would require it.

The Pentagon, meanwhile, has requested a $1.5 trillion budget for 2027 in part to support the war efforts.

The U.S. Senate nominee is among several Texas Democrats pushing back on data centers, calling their rapid growth the result of corporate greed and “billionaire-backed politicians.”

Over half of the Pentagon’s budget annually goes toward private contractors, like Palantir.

Trump's rhetoric highlights how the war has escalated in the days since the Memorandum of Understanding fell apart.

My parents lived through Jim Crow. Around our dinner table, they told stories that sounded impossible to me as a child. They talked about not being allowed to eat in certain restaurants, or even to try on clothes or shoes before buying them. My father often spoke about growing up…

Arizona has seen the most staggering decline in SNAP participation, falling 49 percent among children in the state.

The neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were still on the ground.

No Longer a ‘Good Boy,’ Caleb De Casper is back with a darker, more grown up sound and a stronger sense of self.

“There is an anti-science movement,” said a recently retired researcher. “We are targets.”

“Voting is a constitutional right. It is not a lunch special,” one Democratic lawmaker said in response.

A formula designed to reward colleges for student success generated larger payouts than budgeted. Now, Texas’ higher education agency may limit how schools receive such funding.

Pro-Israel lobby groups have pressured the museum for years not to showcase the stories of Palestinian Canadians.

Her Senate survival is in grave danger.

MD Anderson is a global leader in cancer research, tapping hundreds of foreign-born scientists. Now Gov. Greg Abbott’s restrictions on H-1B visas may limit the talent pool.

State and community leaders are working to keep the reVision soccer nonprofit alive after it was featured at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Is there a court date set to address this? The fight over who is legally entitled to serve as Fort Bend County Judge is now disrupting the basic workings of county government, with officials clashing over whether Commissioners Court can … Continue reading →

A Texas Tribune analysis found Texas' incoming U.S. House delegation stands to get wealthier, with a $3.34 million median net worth among the crop of potential new members.

“We were all thinking to ourselves, this is déjà vu. Is it really happening, and can I deal with it?” a Center Point Volunteer Fire Department chaplain said.

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The residents are members of the same family. Public health officials say they were in close contact with an infected person who had traveled from out-of-state.

The newly released, handwritten statements by two men who saw Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s shooting say he never threatened ICE agents.

A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are questioning how the state distributes funding for internet services.

A little more than a year after catastrophic floods devastated Central Texas, another deluge hit the area. How are residents and the state responding to this new tragedy?

Right-wing golfer Bryson DeChambeau has previously visited the Trump White House and played golf with the president.

The Department of Family and Protective Service’s action comes four months after it placed EMPOWER into receivership in the wake of the deaths of two children under its care and staffing problems.

One former prosecutor suggested that many of the arrests were “being filed without any merit.”

To underwrite this costly effort, United Democracy Project is turning to Republican and out-of-state mega-donors.

The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention.

The recent round of strikes has killed dozens in Iran and destroyed key civilian infrastructure.

Disproportionate military responses are a violation of international humanitarian law.

Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted with permission from How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention, out from Haymarket Books this July. The Prison-Immigration Knot By the late 1980s, thanks to over a decade of laws criminalizing immigrants a…

Raskin called on the Justice and State Departments to release all files referencing Epstein and other foreign nations.

“This is not something to stay quiet about, even as one of the intended targets” of immigration policing, says Aly.

In 2022, longtime Tarrant County Judge R. Glen Whitley, a consummate moderate Republican, opted to retire after a nearly 30-year reign. Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, another moderate GOPer, was his most likely successor. But the county’s conservative movement rallied instead behi…

Pro-Israel lawmakers are seeking to integrate the US military with Israel’s while it’s still committing genocide.

“To this administration, law itself is the enemy,” and it’s trying to do abroad what it’s doing at home, says an expert.

This administration is the best thing that ever happened to cyclosporiasis.

The move was in reaction to the publication’s reporting on Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One.

The proposal encroaches on a marine preserve, and French Polynesia banned seabed mining in 2022.

A SpaceX superfan proposed changing Boca Chica Beach's name to reflect its significance to space travel.

Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.

Oops. A complaint filed with the Texas Ethics Commission accuses Letitia Plummer, the Democratic nominee for Harris County judge, of seven campaign finance violations, including improperly paying a family member, according to a document obtained by the Houston Chronicle. It’s unc…

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CENTCOM, which oversees the war in Iran, has had its civilian harm reduction team slashed from 10 to just one.

Water should never be a luxury. Yet, in Gaza, it has become one.

Long-term housing is a pressing need after last week’s storms left another 490 residences needing repairs, the governor said.

Additional polling has revealed that most Americans back many of the basic tenets that democratic socialists promote.

Evidence gathered by the FBI could implicate immigration agents in future civil rights investigations.

See the latest fundraising totals, where the money is coming from and how super PACs are spending in what’s poised to be Texas’ most expensive Senate race.

In the report, officials condemn the dissidence of left wing figures like Hasan Piker and Zohran Mamdani.

If Farage fails, we’ll know the far right isn’t as durable as it seems.

The Democratic Senate nominee faced pointed questions from some Black voters and was confronted by a political content creator who said “you cannot win without us.”

Iranian authorities say at least 41 Iranians have been killed and 408 wounded this month in US strikes.

Three of the chemicals that account for the majority of cancer risk in the region aren’t monitored by the state at all.

Abilene deserves better than Jodey Arrington's old staffer.

Texarkana’s first lithium symposium marked a milestone for Texas lithium development, laying the groundwork for discussions on critical issues.

The award ceremony is slated to include remarks from Bari Weiss.

The World Cup crowd booed and jeered at Trump as he walked onto the field at the conclusion of the match.

The Mundane, Uneventful, & Ordinary Life of Miss Jones, running at Art on Main in Dallas though August 1, is Butler’s most narrative work yet, but also fits into her undefinable oeuvre as an artist

The rule changes focus on the “duration of status” system, which has allowed qualifying visa holders to stay in the US.

When you were 8, you could control the wind. The trees would listen, waving their long branches at you. The leaves would applaud as you made your way down Marcus Street. That was when the birds called your name and the squirrels followed you. Back then, imagining was easy. Secret…

Republicans would rather talk about almost anything else than his conspiracy theories.

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North Texas is growing and Dallas’ financial sector is booming. But the city is losing residents and businesses — and two major sports franchises are departing the urban core.

For years, the state has been the leading exporter of semiconductor chips. After the Legislature invested more than $1.5 billion into incentives since 2023, the industry has been booming.

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I put fiction here now too, so there

Prove you're not a felon in 30 Days or lose your right to vote.

The resistance offers lessons for workers elsewhere to disrupt the relentless onslaught of surveillance capitalism.

Tyrin Johnson’s killing is part of a larger militarization unfolding in Memphis, Tennessee, under Trump.

"There is a hunger for Democrats to not be feckless, not be the party of strongly worded letters."

Universal basic income is not a panacea, and some versions are libertarian — but a good version is worth fighting for.

Gov. Ron DeSantis banned local governments from implementing heat protections for outdoor workers two years ago.

What will they do? For months, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn battered each other in a nasty and expensive race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Texas. Now that Paxton has emerged victorious, GOP leaders from … Continue reading →

“Yet again, the Trump administration has sold out our endangered wildlife to the highest bidder,” said one critic.

The shooting shows a “pattern of violence coming from The GEO Group and from ICE,” said an activist.

Trump gave a primetime address Thursday night announcing the declassification of a pile of documents he says prove American elections are broken beyond defending, and we watched the whole thing together in real time.

Patients who need the costliest services are still being disproportionately denied access to doctor-recommended care.

A government watchdog indicated it would file legal challenges to the administration’s efforts to take over elections.

A man convicted of libel in Britain helped spur investigations into Islamic private schools applying to Texas’ voucher program, legal filings say.

A group of Indigenous scholars are countering erasures in US history in Rebecca Nagle’s new “First America” podcast.

The retail tycoon who owns Starbucks Korea, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is stoking the country’s far right.

Emergency responders say better tools and preparation played life-saving roles after intense storms dropped heavy amounts of rain.

Piety is the smoke. Go look for the fire.

The week’s prolonged flooding hit Uvalde harder than almost anywhere else in the state, Gov. Greg Abbott said. Homeowners never imagined they’d have to deal with a flood in the South Texas city.

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The first report on police-ICE interactions required by the City Council shows Houston transferred 18% of people with immigration-related warrants to ICE custody.

Instead of trying to capture a particular artist’s statement, Bayou City Stewards is an extremely broad collection of art by Black creators that spans multiple disciplines and dozens of styles

Talarico has been attacking Paxton on the campaign trail over his office’s handling of a case where a Waco man was charged with sexually abusing a young boy.

The Republicans make no mention of experts’ warnings that the climate crisis is supercharging the wildfires.

With no way to close off the open-air stadium, FIFA doesn’t appear to have any plan in place to protect those inside.

Rio Grande levels began rising Thursday and are expected to crest at moderate flood stage Friday night.

Salgado Araujo’s brother, who witnessed the shooting, has requested to leave an ICE jail to pay his last respects.

Trump once again threatened this week to take out “all” of Iran’s power plants and bridges.

In late June, the Texas State Board of Education set controversial new curriculum requirements for the state’s public schools, which educate approximately 5.5 million students. Alongside further curtailing of cultural, ethnic, and geographic diversity, the new requirements mandat…

In Seattle, restaurant workers walked out, while Hilton Embassy Suites employees have been on strike since June 18.

“No country can be great without fair and honest elections,” Trump, himself notorious for lying, said in his speech.

Howden’s appointment follows weeks of speculation over who would take over running Texas’ elections before the November midterms.

The Washington State Supreme Court will rule on whether Amber Kim, who is trans, can return to a women’s prison.

“We need Nuremberg trials for Big Oil,” the Sunrise Movement wrote on social media as wildfires rage across Canada.

They're killing people with impunity and lying to our faces about it.

Toxic pollution from the war on Iran has devastated the country’s environment for years to come.

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Residents experiencing flooding on Thursday similar to 2025’s catastrophic July 4 event describe a new sense of preparedness but the same intense anxieties.

As his sons greeted visitors near the casket of their father, who was killed in an ICE operation, some at the public visitation said they knew him well — even if they’d never met him.

The news comes as Trump faces scrutiny for promoting companies on Truth Social that he bought stock in.

Paxton rallied in McAllen while Talarico toured the border this week, offering an early look at how each will vie in the coming months for the Latino voters who swung to Trump in 2024.

While parts of Texas will see floodwaters recede Friday, the Hill Country, Rio Grande and Edwards Plateau remain at risk of major flooding.

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The rule allows federal officials to deny green cards to immigrants who use a public program, such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.

From addressing storm damage to mental health needs, here’s how to help or find resources.

Tribal nations and environmental advocates have called on state officials to shut down the project for years.

The complaint comes after The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found the Texas attorney general repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live.

Jane Nelson wrote a letter in April to federal officials to ensure they were using the most accurate data after the SAVE program flagged U.S. citizens as potential noncitizens.

Trump administration officials were notably absent from a House hearing on reforming FEMA this week.

People with left-wing beliefs are “enemies of civilization,” said Miller in a speech with numerous McCarthyist echoes.

The LinkedIn co-founder’s donation was nearly 80% of the pro-Talarico super PAC’s second-quarter haul. It comes as the Austin Democrat wages a campaign focused on keeping big money out of politics.

Mothers in Gaza are losing their newborns as hospitals struggle to function without adequate supplies and resources.

Civilians in Gaza saw his words and actions as dehumanizing, meant to portray Palestinians as monsters and terrorists.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, whose office is running an investigation into the shooting, also expressed doubt that there were drugs in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van.

“This constitutes a cowardly war crime against the most innocent,” said a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

“He is not fit to be attorney general … he acts as the president’s personal attorney,” says Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Paxton's campaign said it received the same invitations from three Texas media groups and that the attorney general plans to debate, though it did not commit to a specific host.

As the House voted, Israel continued bombing Gaza, including in an attack that killed two parents and their child.

Saronic Technologies accepted a tax incentive deal on the promise of bringing 10,000 jobs in 10 years. Critics say this deal comes with a caveat.

Amanda Eyre Ward is an Austin writer and author of 13 novels—three of which are set in Texas and the rest scattered all over the world. Her latest book, Arrivals and Departures, out June 16, delves deep into the dark world of international romance scammers and how they masquerade…

And our former friends won't trust us again anytime soon.

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More than a dozen counties in Northeast Texas have signed resolutions to create a groundwater conservation district in a bid to protect local groundwater.

The change would give states greater power on deciding how much notice and public input residents receive before such permits are approved or denied.

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What six weeks worth of flip-flops tell you about November.

Cody Campbell, a major Texas Tech booster and GOP megadonor, has vocally defended Brendan Sorsby’s right to play amid a legal battle stemming from his betting scandal.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the governor and other top Republican state leaders largely avoided commenting on it.

The US is widely acknowledged to be responsible for the strike, including within internal Pentagon investigations.

The 84-page report by two human rights groups says 90% of the detainees they interviewed say they were beaten or witnessed others being beaten.

We have a plan for the day you are born and the day you die. We can make you breathe—or at least try to—when your lungs fail and your blood can no longer clot. At the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in central Houston, we repair spinal defects before birth and replace hearts after a m…

Environmental advocates say the order represents a good first step but does not go far enough.

Abortion isn’t polling as high as other issues that matter to women voters, and Democrats have also retreated on the topic.

More than a dozen attorneys and former law enforcement officials reviewed footage of the deadly ICE car pursuit for The Texas Tribune. They said ICE’s tactics were breaking with best practice and possibly the law.

Artificial elevation of testosterone levels has been linked to a number of adverse health outcomes.

The journalists were accompanying the father of a Palestinian American who was beaten to death by settlers a year ago.

This is part of my ongoing investigation into the National Design Studio. Please see parts one and two .

“If we respect human rights,” Rep. Ilhan Omar said, “we have nothing to fear from the ICC.”

Law firms that lobbied for the Musk-backed “billionaires bill” are bankrolling the lawmakers facing primary challenges.

“We are seeing much more aggressive coordination between local law enforcement and ICE than we have ever seen before"

In a growing movement, over 80 communities have canceled, rejected, or deactivated automated license plate readers.

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The internal estimate varies drastically from the Trump administration’s latest public estimate of $30 billion.

The “Golden Gate Defendants” have spent two years enmeshed in a drawn-out trial and now await sentencing in August.

The president’s social media post comes a day after federal sources said ICE suspended all traffic stops following fatal shootings in Houston and Maine.

ICE agents have shot and killed two people this month while conducting traffic stops and vehicle pursuits.

Musk gave three voters million-dollar checks, encouraging them to vote in the 2025 state Supreme Court election.

The Big Three framed the move as a way to keep Texas fiscally conservative and help fund priorities like property tax cuts. Public education and school vouchers were exempted.

In 2015, a 25-year-old flooring installer named Roendy Granillo collapsed and died of heat stroke on a construction job in Melissa, a small town northeast of Dallas, after his family said he was denied a water break. They carried his story to Dallas City Hall, and the council pas…

The Trump administration’s broader proposal requests nearly $1.5 trillion in total military-related spending for 2027.

Republicans own the orgy of corruption that will follow their vote to confirm him.

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As Latino and immigrant communities mourn the death of a Houston man, undocumented neighbors remain in hiding for fear of being next.

A handful of women provide one answer to years of schism and decline in the denomination.

Who would win? Two of Texas’s most troublesome invasive species have much in common. They reproduce alarmingly fast, send shudders down the spines of Texas ranchers, and can traverse similar distances (about twelve miles a day). One is the feral … Continue reading →

Texas officials have sued a Houston area postpartum center as well as investigated Rio Grande Valley hospitals over allegations of soliciting foreigners to have babies on U.S. soil.

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The GOP's war on weed, brought to you by the alcohol lobby.

Areas along U.S. 90 west of San Antonio could see a staggering 10 to 20 inches of rain, raising particular concerns for people vacationing there.

“There is no point in pretending that ICE is here to protect us,” a resident told the City Council in its first meeting since an immigration agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

The president said that, actually, “I don’t think anybody should be able to charge a fee for the strait.”

In this week's episode, our hosts speak with Texas Tribune reporters Uriel J. García and Colleen DeGuzman about the unanswered questions and investigations in response to the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Mahmoud Khalil says the suit against US officials and pro-Israel groups is “about far more than what was done to” him.

ICE policy already restricts traffic stops, requiring that agents only use them when there is “reasonable suspicion.”

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is barring horses, pigs, cattle and other animals from Texas due to concerns over New World screwworm, a parasitic fly.

Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a father of a young daughter in Biddeford, Maine, is the second man ICE has killed in six days.

“Voters all across Maine … think [ICE] needs to be abolished,” says Drop Site News correspondent Nathan Bernard.

U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee of Houston said the reported pause was not enough: “A temporary training won’t solve a deeply ingrained problem.”

Organizers are fighting another possible surrender to racism in higher education.

The Democratic leader claimed there are “more decisive ways” to achieve change with regards to Netanyahu.

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The president has maintained for years that his 2020 election loss was due to fraud, without any demonstrable proof.

The victim was identified by Sen. Angus King’s office as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old father from Colombia.

A friend at a pub said this to me and I have opinions about it

The district on the Seneca Nation reservation is set to be one of the first to put a humanoid robot in a classroom.

The evidence includes body camera footage, officer statements, and the Honda Pilot in which Good was killed.

Paxton's own voting address is under scrutiny, the Bible's headed to Texas classrooms, ICE kills a man in Houston, Democrats float $1,500 checks — and flesh-eating flies enter the feral-hog debate.

Democrats have said they may sue the president if he doesn't adhere to previous War Powers votes.

Paul Skalnik was a con artist, passing bad checks, role-playing as a successful businessman, and racking up a series of sometimes overlapping marriages. Over the years, he bilked numerous people out of their savings with hollow promises and half-cocked schemes, which often ended…

He may have found Trump distasteful, but no one did more to protect him.

As attorney general, Paxton threw unprecedented resources into stopping Biden’s agenda. That record is his sword and shield as he runs for U.S. Senate.

Despite efforts to boost domestic energy production, Mexico will continue to depend on Texas for natural gas, experts said, undermining its stated goals of energy independence.

Wild stuff. The Taylor City Council was set to consider a proposed ordinance Thursday night that would temporarily ban data centers. But 15 minutes after the council meeting began, the city released a statement on its Facebook page saying council … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s president said her government will file complaints and lawsuits over 17 deaths related to U.S. immigration enforcement.

A recording from Michelle H. Davis's live video

Harris County officials say they will fund an independent investigation to identify the ICE agents involved in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's killing.

Federal agencies and investigators have offered limited information, prompting calls for outside scrutiny.

One witness said a little girl wearing pajamas, potentially the victim’s daughter, was present at the shooting.

The secretary of state announced what he characterized as a “campaign to dismantle” the International Criminal Court.

Community animals need community. Obviously. Right?

Feelings of injustice around the international tournament are a symptom of geopolitics in 2026.

Activists are now watching to see whether the Trump administration will instead further privatize immigration detention.

🏳️‍🌈 My dear queer stars, congrats on making it through Pride Month, and welcome back to Big & Bright 🌈 ⭐ 👏! I hope you’ve rehydrated and recovered. Pride may be over, but the discourse never stops, because some folks seemed determined to reheat a

Just last month, Marco Rubio said that “no country is allowed” to charge fees on the strait.

Democratic socialists are framed as naive, unqualified political actors who threaten to derail the Democratic Party.

Editor’s Note: This story was supported by grants from the Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. Seated inside a Starbucks café last February, Grace Bellido, 14, shares some of her favorite books by pencil…

“This would be the first constitutional amendment to provide a right to a particular fossil fuel,” notes an expert.

The US is the only wealthy country in the world that does not guarantee paid sick leave for workers.

From Gingrich to Trump, Graham was a fixture as the GOP became increasingly malignant.

Scholar Rashid Khalidi, who belongs to a family that has claims to the land, discusses why the embassy is illegal.

The White House is charging David Hearn with felony level destruction of property for reaching his hand into the pool.

I like this. State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, is promising to send each Texas household a $1,500 check drawn from the state’s rainy day fund if she defeats Gov. Greg Abbott this November. “The government is … Continue reading →

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The Tribune spoke with nine people who voted for the senior senator in the primary, offering a window into how that key voting bloc is thinking about the general election.

A judge will hear arguments this week after industrial users protested a rate hike by the city, which said residents and businesses were unfairly subsidizing industrial rates.

And there was much rejoicing. Five years after Half Price Books left Montrose, the booksellers purchased the former Soundwaves building and plans to return in 2027. Soundwaves announced it was closing its last remaining location that sat off 3509 Montrose … Continue reading →

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A teacher, a voucher champion, and a district that's not what it used to be

Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.

A new Justice Department memo undermines key aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The court just struck down decades-old limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

Unbelievable. The 52-year-old Houston man fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent earlier this week was not the target of the agency’s operation, said U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, who has called for release of any video … Continue reading →

Rubio has near total control of the nation's finances, resources, and government, reported The New York Times.

Scott Wiener and Dr. Nasser Mohamed staged a World Cup LGBTQ rights moment. But who was it for?

Good work. As Michael Eason drove along the banks of the Guadalupe River late last summer, amid places he had worked and photographed over the years, he couldn’t help but be moved by the devastation. “Depending on where you were … Continue reading →

The utility merger seeks to exploit the data center boom for profit and political clout, at ratepayers’ expense.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo killing was the result of the kind of operation ICE increasingly relies on to meet quotas.

No incumbent. No excuse.

Texas regulators are using permit regimes usually reserved for gas stations and dry cleaners to open the door to AI.

Advocates say the move, a part of the mayor's affordability agenda, will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million annually.

ICE’s shift from using jails to find undocumented immigrants to arresting people on the streets risks violent encounters, experts say, such as the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Union leadership’s fealty to the Democratic Party puts it on the losing side of NYC’s historic primary elections.

Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, gaining momentum from the broader anti-ICE movement.

Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.

"They control the scene, the deceased, the van, the witnesses. So yes, they control the investigation," Mayor John Whitmire said.

Paul and I discuss the week's big political stories.

A provision to greatly expand the US’s military coordination with Israel was quietly added to the bill this year.

Many of the stories in the collection from Texas women are designed to be pure nightmare fuel running on the gasoline of lost bodily autonomy

Trump said he won’t sign the bill set to become law today, but Congress has enough votes to override a potential veto.

A recent poll reveals around 7 in 10 Americans agree with the Supreme Court's decision to uphold birthright citizenship.

The other men in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo told their lawyer that agents fired into the vehicle unprovoked, according to the Washington Post.

Delay and deferral tactics threaten accountability, transparency, and democratic processes, says a FOIA advocate.

Organizers across the country are using every tool in their arsenal against Flock surveillance cameras.

The gaping mouth of Bracken Cave, created when limestone collapsed into a sinkhole in this rocky patch of Hill Country millennia ago, reveals only darkness to the human eye. Yet the room inside is filled with the pulsing life of tiny, furry, pregnant Mexican free-tailed bats in A…

The Trump administration is stonewalling the public about the US’s deadliest strike on civilians in decades.

The rule presents one more barrier for those seeking care in an industry associated with long-term health impacts.

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All three witnesses in the car with the 52-year-old father said ICE agents were on the side of the car, not in front.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country “cannot turn a blind eye” to the ICE-related deaths.

Graham Platner's campaign should never have gotten this far.

The move leaves the Election Assistance Commission unable to act as the president seeks to reshape voting rules.

For 35 years, a Mexican father built homes in Houston. Then a morning drive ended in tragedy. For the last 35 years, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s day began the same way: He woke up at 5 a.m., kissed his wife goodbye, … Continue reading →

The Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center will close classrooms in phases over the next few years, beginning with infants in the 2027-28 academic year.

I wish them luck. Faculty groups sued Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the university system’s regents Wednesday, asking a federal judge in El Paso to block classroom restrictions they say have censored professors who teach about race, gender identity … Continue readin…

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The Capitol steps, a legislator's blood, and the men who walked away clean.

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U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said ICE’s acting director told her that agents were not wearing body cameras and promised that they would start soon.

The wall would have blocked parishioners from reaching La Lomita chapel. A state representative has put a stop to those plans.

Over 80 percent of this spending went toward Republicans or conservative causes, a new analysis finds.

A former attorney for a formula manufacturer facing many lawsuits now leads the FDA.

Reitz, a partisan firebrand who has vowed to “destroy the left,” previously served as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top deputy.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia believes that the War Powers resolutions passed by Congress are legally binding.

DHS said Lunas Campos had attempted suicide, but witnesses said he died after being restrained by multiple guards.

District Attorney Sean Teare said he is in contact with prosecutors in Minnesota who are investigating the January shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents.

Four members of Congress demand that ICE and Homeland Security release evidence supporting its claims that an ICE agent shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in self-defense.

The group said it has gathered enough evidence to reasonably conclude that Israeli forces violated international law.

“ICE has repeatedly lied about killing people in cold blood,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

Harris County leaders have their sympathy for the family, while also citing the need for a thorough and independent investigation into the shooting

State legislatures are scrambling to combat abuses associated with the rising AI-driven surveillance of workers.

Excess deaths in France, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands last month exceeded 4,600.

Taylor Leigh is a deconstructed Christian and a child of missionaries turned vocal critic of her former faith.

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The US military said it has struck over 170 targets in Iran over the past two days.

Two Palestinian parents recount the killing of their children by the Israeli military. One was 3, the other 9.

Calling into Gov. Greg Abbott's guest-hosted Hannity radio show, the Republican senator said Talarico is “charming” enough to win over voters “who may not be paying close attention to the issues.”

The president purchased up to $24.3 million in stocks from arms manufacturers and other Pentagon contractors last year.

Platner took a divisive tone in a video announcing his decision, blaming establishment Democrats for his exit.

Kaesha Avishai and other Angelina County residents are worried about what the data center's arrival means for their property and their way of life.

Recent polling from The Texas Politics Project suggests Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is performing better with Black voters than his predecessors were at this point in their campaigns.

You’ve probably heard about the Trump administration’s plans for a border wall through Big Bend. Or its plans not to build a wall at all, but instead to put up a futuristic forcefield of lights and sensors. You may have even heard that public pressure backed the Department of Hom…

Texas regulators are allowing AI data centers across the state to start up hundreds of new pollution sources with no public notice or environmental reviews.

He's campaigning on an even dumber version of McCarthyism.

Most migrant deaths in Texas have occurred while they were detained since President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown. Several were from natural causes.

As of February, 21% of Texans who enrolled in a plan through the federal marketplace did not pay their first premium.

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Speakers at the vigil and a statement from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s family elevated calls for an independent investigation into his death and raised doubts about ICE’s description of events.

The Austin Democrat’s haul is a record for a U.S. Senate candidate in the second quarter of an election year and is nearly three times what Beto O’Rourke raised in the same period in 2018.

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Investor Kyle Bass’ high-capacity water wells in East Texas have been blocked by a moratorium. He says his rights as a landowner are being violated.

The GOP Senate candidate raised more between April and June than he had in all prior quarters combined.

Those who spent time with the Gaza doctor describe systematic beatings, dog attacks, and deliberate medical neglect.

“We don’t expect the truth from the Department of Justice or from the FBI,” said the national president of a civil rights group.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s family, federal lawmakers and community advocates are pushing for local scrutiny, expressing distrust in federal officials.

Never Again Action is connecting Trump’s assault on immigrant communities to experiences from American Jewish history.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has not issued a personal public statement since being hospitalized on June 14.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son said his father would not have tried to flee a law enforcement stop. Local leaders say they’ve received little information from federal officials about the shooting.

“Negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don't see it,” Trump said on the status of future discussions.

Trump announced he would lift US sanctions on Turkey and is considering selling the country F-35 fighter jets.

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the restrictions as discriminatory, improperly vague and a violation of free speech.

The law, championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, aims to restrict certain teachings concerning race and diversity.

The new adjustments to inflation calculations come as several polls show Americans are struggling with consumer costs.

If Texas is, as its pledge of allegiance states, “one state under God,” this begs a question. What God? Whose God? For many Texans, it’s undoubtedly the Christian God, because (so they say) we’re a Christian nation. They can point, for instance, to the 190-foot-tall “Cross of Our…

Activists refuse to let the Trump administration stamp out the joy of soccer among immigrant communities.

From meet and greets with local candidates to the “Weird Mom Prom,” this Fort Worth nonprofit is building community and changing perceptions about the kinds of people who live in the DFW metroplex.

But the grift goes on.

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The terms for Susan Ballabina, promoted in May, include possible merit bonuses and deferred compensation, records show.

Fraudsters are increasingly using the ATM-like machines for fast access to money that’s difficult to trace.

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From investment fraud to sophisticated schemes involving hard-to-trace digital currency, Texans lost more than $1 billion to crypto scams in 2025.

Let’s go. Just hours after interim County Judge Daniel Wong sued County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson on Monday, Smith-Lawson responded with a legal action seeking to remove Wong from office. The fight has played out in news conferences, contentious Commissioners Court … Contin…

This was the most recent update I found, about a week after the stories about the lawsuit being filed. Collier filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ballot access laws. He argues they violate the constitutional rights of independent candidates … Continue reading →

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The top cop may have committed the crime he built a task force to catch.

Inside the Texas Democrats’ convention in a hopeful year for the party.

THC’s effects on issues ranging from homelessness to mental health were examined at Tuesday’s meeting with the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

While some states ban insurers from using copay accumulator programs, oversight has stalled at the federal level.

Federal officials said agents stopped the man as part of a targeted enforcement operation and an ICE officer fired on him in self defense.

The Olympic decisionmaking body has previously faced scrutiny over allowing Israel to compete amid its genocide in Gaza.

Every liberal justice had a positive favorability rating, while every conservative justice had a net negative rating.

Editor’s Note: Lupe Mendez, poetry editor of the Texas Observer, is author of the new book We Exist in the Whisper: Huelga School Verses (Arte Público Press, 2026)–one of the first works to tackle Houston’s 1970s huelga school movement. Mendez’s moving mélange of poetry, intervie…

Trump's Freedom 250 shadow organization was a vehicle for soliciting political donations, a new report contends.

The Trump administration allegedly shared information that could get them persecuted or killed after they were deported.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”

The AI development race has resulted in plans to build or expand 74 methane gas plants across the country.

The Iranian leader was assassinated in February, along with members of his family, in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike.

Her plan would cost $17 billion which would come from the rainy day fund. She said Abbott is hoarding money in that account that belongs to Texans.

Rules on the reconciliation process stipulate that non-budgetary items cannot be included in such measures.

The polling comes as Israel’s genocide in Gaza has surpassed its 1000th day.

A fundraiser for the GOP nominee for Senate will feature a number of major Senate Republicans who previously supported John Cornyn.

Trump is now toxic across Europe’s ideological spectrum. Only 11 percent in 15 countries see the US as a steady ally.

“Disaster aid should be merit-based, not politicized,” said Rhode Island lawmakers, whose state was denied FEMA aid.

Congrats, America.

A UN body is calling on Israel to immediately release Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been arbitrarily detained since 2024.

One way or another, this needs to be decided by a judge. Fort Bend’s battle over who is legally running county government is now headed to court. Fort Bend interim County Judge Daniel Wong filed suit Monday against County Attorney … Continue reading →

Last month, the Texas Republican Party included in its platform a ban on foreigners using American surrogates, arguing the practice allows children born under these circumstances to obtain U.S. citizenship.

Colleges are pivoting to offer students more job training and credentials as many skipped enrollment to go into the workforce, report finds.

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The good old boys are almost out of road.

Records show Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, who fought alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan, died in a Dallas hospital a day after detainment due to an allergic reaction to an unknown substance.

Historians say the inclusion of the word “god” in the Declaration is symbolic, not meant to be a religious endorsement.

Thirteen states have either blocked or tried to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood on their own.

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Rim of the Pacific — the world’s largest maritime exercise — unleashes five weeks of intensified pollution on Hawaii.

Internal NPS documents indicate that the agency was aware that the show would drastically reduce air quality.

Every Thursday and Sunday evening, a dozen volunteers file into the back room of Vesper, a community space in East Austin. In the workroom-turned-library, there is a small kitchen, bright overhead lighting, and hundreds of books and magazines stacked every which way on floor-to-c…

At least six people have been charged with allegedly vandalizing the pool, which underwent a failed $16M renovation.

International banks are financing the industry’s pivot to petrochemical products like plastics and fertilizers.

CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.

Food banks are struggling to fill the gap in Arizona, where more than half of recipients lost federal assistance.

Commentators said the lifting of Folarin Balogun's red card “tainted” the international soccer tournament.

He really is trying to find the guy that did this. Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday. “We must prohibit them … Continue reading →

Several federal agencies have taken unprecedented steps to keep physicians from providing care to trans youth.

Over 49,000 undocumented students are currently enrolled in Florida colleges.

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Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

The Tejano musician has been dogged by a series of headlines regarding his former accordionist, a registered sex offender. Pulido has insisted he did not know about the man’s rap sheet.

A little trip down memory lane. In early June, when former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s playing status was still up in the air, a group of key Red Raiders released a 21-minute video, explaining the school’s position in Sorsby’s … Continue reading →

Just 2% of Texas voters call abortion the state’s most pressing problem. Advocates are reframing the issue as one of reproductive healthcare that affects families’ pocketbooks.

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HD86 hasn't had an open seat since 1985. Cullin Knutson is betting the Panhandle is ready to change directions.

The Houston Republican served for three decades in Congress, rising to become chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.

Texas has been writing the fine print since 1840.

Chemical releases from industrial accidents that hurt or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years.

Since 2021, 82 Flock contracts have been canceled across 28 US states — nearly half of them during this year alone.

Grassroots organizers offer a look inside the movement that helped Janeese Lewis George win the Democratic primary.

People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation.

The Emirates' promised $1.4 trillion investment in the US appears to be incentivizing Washington to look the other way.

Gaps in government health surveillance are leaving openings for dangerous diseases to slip through undetected.

On the one year anniversary of the bill's passage, the harms it's inflicting are only multiplying.

Trump also called on Congress to end the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, a voter suppression bill.