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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
3 hours ago

Judge pauses much of Trump administration's massive downsizing of federal agencies

Read full article: Judge pauses much of Trump administration's massive downsizing of federal agencies
FILE - A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
6 hours ago

Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library

Read full article: Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a town-hall style meeting, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Acworth, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
7 hours ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene declines to challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia Senate race

Read full article: Marjorie Taylor Greene declines to challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia Senate race
FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.,File)
7 hours ago

Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor's criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

Read full article: Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor's criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case.

Ector County Library's fiction section includes novels, anime, science fiction, westerns, and more.
8 hours ago

After a sometimes graphic debate, Texas House advances bill limiting kids’ access to sexually explicit books in libraries

Read full article: After a sometimes graphic debate, Texas House advances bill limiting kids’ access to sexually explicit books in libraries

The bill would bar those under 18 from checking out books with sexually explicit material without parental permission.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a press conference in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025.
7 hours ago

Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit

Read full article: Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit

The state attorney general sued Google in 2022, alleging it unlawfully tracked and collected users’ private data.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, oversight hearing of the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
9 hours ago

Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July

Read full article: Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July

The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action.

FILE - North Carolina Executive Director of the State Board of Election, Karen Brinson Bell is seen during an election forum, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
9 hours ago

Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward 'caretakers of our democracy'

Read full article: Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward 'caretakers of our democracy'

The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end to verbal attacks against those who oversee the voting process.

CORRECTS NAME TO MEGYN INSTEAD OF MEGAN - FILE - Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
11 hours ago

On podcasts, Trump’s surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality

Read full article: On podcasts, Trump’s surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, has appeared on numerous wellness and right-wing podcasts over the past year.

Johnson County resident Karen Coleman, right, chats with Dana Ames, the countys environmental crime investigator, and fellow farmer John Farmer in the Capitol cafeteria while waiting to testify at a hearing on PFAS chemicals on May 8, 2024.
11 hours ago

They drove to the Capitol to testify on a bill and got a grueling lesson in Texas democracy

Read full article: They drove to the Capitol to testify on a bill and got a grueling lesson in Texas democracy

The group from Johnson County waited 18 hours to testify at a hearing that started at 1 a.m. on a bill to limit toxic chemicals in fertilizer.

FILE - A baby is carried in the tailgating section before an NFL football game, Nov. 25, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)
11 hours ago

Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row

Read full article: Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row

Liam and Olivia have, for a sixth year together, topped the list of names for babies born in the U.S. in 2024.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives before President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
10 hours ago

How the military is dealing with Hegseth's order to remove transgender troops

Read full article: How the military is dealing with Hegseth's order to remove transgender troops

The military services are scrambling to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, will not face a planned vote by Texas Democrats to condemn him, a party leader said.
7 hours ago

Texas Democrats cancel planned vote to condemn Rep. Henry Cuellar

Read full article: Texas Democrats cancel planned vote to condemn Rep. Henry Cuellar

Concerns about measures to enforce a ban against a lawmaker’s access to voter files led the party to drop the vote, a party leader said.

Earthen dams separate black water (top) from muddy water (bottom) at Inland Environmental & Remediation, Inc., south of Columbus on April 14, 2019.
12 hours ago

Texas attorney general wins $60 million judgment in pollution lawsuit

Read full article: Texas attorney general wins $60 million judgment in pollution lawsuit

A Texas business illegally dumped industrial waste into Skull Creek in Colorado County six years ago, then residents complained to the attorney general’s office.

FILE - The CHS oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun, Sept. 28, 2024, in McPherson, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
11 hours ago

15 states sue over Trump's move to fast-track oil and gas projects via his 'energy emergency' order

Read full article: 15 states sue over Trump's move to fast-track oil and gas projects via his 'energy emergency' order

A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening endangered species, critical habitat and cultural resources.

FILE - White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
9 hours ago

US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused

Read full article: US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused

The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week.

Supporters of a Maryland measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery rally on Friday, May 9, 2025 in Annapolis, Md., next to a statute of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
13 hours ago

Supporters of a bill to study reparations for slavery urge Maryland Gov. Moore to sign the measure

Read full article: Supporters of a bill to study reparations for slavery urge Maryland Gov. Moore to sign the measure

Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland have rallied next to the Capitol and the governor’s residence to urge Gov. Wes Moore to sign the legislation.

FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives on the red carpet for the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall March 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
13 hours ago

US poets laureate criticize Trump's firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Read full article: US poets laureate criticize Trump's firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Three recent U.S. poet laureates are condemning President Donald Trump's firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
10 hours ago

Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

Read full article: Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21.

A member of the Texas Army National Guard patrols the Rio Grande atop a line of shipping containers in Eagle Pass. The state border security effort, Operation Lone Star, has cost Texas $11 billion.
13 hours ago

John Cornyn says tax and spending bill must reimburse Texas $11 billion for border security

Read full article: John Cornyn says tax and spending bill must reimburse Texas $11 billion for border security

Texas Republicans are pushing the federal government to pay the state’s costs of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg’s Abbott’s border security initiative.

FILE - A neighborhood still flooded from Hurricane Milton prepares to have the FEMA Disaster Recover Center covert to a polling location for the general election on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Ridge Manor, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)
13 hours ago

'Don't get in my way,' the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff

Read full article: 'Don't get in my way,' the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff

The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is warning staff not to try to impede upcoming changes.

President of China Xi Jinping arrives in the Kremlin for a gala concert held for heads of foreign delegations, in Moscow, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexandr Kryazhev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)
14 hours ago

You called me. No — you called ME. Before US-China meeting, nations each say the other wanted talks

Read full article: You called me. No — you called ME. Before US-China meeting, nations each say the other wanted talks

Before high-level U.S. and Chinese officials hold talks in Switzerland this weekend to discuss high tariffs, Washington and Beijing have been in a rhetorical duel over which side reached out first.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
14 hours ago

Two dolls instead of 30? Toys become the latest symbol of Trump's trade war

Read full article: Two dolls instead of 30? Toys become the latest symbol of Trump's trade war

Toy dolls have become the latest rhetorical poster child for President Donald Trump's tariffs crusade.

David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
12 hours ago

To keep millions alive after aid cuts, pull climate and other funding in richer nations, group says

Read full article: To keep millions alive after aid cuts, pull climate and other funding in richer nations, group says

Leading aid organizations are triaging aid after countries led by the U.S. funnel less money to foreign assistance.

El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habla con reporteros en el exterior de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 8 de mayo de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
15 hours ago

Trump revives, then discards, then revives again the idea of taxing the rich in big GOP bill

Read full article: Trump revives, then discards, then revives again the idea of taxing the rich in big GOP bill

After flirting with raising the tax rate for the wealthiest earners, President Donald Trump is backing off that call — sort of.

FILE - US Mail is delivered at to an apartment complex in Pittsburgh on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
13 hours ago

FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general amid talk of privatization

Read full article: FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general amid talk of privatization

A former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors will take over control of the U.S. Postal Service.

FILE - David Souter, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is shown, Dec. 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)
12 hours ago

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal favorite, dies at 85

Read full article: Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal favorite, dies at 85

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in front of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
8 hours ago

The Latest: Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of weekend meeting

Read full article: The Latest: Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of weekend meeting

President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to de-escalate the trade war.

President Donald Trump speaks at an event for Military Mothers, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
5 hours ago

As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump's tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims

Read full article: As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump's tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims

The way President Donald Trump sees it, beating China in a trade war should be easy.

FILE - People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
14 hours ago

Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll shows a majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of issues related to colleges and universities, as his Republican administration ramps up threats to cut federal funding unless schools comply with his political agenda.

An international student from Taiwan poses for a portrait on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on May 4, 2025. He is one of several international students in Texas worried by the federal government's recent immigration enforcement actions.
22 hours ago

After immigration crackdown, international students in Texas self-censor to protect their education

Read full article: After immigration crackdown, international students in Texas self-censor to protect their education

Students told the Tribune they have deleted social media accounts, socialize less and steer clear of charged topics to avoid becoming targets of immigration authorities.

Texas lawmakers have few options to drive down rising home insurance costs.
22 hours ago

Texas lawmakers want to lower homeowners' insurance costs, but have few options

Read full article: Texas lawmakers want to lower homeowners' insurance costs, but have few options

Texans pay some of the highest insurance premiums in the country, putting lawmakers under pressure to tackle rising costs.

Commercial dealers weigh creates of lobsters on a dock in Stonington, Maine, on Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
20 hours ago

Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump's push to deregulate

Read full article: Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump's push to deregulate

Commercial fishermen are eager to see if President Donald Trump's command to shed federal fishing regulations will boost one of the nation's oldest industries.

The Supreme Court building is seen on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
1 day ago

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation's legal system

Read full article: Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation's legal system

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation's legal system.

The Dallas skyline in 2024.
13 hours ago

Texas House advances bill that would prohibit land sales to people and entities from certain countries

Read full article: Texas House advances bill that would prohibit land sales to people and entities from certain countries

The legislation had only pertained to countries the government deemed national security threats. A last-minute change would let the governor add more countries to the ban.

FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, to be awarded to Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
19 hours ago

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Read full article: President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican president and his agenda.

Jim Davis, University of Texas at Austin interim president, Gov. Greg Abbott, UT System Chairman Kevin Eltife, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Justin Dyer, the dean of UT's School of Civic Leadership, gathered Thursday at the UT-Austin campus for the announcement that $100 million is being invested into the civic leadership school.
1 day ago

UT System announces $100 million investment into civic leadership school

Read full article: UT System announces $100 million investment into civic leadership school

The money will help pay for a permanent home for the school on UT-Austin's campus. Conservative donors and lawmakers, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, helped create the school in 2023.

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