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President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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The Latest: Kennedy Center board set to vote on whether to move forward with closure

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FILE - A National Park Service worker stands near a pump placed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Reflecting Pool's botched repairs threaten to tarnish the National Park Service's reputation

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President Donald Trump speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and Jayme Franklin listen during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump's vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The migrants in this story asked to be identified only by their first names or initials because they are undocumented and fear arrest and deportation. Jossman, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, sits down during an interview at Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Refugio in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Jossman was recently released from ICE custody on Monday, June 29.

In San Antonio’s immigrant community, the fear of ICE weighs on every move

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Everyday tasks like buying groceries or taking kids to the park now bring life-changing risks. “We couldn’t go out because they were hunting us,” a Honduran mother said.

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Paxton, Talarico tap contrary versions of God and Christianity in appeal to Texas voters

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Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Paxton says he was “delivered by God” to protect Texas from leftists. Talarico’s focus

Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly, speaks during a town hall meeting, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Leesburg, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Mission Improbable: A onetime Republican is trying to prove Democrats can win in Florida

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David Jolly, a former Republican now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, is trying to revive the state's political battleground status.

The exterior of the Kennedy Center is seen, Friday, July 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy Center board set to vote on whether to move forward with closure

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The Kennedy Center's board is set to meet to discuss future plans after a federal judge blocked a two-year closure for renovations.

FILE - Andrew Tate, left, watches his brother Tristan speak, outside a police station in Voluntari, Romania, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Judge postpones hearing over whether Tate brothers should stay in custody as they fight extradition

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A federal judge in Miami has postponed a hearing on whether social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in custody.

Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight from Turkey as Trump switched planes, official says

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane, while President Donald Trump was secreted onto another plane following an Iranian threat.

The Children’s Health Specialty Center, where GENECIS is located, in Dallas, TX on June 22, 2022.

Baby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas

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The biological parents won a temporary restraining order against the surrogate, who tried to claim parental rights, and are with their baby, their attorneys say.

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Corpus Christi voters to decide if industry should pay sharply higher water fees during droughts

Read full article: Corpus Christi voters to decide if industry should pay sharply higher water fees during droughts

Activists gathered nearly 13,000 petition signatures to place the measure on the November ballot. Legal challenges are expected.

Michele Tafoya, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, arrives to vote on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state

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Republicans in Minnesota see a chance to regain influence after a fraud scandal rocked state government.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, flanked by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, takes part in a press conference to announce action against ICE overreach in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks is facing criticism from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who call it unnecessary and cruel.

The Rio Grande Rivers cuts through an area referred to as “the badlands,” the Lajitas Golf Course is seen in the bottom right corner, between the U.S. and Mexico as seen from an aerial view over Lajitas on May 24, 2026.

As Big Bend wall outcry builds, Paxton does not say whether construction should proceed

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The attorney general’s campaign said he wants strong border security that considers Big Bend’s “unique characteristics” — but did not say whether he supports building a wall there.

FILE - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the Trump administration

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the month to spend time with her young family.

FILE - Heidi Beirich, of the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in broader criminal case against group

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Newly unsealed court records show that a former Southern Poverty Law Center official has been charged in the Department of Justice’s broader criminal case against the Alabama-based civil rights group.

FILE - In this photo taken from video released by Al Masirah TV channel shows a burning oil tanker after U.S. airstrikes targeted the Ras Isa oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels in Hodeida, Yemen, April 18, 2025.( Al Masirah TV via AP, File)

US strikes targeting Houthis killed 153 civilians in Yemen last year, Pentagon review says

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A Pentagon review has found that U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians.

FILE - Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on June 12, 2026. (Francisco Kjolseth /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit 'intended target'

Read full article: Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit 'intended target'

Lawyers for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk say he shouldn’t be eligible for the death penalty because the shooter hit the “intended target” during an event attended by thousands of people last year in Utah.

Supporters react to election results coming in during a primary election night watch party for Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change

Read full article: Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future.

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The Latest: Kennedy Center board set to vote on whether to move forward with closure

Reflecting Pool's botched repairs threaten to tarnish the National Park Service's reputation

Trump's vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

In San Antonio’s immigrant community, the fear of ICE weighs on every move

Paxton, Talarico tap contrary versions of God and Christianity in appeal to Texas voters

Mission Improbable: A onetime Republican is trying to prove Democrats can win in Florida

Kennedy Center board set to vote on whether to move forward with closure

Judge postpones hearing over whether Tate brothers should stay in custody as they fight extradition

Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight from Turkey as Trump switched planes, official says

Baby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas

Corpus Christi voters to decide if industry should pay sharply higher water fees during droughts

Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state

ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse

As Big Bend wall outcry builds, Paxton does not say whether construction should proceed

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the Trump administration

Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in broader criminal case against group

US strikes targeting Houthis killed 153 civilians in Yemen last year, Pentagon review says

Defense in Charlie Kirk's killing say shooter should not get death penalty, hit 'intended target'

Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change

Broadband grants paused as critics allege favoritism toward Elon Musk’s Starlink

David Crowley's razor-thin primary win sets up Wisconsin governor's race against Trump's pick

The Latest: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave at the month’s end

Trump’s vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line

The Texas Tribune is investing in coverage of education and Houston

Migrant kids are being held in a South Texas detention center longer than a court order allows

Trial lawyers, once a force for Democrats, reclaim political clout in Texas GOP’s MAGA wing

TribCast: Could rural rage really swing a statewide election?

Trump says Secret Service and the military wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to threat

Medicaid says it will stop paying for some gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Researchers, advocates rail against government's efforts to end workforce data collection

Inflation slows but prices remain elevated as Iran war and spending on AI push up prices

Texas cuts child care subsidy program. Here’s what that means.

Surrogate asks Texas court to let her seek medical care on the baby she’s carrying, AG Paxton says

Former US Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released

The Latest: Democratic socialist is neck and neck with moderate in Wisconsin governor primary

The Latest: Trump seeks an exit from his Iran war as Mideast violence spreads

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs chooses former Republican Mayor John Giles as her running mate