Veteran political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC following some commentary regarding Charlie Kirk that drew a heated reaction.

Two television networks with “NBC” in their names — MSNBC and CNBC — will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News once a spinoff formally takes effect in about a year.

The Texas Tribune Festival will bring hundreds of big names to Austin in September. The three day event taking place Sept. 22-24 includes 350 speakers and 120 panels, conversations, and interviews. We’re spotlighting 22 of the panels slated for the 2022 event, many including prominent leaders from the Houston area.

The next book from MSNBC anchor and NBC News correspondent Katy Tur will combine the personal and the professional.

The former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development talked about his race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.