The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it has completed its investigation into the transport of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Viney… Read moreSheriff files criminal charges over Florida’s transport of migrants from San Antonio to Massachusetts
Facebook users can apply for their share of a $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement if they had accounts between May 2007 and December 2022. Read moreHow to claim your share of Facebook’s $725 million privacy settlement
Federal judges have issued contradicting orders about whether mifepristone — one of two drugs used to induce a medication abortion — can be le… Read moreFederal judges issue conflicting rulings in a pill used for medication abortion
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Four U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department to look closely at how Richardson-based RealPage’s software is used by big landlords. Read moreHow do landlords use RealPage’s software to raise rents? Four senators want to find out.
More than 3 million Texans are eligible for student debt relief, but the Supreme Court first must decide on two challenges to President Joe Bi… Read moreMore than 3 million Texans in limbo as Supreme Court hears student debt forgiveness cases
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year terms, even as he stands by plans to ru… Read moreTed Cruz, who’s running for a third term, again files bill to limit US senators to two terms
A Federal Aviation Administration systems outage that shut down the nation’s flight system Wednesday morning and caused thousands of delays is… Read moreFAA’s nationwide ground stop is the latest in recent tech failures
Two Texas businessmen, with ties to former Gov. Rick Perry, met with former President Donald Trump a week after the 2020 election and presente… Read moreTwo Texas businessmen pitched Trump on plan to overturn 2020 election, Jan. 6 report reveals
The U.S. Supreme Court’s chief justice on Monday paused the scheduled lifting of an emergency health order the federal government has used for… Read moreSupreme Court allows rapid removal of migrants to continue as legal challenge plays out
WASHINGTON — Guy Reffitt, a Texan who prosecutors said “lit the match” of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 7 1/4 … Read moreTexan who prosecutors say ‘lit the match’ of Jan. 6 riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
Warning that her city’s services have been overwhelmed, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has asked the Biden administration for the National Gua… Read moreCalling busing of migrants from Texas a ‘humanitarian crisis,’ Washington mayor asks for help from National Guard
American Airlines is cutting thousands of flights from its schedule for the remainder of this summer and fall, to “ensure operational reliabil… Read moreAmerican Airlines cuts more summer and fall flights to boost reliability
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would prevent states from banning birth control, though nearly the entire Republican d… Read moreTexas Republicans in Congress vote against bill to protect right to contraception
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday cleared state authorities to return migrants they apprehend to the border, setting up a potential clash with the … Read moreGov. Greg Abbott empowers state authorities to return migrants to border crossings
AURORA, Colo. — Texas nurses Jessica Phillips and Neshia McDonald stared at each other in disbelief when they heard the news that abortions wo… Read moreTexas nurses say ban on abortion is merely the start of the health problems women will face
Glenn Heights resident Robert Hopkins got ahead of the summer travel rush with a trip to Scandinavia to celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary… Read more‘It’s bad to fly right now’: Travelers, airlines brace as summer hits busiest stretch
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration has the right to end a Trump-era immigration policy that forces asylum-see… Read moreSupreme Court rules Biden administration can end ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, sending case back to a Texas court
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to pass a bill codifying abortion rights. Read moreBiden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to protect abortion rights
Reports of a national shortage on tampons are prompting women to stock up. Read moreNational shortage of menstrual products triggers ‘tampon turbulence’
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Washington state football coach’s postgame prayer on the 50-yard line was protected by the First… Read moreSupreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn succeeded Thursday in passing landmark gun legislation in the Senate, an achievement that comes just weeks … Read moreUS Senate approves first major gun legislation since 1994, one month after Uvalde shooting
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the lead GOP negotiator in the Senate’s efforts to pass bipartisan gun safety legislation, is managing exp… Read moreJohn Cornyn says bipartisan gun legislation won’t include weapons bans or expanding background checks
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday night that he supported an assault weapons ban. But short of that, he said he supports raising … Read morePresident Biden calls on Congress to pass assault weapons ban, other restrictions
A federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from increasing the number of deportations of some Cent… Read moreJudge orders Biden administration to send Central American migrants to Mexico rather than their home countries
A federal judge in Louisiana plans to temporarily block the Biden administration from ending Title 42, a pandemic-era health order used by fed… Read moreFederal judge plans to temporarily force Biden administration to keep rule that turns migrants away at border
WASHINGTON — Sitting in the plaza in front of Union Station in Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Capitol behind her, Ordalis Heras, a 26-year-ol… Read moreFirst bus of migrants arrives in Washington, D.C., from Texas under Abbott’s new controversial plan
Commercial traffic at a key South Texas border crossing has stopped after Mexican truckers on Monday blocked north- and southbound lanes on th… Read moreInternational trade halted at Texas border crossing as truckers protest Abbott’s new inspections
The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, adding a Black woman to the court for the first time. Read moreHere’s what Dallas’ Black female judges say about Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, who as White House physician famously vouched for Donald Trump’s vigor and mental acuity, has renewed ca… Read moreRep. Ronny Jackson again prods Biden to test for dementia
The SAT college admission exam will soon go fully digital, ditching paper test booklets and answer sheets, and get much shorter, shrinking fro… Read moreThe SAT is going digital and getting much shorter. Say goodbye to No. 2 pencils on testing day.
Cornyn, Cruz press feds to explain synagogue attacker’s ease of travel to US despite UK terror probe
WASHINGTON — Eleven Republican senators, including Texans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, pressed the Biden administration Tuesday to explain why th… Read moreCornyn, Cruz press feds to explain synagogue attacker’s ease of travel to US despite UK terror probe
President Joe Biden’s medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, during a meeting with President Biden on Dec. 9. Read morevaccine-travel
People line up outside of Benning Stoddert Recreation Center in Southeast Washington for a coronavirus test. Read morevirus-dmv
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he could not support President Joe Biden’s signature $2.2 trillion social safety net, climate a… Read moreManchin pulls support from Biden’s social policy bill
As the death toll continued to fluctuate from Friday night’s devastating swarm of tornadoes, Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said Monday that th… Read moreAfter tornadoes, at least 74 confirmed dead in Kentucky
Anne Rice, the gothic novelist best known for Interview With the Vampire, the 1976 book that in 1994 became a popular film starring Tom Cruise… Read moreAnne Rice, who spun Gothic tales of vampires, dies at 80
The largest of the tornadoes that ripped through six states and killed at least 90 people will, according to Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, “u… Read moreTornado death toll rises as states assess damage
LONDON — A British court ruled Friday that Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges that could result in decades … Read moreUK court rules Assange can be extradited to US
WASHINGTON — The United States will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a slap at China for human rights abuses. Read moreUS uses diplomatic boycott of the Olympics to rebuke China
The United States was poised to soon surpass more than 200 million people fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Read moreUS close to having 200 million people fully vaccinated
Last week’s Supreme Court arguments on a Mississippi abortion law raised the prospect of a return to a time half a century ago — when the proc… Read moreWhat an America without Roe would look like
Bob Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation in Kansas and grievous battle wounds in Italy to become the S… Read moreBob Dole, Senate stalwart and WWII vet, dies at 98
Just before Thanksgiving, cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point did something that the three-star general in charge of the schoo… Read moreAfter bungled theft of Navy's mascot draws fire, goatnappers strike again
WASHINGTON — Congress struck a deal Thursday night to keep the government open through February, after overcoming a threat from Sen. Ted Cruz … Read moreGovernment shutdown averted after Ted Cruz blasts ‘pissant’ Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a Mississippi abortion case that has the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade. While t… Read moreAbortion access in Texas hangs in the balance as Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON — By the time President Joe Biden was briefed on the emergence of a fast-moving new COVID variant on the morning after Thanksgiving… Read moreWith scant information on omicron, Biden turned to travel ban to buy time
For The Storm Lake Times, a family-run paper in northwestern Iowa, it could mean $200,000 in federal subsidies the first year and nearly $500,… Read moreLocal news outlets could reap $1.7 billion in Build Back Better aid
The U.S. has never been more serious about transitioning to clean energy on roadways. But is Texas serious about it? Read moreWhite House hopes to push Texas to EVs
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — The most prominent visible sign Monday of the major offshore oil spill that threatened some of Southern California’… Read moreCalif. oil spill closes beaches, renews call for drilling ban
WASHINGTON — In the month since Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ controversial abortion bill, Senate Bill 8 into law and the Supreme Court refus… Read moreLooking ahead: How will other states respond to Texas’ new abortion law?
WASHINGTON — A transformed Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to start a momentous term in which it will consider eliminating the co… Read moreSupreme Court returns to bench for what could be a blockbuster term
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday asked President Joe Biden to declare a federal emergency and provide resources to help state and local aut… Read moreAbbott asks Biden to declare federal emergency, provide help with migrant surge near Del Rio, Texas
Texas has introduced the most bills targeting transgender youth in the country, triple the number of any other state. Though none of Texas’ ov… Read moreTexas is pushing the most anti-trans bills in the country. Advocates fear deadly consequences.
