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Jury selection began Wednesday in Meta's federal trial over claims its platforms have harmed youth mental health and also track children in violation of federal law. The trial scheduled to begin next week is expected to last six to eight weeks. Meta faces 29 states in the federal...
Democrats remain mixed over what ideological direction the party should take. But across a series of closely watched primaries, they are sending a clearer message about the party’s path forward: They want change. In marquee Senate primaries in Michigan and Minnesota , progressive...
David Crowley's razor-thin primary win over a democratic socialist in swing state Wisconsin sets up a match against a congressman who has voted with President Donald Trump 100% of the time, a dream scenario for Democrats and a potential nightmare for Republicans. Crowley overcame...
League City council members voted unanimously to add a proposition to the November ballot that will ask voters if the city should continue using controversial automated license plate readers on public roadways for law enforcement purposes. The election result will be non-binding,...
Survivors on Wednesday described frantic passengers pleading with the captain of an overloaded ferry to turn back from strong waves shortly before it capsized and killed at least 44 people on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe . The number of people on board Tuesday was unclear as estimates...
President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits. After acting to overhaul the nation’s vaccine policy and guidance , the T...
When Armin Mizani won the GOP primary for a north Texas House district in March, warning bells went off in certain Republican circles. It’s not his political ideology. Mizani is a die-hard conservative who, as mayor of Keller, proudly partnered with federal immigration officials,...
In what were some of the first big decisions by a school board that was reconfigured last year, a total of five propositions were ordered to be placed on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election....
League City residents will have a chance in November to weigh in on the city's continued use of Flock Safety automatic license plate readers, though the vote will be advisory and not legally binding....
League City voters will get to say whether Flock cameras should stay or go—but they will not necessarily get the final word. City Council voted Tuesday night to place a proposition on the November ballot asking residents whether the city should continue using Flock Safety’s autom...
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Wednesday that he survived a leadership vote among his own party’s lawmakers less than three months before an election. The vote took place during a hastily convened meeting of Luxon’s center-right National Party lawmakers at Parl...
In this week’s episode, the TribCast crew is joined by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and economy reporter Paul Cobler. They discuss the anger in rural Texas over data centers and power lines, and ask Miller why he thinks it means Democrats could win a statewide race i...
Beloved community activist Georgia Provost has died at the age of 85.
Houston airport workers are set to receive a salary increase, according to the City of Houston. Mayor John Whitmire and Elsa Flores, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Texas, are scheduled to announce details of the pay increase during a press conference We...
The process will hinge on the AI software pre-checking plat applications and performing technical reviews to ensure the builds comply with county codes and regulations, according to county documents....
Today: We talk with Houston City Council Member Edward Pollard, learn about Texas Southern University's landmark investment in breast cancer prevention, explore Houston’s rich jazz history, and more....
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. The Texas Workforce Commission Tuesday voted to cut 9.5% of the state’s child care scholarships, which re...
The Texas Classroom Commission held its first meeting Monday, where Gov. Greg Abbott laid out three priorities for the group.
Primary elections are taking place in six U.S. states on Tuesday — Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin. Minnesota voters will settle a moderate-versus-progressive Democratic U.S. Senate primary between centrist U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and progress...
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has picked a Republican-turned-independent to be her running mate in a tough reelection campaign, setting up a bipartisan ticket as voters elect the state's first lieutenant governor. Hobbs' selection Tuesday of John Giles, a former mayor of Me...
Tuesday's appearance could be the last time Luigi Mangione is seen in public before jury selection starts on Sept. 8.
The factional fight gripping the Democratic Party moved to Minnesota on Tuesday, when voters are settling another moderate-versus-progressive U.S. Senate primary. The race between centrist U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is playing out in the afterma...
Two Houston-area communities could soon ask voters to weigh in on the future of Flock Safety automatic license plate reader cameras, putting a growing debate over public safety, privacy and government surveillance directly on the November ballot. League City and Conroe are consid...
Houston City Council is preparing to decide whether to let voters weigh in on two hot-button policing issues this fall. A vote is expected Wednesday on whether to place both measures on the November ballot. The proposals — which made it onto the council agenda after activists say...
The Houston community is mourning the loss of Georgia D. Provost, a beloved photographer, educator and community activist who spent decades opening doors and uplifting generations across Third Ward and beyond. Known by many as the “unofficial mayor of Third Ward,” Provost was a f...
Russia’s highest court on Monday ordered the only party opposing the Kremlin’s military action in Ukraine to be removed from the ballot in next month’s parliamentary election. The Supreme Court annulled the registration of Yabloko — which is Russian for “apple” — after an appeal ...
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, shaking the South American nation and neighboring Ecuador and prompting people to evacuate homes and buildings. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco region about 250 miles (400...
President Donald Trump is scheduled to swear in Todd Blanche , his old personal lawyer, as attorney general Monday after the Senate voted to confirm him early Saturday. Blanche’s path toward confirmation exposed deep concerns — from some Republicans as well as Democrats — over in...
Parents are being warned about potentially dangerous fake and counterfeit squishy toys that could pose serious risks to children. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the warning Aug. 5, also reiterating its concerns about a viral social media trend encouraging chil...
Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday's election, increasing the pressure on a Democratic establishment that has spent the year on its heels. The primaries come a week after Abdul El-Sayed narr...
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his new White House counsel will be Will Scharf , the staff secretary who as the Trump-appointed head of the National Capital Planning Commission helped secure approval for the $400 million ballroom project. Trump said that, beginning ...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has sent a memo to teams that addresses ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women's basketball. “I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball, and I ex...
The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.
The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States.
The future of Flock cameras in League City could soon be up for voters to decide as backlash for the cameras continues to grow across the country.
Montgomery County commissioners stopped short of calling a November bond election for a proposed justice center on Aug. 6.
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have spent their final days before the August recess haggling over whether to vote on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz ’s bill that would place sweeping new regulations on college sports, after the measure gained a sudden burst of momentum with support from the ...
It comes a year after some commissioners -- previously titled the 'GOP 3' by Hidalgo -- championed a law enforcement pay parity initiative that raised constable salaries by 62% from the previous year and exacerbated a multi-million dollar budget deficit....
If you're driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, you may notice a man living inside a billboard that was turned into a temporary home 30 feet above the street....
The rescue effort required assistance from a local contractor, who helped remove floorboards of a shed so responders could safely access the animal.
Texas’s candidates in this year’s U.S. Senate race remain neck and neck, according to recent polling. After the runoff election on May 26, Democratic nominee James Talarico has performed slightly better than Ken Paxton . Notably, Talarico has enjoyed larger leads in recent pollin...
A Houston-area business owner who voted for President Donald Trump says he supported removing dangerous criminals from the United States. Now, he is fighting the administration he supported after immigration officers detained his fiancée at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. J...
Commissioners voted to increase pay for several Harris County leadership roles and raise constable pay to over $300,000. Data shows constable pay has increased by more than 120% since 2024....
The longtime Houston man's death drew national attention and raised questions surrounding the incident -- which federal authorities said happened when he attempted to run over an ICE agent with his vehicle....
Harris County officials have approved $2.5 million in funding for the DA's office to cover expenses related to the independent investigation of the Houston shooting involving ICE....
Wong is the Republican nominee for county judge and is facing Dexter McCoy, one of two Democratic commissioners who have boycotted commissioners court meetings since June. That leaves quorum questions as budget and tax rate discussions approach....
Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio called on Rep. Max Miller Thursday to resign his House seat and abandon his fall reelection bid. Miller is facing a congressional ethics investigation related to domestic abuse allegations leveled against him by his ex-wife, and anxiety over his...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino held off the potential of an internal revolt during a summit meeting in Morocco this week. A scathing response from European soccer's governing body on Thursday, however, showed that he still has a fight on his hands to hold onto power. UEFA blaste...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUBBOCK — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Thursday that Republicans are going to lose some...
The rejection came almost one year after commissioners voted against Hidalgo's first penny-tax proposal and said the county judge's efforts to pass the measure to support a slate of education programs disrupted decorum as she brought a group of children to the meeting in 2025....
Harris County leaders plan to speak publicly Thursday afternoon on a new push to fund an outside review of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an ICE operation in Magnolia Park last month. Commissioner Rodney Ellis, County Judge Lina Hidalgo and District Attorney ...
Dr. Anthony Fauci is sitting before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on TV debating COVID lockdowns and Americans can’t agree on what science to trust . You might think it's 2020 again. Six years after COVID-19 thrust the world into the fear and uncertainty of a global pandemic...
North Carolina Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards announced Wednesday that he is ending his reelection campaign, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured....
Harris County commissioners are set to discuss a proposed 2026 tax rate increase aimed at preserving early childhood programming, according to items on the agenda for today’s Commissioners Court meeting. The agenda item, requested by the county judge, calls for “discussion and po...
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
A Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amen...
Aviation officials and the NTSB are reviewing an air traffic safety incident involving the Marine One presidential helicopter that occurred this week
A Senate committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
A new Tennessee congressional map that carved up a majority Black district in Memphis is making its electoral debut Thursday in a primary election that will determine the nominees for a Republican attempt at a clean sweep of the state's U.S. House districts in the midterms. The p...
Voting rights groups say Galveston County plans to use new precinct maps in November after holding March primaries under older boundaries.
