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Starting in the fall of 2027, the private university in Houston also will offer free mandatory fees and room and board for students whose families earn less than $100,000 annually....
A British citizen living in Katy admitted to illegally voting in the 2020 federal election, officials say.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, placing her in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political meddling and low morale. Schwartz was confirmed in a 51-44 vote. The 54-year-old becomes th...
After hitting his GOP foe for voting under an address where he no longer lived, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found the Democratic Senate candidate also appears to have done so....
The Associated Press has yet to call a winner in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. The race between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and moderate U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has been a proxy battle for the party’s direction. Tuesday’s elections also included a Democratic primary victor...
Two municipal water systems in New Jersey were targeted in cyberattacks widely thought to be the work of Iran, the state said Wednesday.
Embattled North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards withdrew from his reelection campaign on Wednesday, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office. The Eth...
House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms, expanding the national campaign map to districts Donald Trump won easily less than two years ago. The move brings the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's list of...
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week as a Republican-led committee prepares to vote to hold him in contempt and refer the matter to the Justice Department. A contempt finding could open the door to an investi...
As artificial intelligence fuels a rapid expansion of data centers across Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott is ordering a closer review of proposed projects before they are allowed to connect to the state’s electric grid. The governor’s directive requires the Public Utility Commission of T...
Residents have 30 days after July 24 to submit public comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or request a public meeting about the Bayshore Desalination Facility before officials make a final decision on the project's wastewater discharge permit....
Missouri's top election official has rejected a citizens' petition seeking a statewide referendum on new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump. Supporters of the referendum had submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures in a bid to force a November ...
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit ahead of upcoming elections as well as Brazil’s stalling on approving President Donald T...
Conversations at the UnidosUS conference in Austin revealed growing frustration over housing costs, food prices and immigration enforcement as Democrats and Republicans compete for one of the country's fastest-growing voting blocs....
Maryland lawmakers are getting closer to asking the state's voters to decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts. On Tuesday, lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated House appro...
A poll released Monday shows 79% of Black voters support James Talarico, while just 12% support his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Incoming Major League Soccer Commissioner Larry Berg sees his role as continuing the trajectory of the league under his soon-to-be predecessor, Don Garber. The 30-team league that Graber grew during his 27-year tenure now looks to Berg to capitalize on the success of the World Cu...
Michigan will offer the country its clearest gauge yet on the direction of the Democratic Party, as primary voters in the battleground state choose between a progressive standard-bearer and an establishment-backed candidate. Although there have been similar contests around the co...
The expected vote comes after he secured the support of Republican senators who threatened to block his confirmation.
Fewer than one in 10 Black voters in Texas say they are less likely to vote in November’s midterm elections due to U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett ’s defeat in the Democratic primary, according to a poll released Tuesday that suggests James Talarico could face limited electoral fallou...
Michigan Democrats voted Tuesday in a closely watched Senate primary between moderate U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed , with the winner heading to a November contest critical to the party's hopes of reclaiming the Senate majority. The nominee will ...
Michigan will offer the country its clearest gauge yet on the direction of the Democratic Party, as primary voters in the battleground state choose between a progressive standard-bearer and an establishment-backed candidate. Although there have been similar contests around the co...
Larry Berg, co-owner of Los Angeles FC, will be the next commissioner of Major League Soccer, the league announced Monday. At the start of the new year, Berg will take over for Don Garber, who has served as the league’s commissioner since 1999. The 60-year-old Berg, who will dive...
On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state's power grid....
The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , according to a statement, in part to discuss a new disarmament deal the board reached with Hamas . Nikolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza, held...
Alexey Ríos García awoke not to his bed in Cuba 's capital on Monday, but to an ocean breeze and the concrete of Havana's famous seaside boulevard. The 30-year-old construction worker ended up curling up with other Cubans on the city's sea wall, the Malecón, in a desperate attemp...
Abdul El-Sayed sat quietly alongside his wife and Black political leaders in a packed Detroit church Sunday morning, clapping as the congregation sang and the pastor preached. Then he stood before the room and asked for their votes. Less than 10 miles away, U.S. Rep. Haley Steven...
Former U.S. Representative Kay Granger, Fort Worth's first woman mayor, has passed away at 83-years-old, House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed on Sunday evening....
A new short-term federal spending bill was unveiled Sunday that would fund federal agencies into early December and prevent lawmakers up for reelection from facing voters in the midst of another government shutdown battle....
Key senators unveiled a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December as they look to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The Senate is likely to vote on the measure befo...
What is very likely to be the last reelection bid of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was confirmed on Sunday by his Workers' Party as the 80-year-old leader faces increasing pressure from foreign leaders ahead of October's elections. It will be his seventh race for t...
Families looking for a last splash of summer before classes begin can stop by a free snow cone event Monday hosted by Harris County Precinct 4. Constable Mark Herman and Harris County Commissioner Tom Ramsey, partnering with Sunny Daze, plan to hand out snow cones from 10 a.m. to...
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible. The blast on Saturday evening at the Balzi Rossi, an upscale Italian establishment in central Moscow, killed th...
Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them, a push from conservatives who have chafed for years over court decisions they disagreed with on issues such as abortion, school funding and the death penalt...
This Week in Texas, we zoom in on data centers, sit down with new US Attorney Aaron Reitz, and look ahead to Election Day.
Top dogs were riding waves Saturday at the annual World Dog Surfing Championships as hundreds of spectators cheered -- and barked -- from the Northern California beach. From small spaniels to large labs, the canines were judged on factors including how long they could stay on the...
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts will not support his nominee for attorney general, injecting fresh uncertainty into a Senate confirmation vote planed for next week and underscoring once ...
Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said he is “very concerned” that President Donald Trump will wield the power of the federal government to thwart the midterm elections this fall as the Republican tries to maintain his grip on power during the final two years of his administration. In a...
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham issued cease-and-desist letters to federal entities after a contractor cleared more than a mile of state-owned land near Big Bend for border wall construction without written permission....
The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral. School presidents from both conf...
In the debate over which college football conference is strongest, the Southeastern Conference argues its superior depth makes up for the Big Ten winning the last three national titles. The Big Ten calls its reputation as a top-heavy conference unfair. Big Ten Commissioner Tony P...
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham sent a cease and desist letter on Friday to Customs and Border Protection and federal contractor Barnard Construction, accusing the company of illegally clearing state land in Presidio County, on the U.S-Mexico border. Buckingham’s letter c...
Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff's deputy who was convicted in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, was denied early release by a prisoner review board on Friday....
UEFA's 55 member associations in Europe voted on Thursday to boycott the World Cup if FIFA continues with the plan.
The secretary of state told counties to immediately reinstate any Texans who were removed from the voter roll despite showing DPS proof of citizenship....
Check your cupboards. More than 55,000 Fantastic Four and Captain America cups sold at movie theaters across the country last year have been recalled due to button cell batteries being easily accessible by children and posing injury risk if swallowed....
Nearly a year after Liberty County commissioners approved a budget that included funding for a new animal shelter , the project remains in a holding pattern as county leaders weigh staffing costs and the timeline for a new county jail. The growing number of stray dogs — along wit...
Today: We learn about the creation of a synthetic cell, talk with Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis about the county’s budget, hear a conversation with Houstonian playwright Cris Eli Blak, and more....
Mandela Barnes dropped out of Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor on Thursday, further shaking up the race less than two weeks before the Aug. 11 election. The former lieutenant governor made the announcement in a video posted on his Facebook page as democratic socialist Fr...
A 10-year-old boy may have saved his sister's life before losing his own in the Passaic River, according to the mayor.
The Senate Judiciary Committee had been expected to vote Thursday on whether to advance Blanche’s nomination to the full chamber.
The Bank of England kept its key interest rate on hold for the fifth time this year on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected drop in the inflation rate last month gave policymakers breathing space to assess the fallout from renewed fighting in Iran. The bank’s monetary policy com...
Voters in the English city of Manchester are electing a new mayor Thursday to replace Andy Burnham, who quit the job to become Britain’s prime minister. It’s also chance for some 2 million voters to pass judgment on the governing Labour Party, whose sagging popularity Burnham hop...
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. PHARR — Leaders within the construction industry in South Texas delivered a clear message to lawmakers: S...
The man discovered remains believed to belong to five newborns hidden inside cardboard boxes in his home after his partner gave birth at home and was taken to a hospital, according to prosecutors....
Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state's primary are not allowed to void those and request a new one , a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling deals a blow to Democrats, who filed a lawsuit seeking to give voters a do-over because of a chaotic...
A planned vote to move forward with Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general appeared in doubt Wednesday as a key Republican senator demanded more assurances from the Justice Department about the settlement of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Se...
The massive Macy's sign shaped like a red shopping bag, white tissue paper poking out above the handles, has come down from the flagship Herald Square store after over 30 years....
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic . Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky subpoenaed Fauci to appear before a Senate committee. It’s part...
Roughly six weeks before the first midterm ballots are mailed out , the U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player in an election season that will determine control of Congress. President Donald Trump is seeking greater control over mail balloting through an executive or...
