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Appeals from American tourism organizations seemed to be everywhere Josh Loewen looked over the last year. Billboards and banners proclaimed a state or city's love for Canada . Online and social media ads offered special deals for travelers from north of the border. As a Vancouve...
In the earliest days of this election cycle, the U.S. wasn't at war with Iran . The East Wing of the White House was still standing and the Kennedy Center wasn't threatened with demolition. Artificial intelligence data centers weren't bipartisan shorthand for the tech sector's ex...
An eastern German region was voting Sunday in an election that could bring to power the first far-right state government in the nation’s post-World War II history. The vote for the state legislature in Saxony-Anhalt, a region of 2.1 million people west of Berlin, has gained outsi...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is calling for a special commissioners court meeting to address privacy, oversight, and data access concerns surrounding the county’s use of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras. In a post on her Substack, Hidalgo said Harris County...
This Week in Texas, we speak with both candidates for Harris County Judge, Republican nominee Orlando Sanchez and Democratic nominee Letitia Plummer.
The political group associated with President Donald Trump is spending $10 million on television and digital advertisements in the Texas Senate race, according to a Saturday filing with the Federal Election Commission. This is the first significant spending in a premier general e...
The contentious process to rewrite social studies has stretched several years. Hundreds of people have testified at meetings that often extended overnight, well into the early morning....
The new recall involves Baby Sesame Street Elmo Silicone Teethers which were sold in stores and online between January 2025 and March 2026, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission....
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end of the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumultuous....
The State Board Education is expected to give final approval Friday to controversial social studies and history curricula that all Texas high school students must learn. Lessons depict Islam as a violent religion and Christianity as an essential cornerstone of the nation....
Vice President JD Vance says he wouldn't call the U.S. conflict with Iran a “war,” despite recent escalations.
The European Union ’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos on Friday canceled an upcoming visit to candidate nation Serbia over what she described as the “glorification” of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic following his death . Mladic was convicted of genocide by a U...
Six stellar college students and one recent graduate are joining us this fall as we cover a marquee midterm election cycle and produce The Texas Tribune Festival, our signature politics and policy event. To say it’s an exciting time to welcome them is an understatement. Three tim...
Wisconsin's candidates for governor want to limit them, while Pennsylvania's say they support a ban. A Michigan congressional candidate called them “un-American.” A Florida Senate candidate is selling merch opposing them. Across the country and up and down ballots, candidates fro...
Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections kicked off Friday amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice and mounting concern over Postal Service changes that some state officials blame for a rise in rejected ballots. The...
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday rejected the use of the word “war” to describe the U.S. fighting with Iran as he steered clear of predicting that the 6-month-old conflict would be over by November's midterm elections, in which Republicans are trying to hang on to their narrow...
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of a nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the proposed constitutional amendme...
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots,...
The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. The decision Thursday marks a rare setback for Republi...
The U.S. job market rebounded in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs. The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.1%. The jobs report, issued by the Labor Department Friday, could be good news for President Donald Trump two months before midterm elections in which the...
Today: The sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo share how their family has been impacted by the fatal ICE shooting of their father, Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones discusses the proposed county budget, and we talk with Tony and Grammy-nominee Orfeh....
The airline's new BlueFirst cabin will offer more legroom, upgraded dining, priority airport perks and enhanced onboard technology on select domestic routes....
The RNC released full schedule details for its Midterm Convention in Dallas, featuring keynotes from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance ahead of November elections....
President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity , and he pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of Congress. Als...
A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked backlash in communities across the United States and transformed the midterm election landscape. The EPA proposal would elimi...
Editor’s note: Are you struggling with higher costs? If so, we want to hear from you. Fill out the form at the bottom of this story to share how rising costs have affected you. In a state once considered one of the most affordable places in the country, candidates have popped up ...
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey arrived early Thursday in a courtroom not far from LSU that is the focus of college football as several dozen athletes seek a ruling that could clear the way for them to play this fall — even after they turned pro. Former New Orlea...
The Houston Texans have a new receiver on board to ease pressure off of Nico Collins. After losing Jayden Higgins to a torn ACL recently Texans General Manager Nick Caserio reached out to strike a deal with the Patriots to land Boutte. With playing time in New England hard to com...
The latest pieces of President Donald Trump's wide-ranging Washington makeover are set for an airing Thursday in front of a federal panel that already has blessed other big-ticket plans from the designer-in-chief. The National Capital Planning Commission, which this spring approv...
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks reelection, his main concern these days isn’t his political rivals. It’s some of his biggest supporters. A series of small, pro-Netanyahu parties are competing in the run-up to the Oct. 27 vote . But instead of strengthening the ...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity , and he pledged to campaign in all of the roughly three dozen contests that are likely to determine control of ...
Voters on suspense lists who don’t meet the Oct. 5 deadline may still vote in the midterm elections, but they will have to fill out additional paperwork on Election Day to confirm their new addresses....
On Wednesday, Houston City Council approved an agreement with The Woodlands Township Board of Directors to receive $50 million to avoid the annexation of The Woodlands....
A new Texas poll shows the U.S. Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton effectively tied.
The deal would end the The Woodlands Regional Partnership Agreement with Houston - which is a joint fund used to pay for projects that benefit the city and the township....
New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how c...
Brazil’s top electoral court set new standards for what it will consider to be artificial intelligence -generated deepfakes in political advertising, a move aimed at curbing misinformation and manipulation ahead of October elections. The court issued the ruling late Tuesday in a ...
The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression but dumped heavy rain, flooded roads and knocked down trees Wednesday in parts of Texas as it slowly moved north in the state. Schools and municipal offices were closed and residents were told to stay at home. Some area...
Historically a Republican stronghold, Tarrant County has emerged as a key battleground as voters narrowly supported Democratic candidates at the top of the statewide ballot in recent elections....
State Sen. Mayes Middleton spent lavishly to capture the Republican nomination and build statewide name recognition. But the most recent polling shows him just five percentage points ahead of Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson -- with more than a fifth of voters still undecided...
Adam Hamilton has spent decades trying to bring people to Jesus as founder of the nation’s largest United Methodist church. Now he wants to bring Kansas voters to the polls as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. A first-time candidate, Hamilton faces an unusual balancing act ...
The Corpus Christi City Council voted 5-3 Tuesday night to reject, again, an almost billion-dollar water treatment plant after a decade of effort and its long-term water supply still in question. The proposed desalination plant was intended to provide a drought-proof source of dr...
Two weeks after the Texas Medical Board made disciplinary action public against a local plastic surgeon, the board renewed his license to practice in the state....
An anonymous whistleblower warns an untested online system for mail-in ballots could cause severe election disruptions as a legal battle over the Trump executive order plays out in federal court....
Officials in Texas' third most populous county voted on Tuesday to reduce polling locations by 92.
The House voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., following a House Ethics Committee investigation that concluded he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers in his office. A censure registers the House’s deep di...
Texas A&M has officially been voted the most obnoxious college football fan base in Texas, though a major split among younger voters suggests a new rival might be coming for the crown....
The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection....
The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection. Lawmakers needed to act before the fiscal year concludes at the end of September to avoid a funding ...
Houston Mayor John Whitmire will hold a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss the city’s preparedness efforts and plans as Tropical Storm Eduardo approaches the area. Tropical Storm Edouard: Here’s the Timeline for Houston & SE Texas The briefing will begin at 11 a.m. Whitmi...
Walk into a corner of a newsroom somewhere and you can often find it affixed to a bulletin board, perhaps peeking out from behind the coffee pot: the Society of Professional Journalists’s Code of Ethics. It’s less than a thousand words, fitting neatly on a poster. But those words...
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler is considered one of the nation’s most vulnerable Republicans in this year's midterm elections . It was the same story in his last campaign, too. But in a political era where both parties are drifting further apart, he's banking on New York voters still want...
Texas education leaders are debating controversial proposed high school social studies standards that emphasize America's biblical roots while framing early Islam around military conflict....
Judge Dolores Lozano tells ABC13 she was quite surprised when she checked her voter-registration status over the weekend and found it listed as "suspense."...
When Taneisha Moody stepped aboard her first train as an operator 22 years ago, she relied on the women of SEPTA to train, support and mentor her.
A celebrity couple is seeking justice after accusing a dog trainer and boarding facility of negligence after their dog died.
James Elmore Jr. was charged with manslaughter in connection with two deaths that went unsolved for over four decades.
Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the first criminal trial directly tied to the deaths of women whose bodies were found in the area known as the Texas Killing Fields....
Nearly two months before Election Day, more than one million Texans have been placed on a list that could lead to complications at the polls.
