Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock suggested schools that hosted events for the Council on American-Islamic Relations or are linked to China could be disqualified from the new program.

Lawyers for former CIA Director John Brennan want the Justice Department to be prevented from steering an investigation of him and other former government officials to a “favored” judge in Florida who dismissed the classified documents case against President Donald Trump.

Once on the brink of extinction, the birds have expanded beyond the protected lands set aside for them in the 1970s.

A transgender employee of the National Security Agency plans to sue the Trump administration and try to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law.

A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence.

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Hours before airtime on Sunday, CBS News' “60 Minutes” held a planned story on President Donald Trump's deportation policy at the order of the network's new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was once seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party.

Texans will elect a new attorney general next year for the first time in over a decade. The office handles legal matters impacting everyday life and, currently, plays a leading role in the conservative movement.

District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.

Rapper Nicki Minaj has made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona.

Vice President JD Vance says the conservative movement should welcome anyone who loves America.

Turning Point USA's AmericaFest convention has been marked by internal feuds among conservative figures.

President Donald Trump says he’s endorsing Nassau County’s Republican executive for governor in next fall’s New York race.

Idalia Bisbal moved from New York City to Allentown, Pennsylvania, hoping for a cheaper life.

The Department of Justice has published thousands of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Newly released files from the Justice Department investigation into Jeffrey Epstein include several photos of former President Bill Clinton.

Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

Rep. Elise Stefanik says she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress.

Attorneys for President Donald Trump have urged a federal judge to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election.

Court documents detailing the divorce of Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife have been made public following a judge's order.

A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals.

Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and current CEO of the conservative youth group, endorsed the potential presidential bid of Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 election.

Lawmakers across the U.S. will be debating whether to adopt new federal tax breaks for tips, overtime and business expenses.

The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University.

The Department of Justice has released some of its records related to its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.

Texas’ new law regulating AI is set to take effect Jan. 1, two months after Trump’s executive order threatening to cut off some federal money if states pass “onerous” AI laws.

Texas’ entire House GOP delegation voted this week for a health care package that lets the tax credits lapse. They will be forced to vote on a three-year extension of the subsidies in January.

Donald Trump's White House asked TV networks to grant him airtime for the first national address of his second presidency.

Young women who have grown emboldened in their conservative beliefs are attending the annual conference held by Turning Point USA.

President Donald Trump visited the eastern North Carolina town of Rocky Mount on Friday, the second time this month he traveled to a presidential battleground state to focus on the economy and affordability concerns.

State Rep. James Talarico faces an uphill battle in his U.S. Senate bid while 15th Congressional hopeful Bobby Pulido aims to flip the district, but he must first win his primary.

The agreement comes after a judge put the Paxtons’ records under seal, prompting The Texas Tribune and other outlets to challenge the order.

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88.

TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake.

The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration.

Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican.

According to emails circulating among faculty, discussions on "race, gender ideology" and sexual orientation could be barred from introductory-level courses.

Democrats won't issue a postelection report on their 2024 shellacking after all.

House Democrats have released several dozen more photos from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Texas has long failed to get most of its students the higher education credentials the workforce increasingly demands. But recent laws that reward schools for helping students succeed later in life could help the state make up lost ground, experts say. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regularly tracks if students enrolled in eighth grade […]

Newly-released state data tracked the long-term outcomes of public school students who enrolled a decade ago.

The county where more than 100 died in July floods wants to quickly build a $5 million flood warning system.

As oil and gas industry traffic continues to speed through Pecos, TxDOT said it is working to find $194 million to build an alternative route away from the heart of the city.

Zohran Mamdani can claim multiple firsts when he becomes New York’s mayor Jan. 1.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors.

The parent company of President Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform announced Thursday it is merging with a fusion power company, an unusual pairing of the Trump name with a futuristic clean energy venture that aims to power the next wave of artificial intelligence.

Health providers and faculty members fear students will no longer understand the nuances of caring for transgender people, who tend to have higher rates of certain mental and physical health conditions.

Conservative influencers clashed at Turning Point USA's annual youth conference over the future of President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement.

The attorney general's complaint form is the latest effort to enforce new state restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.

Imprisoned former Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged to prove constitutional violations spoiled her trial.

Seeking to pull mifepristone from the drug market, the states argued that the FDA did not properly evaluate the pill’s safety and effectiveness.

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.

Four moderate House Republicans have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson by supporting a Democratic petition to extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

A 33-year-old antitrust lawyer with ties to major Democratic politicians is challenging U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson to represent Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has achieved federal recognition as a tribal nation by attaching it to a defense bill passed by Congress.

The U.S. Treasury asked major philanthropic donors to contribute to new investment accounts for children Wednesday in part of what Secretary Scott Bessent called a “50 State Challenge” to raise funds for the Trump Accounts program.

Former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is ending his short-lived campaign for lieutenant governor of Alabama.

The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs.

President Donald Trump has delivered a speech where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond.

President Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas.

A limited group of families with 3- and 4-year-olds who already qualify for free public pre-K can receive state funds to attend private preschool.

Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas Mennonites have grown more skeptical of the mainstream medical system.

Texas Majority PAC and the Texas Democratic Party recruited 104 candidates to fill uncontested races. Gov. Greg Abbott’s strategist said it amounts to a gimmick “if they don’t back it up with serious resources.”

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Democratic senators are criticizing the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

Fani Willis is facing questions from a Georgia state Senate committee about her prosecution of Donald Trump.

The proposed $85 billion merger of the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against five major television manufacturers, accusing them of secretly spying on Texans by tracking what they watch inside their homes.

The lawsuit alleges Minnesota-based Xcel Energy failed to maintain utility poles that started the 2024 Panhandle fire that killed three people and thousands of livestock.

Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore.

Texas Tribune education reporters join TribCast to unpack what the recent spate of school district takeovers says about our systems for measuring academic performance

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.

After finishing third in November, Jolanda Jones makes her choice, endorsing Amanda Edwards in the TX-18 congressional runoff.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military.

A colleague of the Milwaukee judge accused of helping an immigrant evade arrest is testifying at her criminal trial that she was shocked by her fellow judge’s behavior.

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday.

President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela.

One of three possible routes would border the North Texas park. The project is part of a statewide effort to keep pace with Texas’ rapidly growing energy needs.

Last month the Trump administration made people from 19 nations ineligible to obtain legal status. “Fear won,” said one woman who came from Venezuela nearly a decade ago.

The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George was back in court Monday for a hearing tied to his felony money laundering case, which is set to go to trial in early February.

The Fort Worth Democrat had filed to challenge GOP incumbent Tim O’Hare just before last week’s deadline to get on the 2026 ballot. His withdrawal gives Commissioner Alisa Simmons a clear path to the Democratic nomination.

The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.

In a story published Dec. 15, 2025, about aviation safety, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Sen. Ted Cruz was threatening another federal government shutdown if new restrictions on military flights are not approved by the end of January.

A congressional committee's report says the police chief in Washington, D.C., pressured subordinates to manipulate department data to artificially lower the city’s crime rates.

The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats.

A Wisconsin judge has ruled there is enough evidence to proceed to trial in a felony forgery case against an attorney and an aide to President Donald Trump related to action taken after the 2020 election.

The primary between predecessor and successor arose from a combination of redistricting and the entry of Rep. Jasmine Crockett into the U.S. Senate race, which prompted Allred to drop out.

Some county GOP officials said the president’s pardon could complicate their plans to unseat the Laredo Democrat in South Texas’ battleground 28th Congressional District.

Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego is emerging as a key figure for the Democratic Party as it aims to regain Latino support lost in 2024.

A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump’s choice for Federal Reserve chair says he would present the president’s views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if they chose when making decisions on interest rates.

A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path.

State officials engaged in unusual mid-decade redistricting are pushing a new definition of what it means to have “fair maps” for Congress.

Brian Jack is a first-term Republican congressman from Georgia, but he's become a key figure in the Oval Office.

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has launched his campaign for Alabama governor.

A federal judge says the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use for a potential criminal case against the former FBI director.

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers.

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton.