The status of abortion across the U.S. has changed constantly, with lawmakers passing measures and courts ruling on challenges to them.

Greg Abbott’s border security policies are popular among Texas voters, including Texas Hispanics, and help explain Donald Trump’s lead over Joe Biden in Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Education Agency this week to ignore a Biden administration rule that ... also spurred a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The state’s AG office says ...

A disaster declaration has been issued for 29 Texas counties by Texas Governor Greg Abbott following the severe weather and flooding that's affecting the state.

Four years ago, as Texas Republicans worried that conservative voices were being silenced at universities, Gov. Abbott signed a bill that enshrined new free speech protections on campuses. But since ...

The arrest of dozens of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators since last week has left First Amendment advocates asking who gets to enjoy speech protections in Texas.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans responded to a Supreme Court ruling that allowed federal Border Patrol agents to cut through razor wire erected by state ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who's long been at the forefront of the illegal immigration issue in response to what he has claimed as the dereliction of duty by the Biden administration, said on April ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been named as one of Time's 100 most influential people of ... illegal migrant was brought ashore earlier this week, and laid out plans to build an 80-acre base ...

One of the world's most influential people is leading Texas, according to TIME magazine. Gov. Greg Abbott is on the 2024 TIME100 list, which recognizes people who the magazine's editors believe ...

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-gov-greg-abbott-named-to-the-2024-time100-list-of-most-influential-people-in-the-world/ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was ...

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A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history, a Texas House committee confirmed Wednesday. And ...

Another Texas location is opening soon in Sugar Land in the Houston area. Town Oaks Centre in Coppell is also home to a Texas Family Fitness, Cava, Hollywood Feed store, and more. There are nine ...

In Texas, the City of Del Rio Police Department said the outage was because of "an outage with a major cellular carrier." The department did not specify which cellular carrier was responsible.

Residents of four states experienced 911 outages on Wednesday, impacting emergency calls in parts of Nevada, Nebraska, Texas and the entire state of South Dakota. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police ...

DALLAS — A North Texas movie-goer is suing Plano-based Cinemark, claiming the theater company is shorting customers on drink sizes. The class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Sherman ...

Multiple Texas cities also reported outages around the same time, but Lumen Technologies does not service the state and the exact cause of their outages is unclear. Police departments in the ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, April 17 (Reuters) - Drops in power generation ... Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to ask electricity generators to delay or cancel planned outages this week.

Dundy County, Nebraska, and surrounding areas experienced outages, but both cellular and landline 911 service were later restored, according to authorities. Multiple cities in Texas also reported ...

Authorities in Nebraska, South Dakota, Nevada, and Texas announced outages in several cities, though some of them have since been restored. Nevada State Police announced the outage on X ...

Many services have now been restored after reports that lines went down for call centres across Nevada, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas. Federal officials have previously warned that the move to ...

Our series Texas Excess celebrates the hobbyists and hoarders who crisscross the state—and sometimes the world—to add to their pet collections. With obsessions ranging from Santas to ...

Emergency service systems tied to 911 went offline across several states on Wednesday night including parts of Nevada, Nebraska, Texas ... is investigating the outages, according to NBC News.

The unemployment rate is forecast to stay at 3.8% ... March 2021. The number of Americans quitting their jobs — a figure that generally reflects confidence in finding a better position elsewhere — ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on ... told the judge that he has ...

Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks. They have sometimes used riot gear, tactical vehicles and flas ...

The jury got its first chance today to hear the explosive recording Michael Cohen secretly made of himself briefing Donald Trump on the plan to buy an ex-Playboy model’s story.

An El Paso man is set to be sentenced Friday in Washington D.C. for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

A Texas man who repeatedly declared his intent to use force to halt certification of the 2020 presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021, brought two guns to a D.C.-area hotel and fought with ...

Well, the response we’ve seen in our polling since the combination of Texas’ highly restrictive abortion laws passed in 2021, and then the Dobbs decision the following year, has been an increase in ...

The Intercept’s Daniel Boguslaw writes, “IN THE WAKE of Israel’s war on Gaza, the intelligence community and the FBI believe that the threat of Islamic terrorist attack inside the United ... go to the ...

Elections lawyer Trey Trainor recently reposted a photo his wife, Lucy Trainor, shared on X, featuring a campaign yard sign for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, displayed outside ...

The April poll conducted by the University of Texas and the Texas Politics Project showed the two-term Republican incumbent leading U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, his Democratic challenger, by double ...

But the recent debate over a sweeping aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan has also brought into sharp relief the ways in which the speaker’s Christian faith has shaped his foreign policy agenda ...

Scientists warn the willful blindness over coronavirus’ origins leaves the world vulnerable to another outbreak.

Well, the response we’ve seen in our polling since the combination of Texas’ highly restrictive abortion laws passed in 2021, and then the Dobbs decision the following year, has been an increase in ...

Axios reports congressional Democrats ... Thought bubble: It’s hard to know which is worse. Tune into “On Balance with Leland Vittert” weeknights at 7/6C on NewsNation. Find your channel here. EL PASO ...

His aggressive interviewing style landed him a Sunday show on MSNBC. Until he started talking about Palestine.

As DeVillier's attorneys pointed out, however, Paxton and the state of Texas did not score a unanimous win; they had actually lost the case 0-9 after arguing against DeVillier's right to sue.

The outcome of the impeachment effort had long been anticipated. Democrats control a majority ... members of this Senate to vote on political expediency to avoid listening to arguments,” said Sen. Ted ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Advocates are pointing to new pictures and videos filmed inside ... Texas foster care system, but Matthews said she got involved after being contacted by at least 30 children who ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Advocates are pointing to new pictures and videos filmed inside two temporary ... lawsuit over the Texas foster care system, but Matthews said she got involved after being contacted by ...

Even in the most bipartisan moments in today’s politics, bipartisanship can be awkward. That was abundantly clear at an event in rural Texas this week where Democrats and Republicans both made ...

Now, as history is poised to repeat itself, some Texas Democrats say they’re open to letting Speaker ... same dynamics in the House, Johnson has had to grapple with an even tighter GOP majority ...

But I have been in touch with a number of our police chiefs in the area who are excited about it, and they think it’s a great idea,” she told us on Inside Texas Politics. Van Duyne says ...

But I have been in touch with a number of our police chiefs in the area who are excited about it, and they think it’s a great idea,” she told us on Inside Texas Politics. Van Duyne says ...

But I have been in touch with a number of our police chiefs in the area who are excited about it, and they think it’s a great idea,” she told us on Inside Texas Politics. Van Duyne says ...

Former President Donald J. Trump will return to the campaign trail today, with stops in Wisconsin and Michigan, his first major events in battleground states since the beginning of his felony criminal ...

The design change came after a spate of suspicious letters – some laced with fentanyl – landed at election ... highlights how the volatile environment around elections since 2020 has changed how ...

The familiar slash and burn playbook, sharpened over decades in business and eight years in politics ... Trump spent his first term perpetually straining and thrashing against on Capitol Hill ...

Apparently this section of concrete and steel is worthy of some type of award for comical ... different than it might have been otherwise. A. Politics is known to trample the best interest of ...

According to the Social Security Administration, the average monthly retirement benefit for retired men age 65 and older was $2,020 in 2022, and for retired women of the same age, it was $1,638.

The median household income is $184,086, compared with the national average of $74,500. In 2020, voters there went 5-to-1 for President Biden. America’s hometown has turned its back on America.

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White ...

Google is removing California news websites from some users' search results SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results ...

MADISON – A former state Supreme Court justice who spent more than $2 million in taxpayer dollars to review the 2020 election is now representing a group of supporters of former President Donald ...

In the midst of all those bleak assessments, one hopes to glimpse some encouraging signs of ... almost impossible to build cross-partisan staff relationships to get anything done.

Each Saturday, national columnist Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining the latest in economics, pop culture, politics and ... s modeled by L2. In some states, registration is ...

Brandon Herrera’s candidacy has been embraced by several of Gonzales’s hard-line conservative colleagues who see Herrera as a future ally.

After having 11 Longhorn players drafted by NFL teams, Texas football could produce 15 or more next year. NFL analyst Charles Davis said Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers made the right decisions to ...

An updating tracker of developments in midcycle redistricting. After the 2020 census ... It remains to be seen what the state will do next; the judicial panel will meet again on May 6 to discuss next ...

State Rep. Jarvis Johnson and emergency room nurse Molly Cook are duking it out in a sleepy special election to briefly occupy the seat vacated when Whitmire was elected mayor.

Well, the response we’ve seen in our polling since the combination of Texas’ highly restrictive abortion laws passed in 2021, and then the Dobbs decision the following year, has been an increase in ...

If the Biden administration is successful in relaxing federal rules on marijuana, Texans could start smoking joints freely. Though the drug is illegal in Texas, a clause in the U.S constitution says ...

California’s second wet winter in a row has left L.A.’s water supplies in good shape ... next drought than it was the previous one. “There’s nothing magical that’s happened in two years ...

Earlier this month, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian reluctantly ... “We’re going to have some real discussions as a staff in the next week or so because I want to coach the guys that ...

"Érika played for [10] years in the WNBA and won a title at the first [attempt] with the Sparks. Then, Erika went to Atlanta and played eight more seasons. Erika helps Kamilla a lot in the ...

Disney would be required to invest $1.9 billion into the resort within 10 years, and if it doesn’t invest at least $2.5 billion, it would be required in to kick in another $5 million for the ...

Read more about Tuesday’s council meeting: Disney plan to grow theme parks up for critical vote that will shape Anaheim for ... to 50 million within 10 to 15 years if Disney built everything ...

And experts expect this growth to continue over the next few years, as the chart below suggests. Amazon has several advantages in advertising. It has powerful AI capabilities that help advertisers ...

Courts are still working through election challenges brought as far back as 2021. Experts say the protracted fights threaten voter confidence.

Although the number of early voters have fluctuated throughout the last few years, the turnouts for local elections signal people feel like their vote doesn’t matter, said Corlie Jackson, president ...

After nine days of early voting that ended Tuesday, nearly 3.2% of Dallas County’s 1.4 million registered voters have participated so far, according to ...

Well, the response we’ve seen in our polling since the combination of Texas’ highly restrictive abortion laws passed in 2021, and then the Dobbs decision the following year, has been an increase in ...

However, this year's turnout percentage for the May election is down 43% from 2023 and even more from years prior. By comparison, Travis County reported similar early voting results, with 3.98% of 895 ...

The Qatargate corruption scandal does not appear to have dented the European Parliament's image with EU citizens, with data published on Wednesday (17 April) pointing to a likely record turnout at ...

[Photo/Agencies] Turnout for South Korea's early voting in current parliamentary elections hit a record high as the ruling ... at 3,565 polling stations across the country on April 5-6, according ...

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary in Alabama's second congressional district was remarkably higher in the first election since the district was redrawn in a way that could allow the party ...

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary in Alabama's second congressional district was remarkably higher in the first election since the district was redrawn in a way that could allow the party ...

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary in Alabama's second congressional district was remarkably higher in the first election since the district was redrawn in a way that could allow the party ...

Rio Grande City officials called Ediel Barrera’s requests “vague or ambiguous.” Flags fly over Rio Grande City Hall in 2021. Town officials say they have a backlog of public records requests ...

The Chief Electoral Officer of Meghalaya, BDR Tiwari on Saturday expressed confidence that the state will surpass all previous voter turnout percentages ... outreach across the state, encouraging ...

BRENHAM, Texas (KXAN) — Four additional charges were filed against the driver of an 18-wheeler that crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety building in Brenham, Texas, on April 12.

AUSTIN The Public Utility Commission ... Texas on April 18 recognized National Line Worker Appreciation Day to honor the men and women who work tirelessly to ensure reliable electricity and ...

A new resolution approved by an LGBTQ commission in Austin, Texas could potentially protect city residents ... Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that prohibited transgender youth from receiving ...

He was honored, along with Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton of NBC News, for their coverage of Texas politics ... delved into the backlash against anti-racism and critical race theory in ...

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said on April 11 Freeport LNG had released carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds over ...

According to a search warrant, Kedria Grigsby recruited 'troubled' teenage girls like the alleged victims in the case, who were 15, 16, and 17 when they say they were forced into prostitution.

s=46 NASCAR and FOX Sports 1 earned 2.310 million average viewers for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas, which doesn't have a true comparison to 2023. Last year, the race was held in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Advocates are pointing to new pictures and videos filmed inside two temporary housing locations for some Texas foster children as evidence that longstanding issues in the state ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Good Morning Washington was thrilled to have our crew on the ground in Texas with Intrepid Travel during the big solar eclipse! Meghan Kolb is giving us a look back at her ...

The law, which DeSantis signed last week, goes into effect ... business with the political subdivision; revise and provide applicability." Regarding heat exposure protections, the bill's summary ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Advocates are pointing to new pictures and videos filmed inside two temporary housing locations for some Texas foster children as evidence that longstanding issues in the state’s child ...

BRENHAM, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the man who died after a stolen 18-wheeler was rammed into its Brenham office. The man who died was identified as Bobby Huff ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announce lawsuits against the ATF to stop enforcement of a new rule requiring background checks for private gun sales.

Just before the first anniversary of the tragic mass shooting in Allen, Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken a firm stance against the Biden Administration’s move to close what has ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Twenty-six Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers across the United States to run ...

Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial advanced on Tuesday with three people taking the stand, including Keith Davidson, a lawyer who previously represented Stormy ...

In her ruling, Hall blocked a push by Texas Attorney General Ken ... Paxton argued this was “plainly unconstitutional” and accused Harris County officials of “abusing public funds for ...

During a temporary injunction hearing, a judge denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to block ... "This isn't designed to do that. This guaranteed basic income program is about ...

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Texas rancher could legally sue the state of Texas for property damage after his home flooded in Hurricane Harvey. Attorney General Ken Paxton called it a ...

Attorneys for a Texas man who sued the state for property damage criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R ... agreed with Texas that DeVillier does not have constitutional grounds to ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton ... with Paxton, faces a disciplinary complaint from the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, a standing committee of the State Bar of Texas, based on allegations that ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Calling it “plainly unconstitutional,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ... nothing to do with the constitution,” Ellis told us on Inside Texas Politics.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Calling it “plainly unconstitutional,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ... nothing to do with the constitution,” Ellis told us on Inside Texas Politics.

This action comes after Senate Bill 14 went into effect banning gender-affirming care for Texas minors. The City of Austin is still ... be protected not treated as political pawns. “This resolution, ...

Six neighborhoods on the outskirts of Austin could vote to remove themselves from the city on Saturday. "Disannexing" from the city could mean some services – like fire and police – and some fees and ...

“This is an important decision standing up for the rights of cities and their people.” Luetkemeyer said the second vote won’t change the ... The mayor’s radical agenda to defund the Kansas City Police ...

Dallas resident and organizer Tamera Hutcherson briefs other area residents before they set out in pairs to persuade local residents to vote against Proposition F, which would provide $50 million in ...

Visit Lubbock this week announced its participation in the Brew City, Texas program, in celebration of the city’s reputation as a growing hub for local craft beer enthusiasts and travelers alike.

FENTANYL DRUG SEIZURE MONEY BREAKING NEWS IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, A MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ON HOLD AFTER POLICE SAY AN ADULT THREATENED A STUDENT. THIS IS AT GLORIA WILLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL ON NORTH 64TH ...

Denver City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee has approved plans to defund the police to pay for the ... now go to the full city council for a vote on April 22, and if passed could ...

A new poll shows Gov. Ron DeSantis has a higher favorability rating, including among Republicans, than Donald Trump in Florida after their contentious presidential primary contest. Journalists ...

As political bandwagons kick up dust across the ... ‘war rooms’ are busy sending campaign messages to pushing fence-sitters to vote. They call it the GOTV – get out to vote – campaign.

The City Council deferred to vote on whether or not to allocate an additional $70 million to help provide for new arrivals in Chicago. The mayor wants to take the $70 million out of a surplus fund ...

A spokesperson for Johnston rejected descriptions of the cuts as "defunding ... bussed in from Texas. New York City last year proposed significant budget cuts, including to police, but later ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Advocates are pointing to new pictures and videos filmed inside two temporary housing locations for some Texas foster children as evidence that longstanding issues in the state ...