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  1. What Could Thwart the G.O.P.’s Plan to Pick Up 5 House Seats in Texas U.S., Today

    Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip those seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

  2. Democrats Press to Expand House Map, Targeting 5 New G.O.P. Seats U.S., Today

    Four of the additions are for districts where President Trump won handily, but Democrats are feeling emboldened by election outcomes this fall.

  3. The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway U.S., Today

    The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.

  4. Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92 Obituaries, Today

    He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.

  5. Not All Drilling in Texas Is About Oil Climate, Today

    The state has become a hub of innovation for creating electricity using geothermal power. Just don’t call it renewable.

  6. Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens U.S., Yesterday

    Some states are enacting legislation to make it harder to get an abortion, while others are passing laws to protect people who provide them.

  7. Agentes de migración van por la familia de la estudiante deportada a Honduras En español, December 8

    El padre de Any Lucía López Belloza dijo que agentes migratorios se presentaron en su casa de Austin, Texas, el domingo. Su hija fue deportada a Honduras durante un viaje sorpresa a casa.

  8. Colin Allred Drops Out of Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Texas U.S., December 8

    His departure came as Representative Jasmine Crockett, a rising star in the party, appeared likely to announce her own Senate run soon.

  9. Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student U.S., December 7

    The father of Any Lucía Belloza López said agents appeared at his home in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. His daughter, 19, was deported to Honduras during a surprise trip home for Thanksgiving.

  10. Confusion, Anxiety for Parents as Vaccine Guidelines are Upended U.S., December 7

    Conflicting recommendations leaves parents with more questions than answers when it comes to vaccines for their newborn children.

  11. 4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record U.S., December 7

    A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.

  12. Republicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump Opinion, December 6

    Will the president soon wish he hadn’t run for a second term?

  13. Higher Prices, Less Coverage: Your Stories of the Home Insurance Crunch Climate, December 4

    Readers told us how insurers are raising premiums and, in some cases, cutting back coverage, as climate change shakes up the real estate market.

  14. A Hotel in Houston With ‘Acid Trip Meets Arts and Crafts’ Interiors T Magazine, December 4

    Plus: shoes for holiday parties, new independent bookstores around the world and more recommendations from T Magazine.

  15. Your Immigration Questions, Answered U.S., December 3

    As Trump steps up his crackdown, our reporters explain what’s happening.

  16. Ghislaine Maxwell Says She Will Ask a Court to Free Her From Prison New York, December 3

    In a court filing, a lawyer for the onetime companion of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein said she would seek to be released from her minimum-security federal lockup.

  17. Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders U.S., December 2

    The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.

  18. Un pueblo vaquero de Berlín se bate a duelo por su existencia En español, December 1

    Bienvenido a Old Texas Town, una pequeña aldea de fantasía en la que todos los habitantes hablan alemán. Sus días podrían estar contados.

  19. Viajaba a casa de sus padres por Acción de Gracias y fue deportada a Honduras En español, December 1

    Any Lucía López Belloza, de 19 años, fue detenida por agentes de inmigración en el aeropuerto de Boston antes de un vuelo para sorprender a su familia en Texas. Ahora está en Honduras.

  20. College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving U.S., November 30

    Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. She is now in Honduras.

  21. Chaos Reins as Texas Awaits Supreme Court’s Ruling on Redistricting U.S., November 29

    A decision on the state’s new congressional map will affect five House seats and could help determine control of the chamber next year.

  22. Republicans Flipped South Texas. Can a Moderate Tejano Singer Take It Back? U.S., November 29

    The star power of Latin Grammy Award-winning Bobby Pulido has Democrats dreaming of taking a U.S. House district in South Texas, even though Republicans have redrawn it in their favor.

  23. 36 Hours in San Antonio Interactive, November 27

    Stroll a 15-mile riverside promenade, eat street-style tacos and dance to Tejano and cumbia music in this big Texan city with a small-town feel.

  24. Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown World, November 24

    The town looks straight out of the Wild West, with saloons, sheriffs and cowboy hats galore, but in this endangered patch of the American frontier, everyone is speaking German.

  25. 2 Texas Men Plotted Coup of Haitian Island to Enslave Women and Children, U.S. Says U.S., November 22

    The men, who planned to recruit homeless people for the invasion, took Haitian Creole classes and one enrolled in the U.S. Air Force to prepare for an attack by sailboat, prosecutors said.

  26. Laredo se enfrenta al muro, otra vez En español, November 22

    La gente de la ciudad se ha opuesto al muro fronterizo desde el primer mandato del presidente Trump. Pero el muro llegará “independientemente de si funciona o no”, dijo el alcalde de la ciudad.

  27. Texas A&M Was Wrong to Fire Professor Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules U.S., November 22

    The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.

  28. Tyson Foods to Shut Major Beef Facility in Nebraska Business, November 22

    The processing plant, in Lexington, employs more than 3,000 workers. It is expected to close in January.

  29. Abbott’s Moves to Restrict Muslims Leave Some Concerned and Puzzled U.S., November 21

    Two decisions by the Texas governor this week, including directing authorities to investigate an Islamic organization, come as the state sees an increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric.

  30. Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map U.S., November 21

    State officials have asked the justices to allow it to use a newly redrawn map for the 2026 midterms, part of a nationwide redistricting push by President Trump.

  31. Republicans’ Redistricting Push Is at Risk of Backfiring The Upshot, November 21

    A series of setbacks for the G.O.P. leaves an unlikely opening for Democrats to narrowly win this year’s redistricting wars.

  32. Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas U.S., November 21

    Once the symbol of the president’s immigration policies, the wall has been eclipsed by his deportation efforts, but with $46.5 billion from Congress, construction is ramping up on the Rio Grande.

  33. Nine Inches of Rain and Counting as Storm Moves Through Texas Weather, November 21

    Hundreds of flights were canceled in Dallas on Thursday, and officials warned of flooding across much of the state.

  34. Arrest Is Made in 1991 Texas Murder After Students Step In U.S., November 20

    Criminology students from the University of Texas at Arlington re-examined the case of Cynthia Gonzalez, whose body was found south of Fort Worth. Their work led to an arrest this month.

  35. Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy U.S., November 20

    Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them.

  36. Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters U.S., November 19

    The judge sided with families of students who had argued that the displays infringed on their religious freedom.

  37. Federal Court Blocks Texas’ Republican-Friendly Congressional Map U.S., November 18

    The move by a three-judge panel dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state.

  38. C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time Health, November 18

    If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.

  39. A Touchdown, Then Tragedy, for a Man Who ‘Gave All He Could Give’ U.S., November 17

    Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.

  40. Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown U.S., November 17

    A Trump administration directive targeting political road markings has left places like Lubbock, Texas, helpless to challenge broad new policies.

  41. In Pulpits and Pews, Catholic Churches Urge Compassion for Immigrants U.S., November 17

    Immigration was on the minds of priests and parishioners following a letter from the nation’s Catholic bishops decrying how immigrants are being treated.

  42. Bishop Arts District, an Eclectic Dallas Enclave Real Estate, November 14

    Ten minutes from downtown Dallas, this walkable, picture-postcard neighborhood is in the midst of a development boom.

  43. Mariners Wanted: Six-Figure Salaries and Months at Sea Business, November 11

    Few American are becoming mariners today, but demand could soon rise because President Trump and a bipartisan group of legislators in Congress want to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry.

  44. Suits Accuse Camp Mystic of Gross Negligence in Children’s Deaths U.S., November 10

    Parents of campers and counselors who died in the July 4 Texas floods said the camp leadership did little before mounting “a hopeless ‘rescue’ effort from its self-created disaster.”

  45. In Texas, Parents Fighting Vaccinations Say Their Movement Is Winning U.S., September 18

    Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.

  46. Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease Well, July 9

    Experts worry that if vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks will become the new normal.

  47. La derecha en EE. UU. sigue defendiendo a la ivermectina En español, April 1

    El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.

  48. Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin National, March 31

    Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.

  49. Why Oil Industry Jobs Are Down, Even With Production Up Business, January 14

    The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.

  50. Fake Tags Add to Real Chaos on American Roads National, April 19

    Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.

  51. Don’t Ditch Standardized Tests. Fix Them. Op Ed, January 17

    Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.

  52. Southwest Airlines Reaches Deal With Pilots Union Business, December 20

    The new contract would provide raises and better benefits, following similar deals at other big airlines.

  53. After End of Pandemic Coverage Guarantee, Texas Is Epicenter of Medicaid Losses Washington, August 13

    Since the end of a pandemic-era policy that barred states from removing people from Medicaid, Texas has dropped over half a million people from the program, more than any other state.

  54. El fin del Título 42 podría ocasionar que miles lleguen a la frontera de EE. UU. En español, May 9

    La política que ha permitido la rápida expulsión de muchos inmigrantes en la frontera sur se levantará el jueves. Las autoridades se preparan para un nuevo aumento de la inmigración.

  55. An End to Pandemic Restrictions Could Bring Thousands to the Border National, May 7

    Title 42, the policy that has allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants at the southern border, will lift on Thursday. Officials are bracing for a new immigration surge.

  56. As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy Business, February 27

    Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen.

  57. Will Lifting Title 42 Cause a Border Crisis? It’s Already Here. National, December 29

    Plans to lift Title 42 have prompted dire predictions of chaos on the border. But there is already a migrant surge, because the pandemic policy was never an effective border-control tool.

  58. La pandemia solo va a terminar si más personas se ponen el refuerzo en Español, November 7

    Hay nuevas vacunas contra la COVID-19 que funcionan. Pero también hay menos puntos de vacunación, menos alcance y menos soluciones creativas para generar conciencia y aumentar el acceso a las inyecciones.

  59. The New Covid Boosters Are Incredible, and Everyone Should Get One Op Ed, November 3

    Getting shots into arms isn’t rocket science, or at least it shouldn’t be.

  60. Meet Me Downtown Interactive, October 26

    We visited 10 cities across the country to see how the pandemic and its aftershocks have reshaped the American downtown.

  61. Voting access updates: Mail ballots are at issue as states consider new rules and legal action. Politics, July 15

    A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.

  62. Voting access updates: Mail ballots are at issue as states consider new rules and legal action. Politics, July 15

    A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.

  63. Ending a Decade-Long Decline, More Mexicans Are Migrating to U.S. Foreign, July 1

    The death of at least 53 migrants in Texas, more than half of whom were from Mexico, is testing U.S. efforts to enlist Mexico in deterring migration.

  64. Your Friday Evening Briefing N Y T Now, May 27

    Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

  65. The maker of the gun used in the school massacre got $3.1 million in pandemic aid. Business, May 26

    Daniel Defense was one of nearly 500 gun and ammunition makers and retailers that collected a total of $125 million from the Paycheck Protection Program.