Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, seems poised to defeat Senator John Cornyn, a four-term incumbent.
The president embraced Ken Paxton, a MAGA loyalist, over Senator John Cornyn, despite warnings from Republican leaders about Mr. Paxton’s history of scandal.
A single donor’s contribution of $2.75 million could help propel Representative Chip Roy in his clash with a self-funded state senator, Mayes Middleton.
Tres cuartas partes de los niños separados de sus padres son probablemente ciudadanos estadounidenses, según estimaciones de la Institución Brookings que se compartieron con The New York Times.
The artwork’s removal ahead of the World Cup has ignited a backlash over public art and what cities are willing to sacrifice for global events.
The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.
The fate of Ken Paxton, the conservative Texas firebrand, could decide whether Republicans keep control of the Senate.
The teenage boys were among three suspects taken into custody in connection with at least 12 shootings across the Texas capital. There was no apparent motive, the mayor said.
A series of storms, including supercells, threatens to dump rain, hail and create a tornado risk for a vast section of the country. The most severe weather is expected on Monday.
Texas Children’s Hospital was under investigation for billing practices on gender-transition treatments. The settlement was expected to end that inquiry.
Prosecutors in Travis County, Texas, filed charges against Gary Grief and the disbanded Texas Lottery Commission in connection with a 2023 plan that arranged a surefire jackpot.
Republican state leaders tried to expel Democratic lawmakers during their fight over redistricting last year. The court said it was not necessary.
The company said it would close four regional offices and take a $400 million charge related to the changes.
The administration has said DACA isn’t a right to stay in the United States “indefinitely.” One man with DACA was detained and deported to Mexico in a matter of days.
Faced with a billion-dollar repair bill and a desire to find a new arena for the Mavericks, the city is considering options that include demolishing the building. Residents submitted their own ideas.
A regulatory filing explains just how much it costs to keep an aging coal plant open under the Trump administration’s orders.
What started as a taco stop with former President Barack Obama quickly turned into a very Texas debate over the proper breakfast taco order.
The board said the administration is taking “a significant step backwards” on preventing chemical disasters.
The secrets of one of the architects of the religious right are being revealed. One of the secrets is that they weren’t really secrets.
Bo French, a hard-liner known for wild social media posts, is seeking a bigger megaphone. Big oil companies, and top officials like Greg Abbott, want to stop him.
The diocese’s lawyers argued that the land, which is below a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ on a mountain peak, is a holy site protected under religious freedom.
Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.
Rising demand, municipal dysfunction and drought have pushed Corpus Christi to the edge of a water emergency, offering a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
The company will recall its software after one of its robotaxis entered a flooded road during a heavy downpour in San Antonio last month.
The former president, who has looked to elevate a new generation of Democrats, met with James Talarico and a candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa, who are trying to flip Texas.
The case could test the limits of a decades-old extradition treaty, because Italy bars extradition in cases where a defendant could face the death penalty.
A new super PAC with ties to Republicans is intervening in Democratic primaries, in one instance helping a sex therapist in Texas accused of antisemitism.
After the state ordered the removal of rainbow crosswalks, San Antonio used colorful sidewalks to keep public pride symbols alive in the city.
Officials in Laredo, Texas, said at least one of the six people found inside the Union Pacific Railroad boxcar was from Mexico as investigators worked to identify the others.
The bodies were discovered in the city of Laredo. The circumstances of their deaths were not immediately known, the authorities said.
Investigators said the attacker admired Iran’s leadership and had no ties to a foreign terrorist organization.
After a decade in the city, a retired couple migrated north to Denton, Texas, in search of a single-story house where the family could gather.
The suspect, a 45-year-old from Texas, faces three charges, including assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon.
Shipping, taxes, competition and environmental regulations all play a part in the cost of gasoline. That can lead to stark differences in pump prices.
M.I.A. made the comments at a concert in Dallas, drawing boos from the audience and criticism online.
Tanner Horner kidnapped and strangled the girl, Athena Strand, after delivering a package to her home in Texas. The package was her Christmas gift, a set of Barbies.
The Texas attorney general is heading into the runoff against Senator John Cornyn without the support of some of his longtime backers.
Los hermanos adolescentes, que se enfrentaban a la deportación tras una detención muy sonada, actuaron el domingo gracias a la invitación de una de las mayores estrellas de la música country.
The teenagers, who had faced deportation after a high-profile detention, took the stage on Sunday thanks to an invitation from one of country music’s biggest stars.
In a reversal, the Trump administration has exempted foreign physicians from a visa application freeze that was pushing many out of jobs in underserved areas.
Readers discuss a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Also: A job seeker’s tale; long movies.
Some yogurts and peanut butters could be considered ultraprocessed as scientists and MAHA supporters push for a strict definition.
Emergency personnel responded to the crash site near Wimberley late Thursday night, officials said. The victims have not yet been publicly identified.
As the Trump administration guts weather agencies, a state’s low-cost flood tracking system offers a model for responding to deadly inundations.
A former employee returned to a franchise in Grapevine, Texas, to process 800 phony refunds to his credit cards, the authorities said.
The passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.
In a statement, the camp said it told Texas regulators that it was “withdrawing its application for a summer 2026 camp license” after catastrophic flooding last summer.
Officials in Mineral Wells, west of Dallas, were assessing the considerable damage on Wednesday morning.
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The city’s rapid expansion brought new jobs and investment, but decades of low wages and limited access to education and housing have kept many residents from reaching the middle class.
Storms were racing across the Central United States on Tuesday.
Investigators told lawmakers that the camp, where 28 people died in a flood last July, did not prepare for an emergency as required by the state.
Oral arguments on Monday morning lasted about an hour. It was not clear how justices would rule.
A tornado-producing storm in North Texas left at least two people dead, dozens of others displaced and several thousand more without power, according to local officials.
Thousands remain without power as extensive damage occurred across two counties northwest of Fort Worth.
Two days after their release, the mother and her five children were again detained during an ICE check-in. A judge halted their removal and returned the family home.
All four Black House Republicans are retiring after this year, a reflection of the striking and persistent lack of diversity in the G.O.P. ranks of Congress.
A review by state officials in Texas said the camp, hit by catastrophic flooding last year, was not in compliance with safety requirements.
Big parts of the Rio Grande Valley turned against the party in recent years. One candidate is trying to win it back, one quinceañera at a time.
The prediction market said the candidates violated new rules. The platform and its competitors face growing scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators over how political betting is policed.
In the Big Bend region, a portal to the early universe is enabled by the largest dark-sky reserve on Earth.
Gov. Greg Abbott gave the leaders of Houston, Dallas and Austin until Wednesday to amend their policies to his liking, or return over $150 million in police funding.
With Virginia’s vote on Tuesday, Democrats pulled close to even with Republicans, who may have further cards to play in the race to gain extra House seats.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the law does not violate the Constitution. The plaintiffs said they planned to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision.
The Longhorn Ballroom, where Nat King Cole, Johnny Cash, and the Sex Pistols once played, languished for years. Now, it’s been restored and expanded.
Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.
A high-energy laser weapon and a power struggle between federal agencies brought a night of hassles to the city.
Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.
Experts worry that if vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks will become the new normal.
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.
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.
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.
Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.
Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.
The new contract would provide raises and better benefits, following similar deals at other big airlines.
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.
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.
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.
Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen.
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.
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.
Getting shots into arms isn’t rocket science, or at least it shouldn’t be.
We visited 10 cities across the country to see how the pandemic and its aftershocks have reshaped the American downtown.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
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.
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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.