AUSTIN, Texas — Texas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of AI data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this month’s flash floods hammer a landscape plagued by long-term drought. Heading into the summer, the region faced perhaps its worst drought on record, until the dregs…
President Trump’s criticism of whom he called “weaklings” and “foolish Republicans” focused on the Jeffrey Epstein case is putting him on a collision course with many members of his MAGA base. The president this week has grown increasingly frustrated with all the attention on documents connected to Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex predator. But…
The price of your next flight on Delta might be determined by artificial intelligence.
Four GOP candidates are battling to lead the House Homeland Security Committee, vying for a job that will put them at the center of President Trump’s immigration agenda. Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) threw his hat in the ring Wednesday, joining a crowded field with Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) and Clay Higgins (R-La.)…
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has emerged as one of the biggest wild cards in the Senate, keeping his Republican colleagues guessing about how he’ll vote on elements of President Trump’s agenda. McConnell has been largely sidelined from important leadership-level discussions since he stepped down as Senate Republican leader at the end of…
For our children, our communities and our country — let’s choose art.
Even though Vance owes his unexpected 2024 nomination to his close friend Don Jr., their relationship could turn contentious.
Congressional Republicans voted to strip more than $1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) this week, a move that could force local radio and television stations to consolidate, cut services or shutter altogether, particularly in rural areas. The CPB is a publicly funded nonprofit that subsidizes more than 1,500 NPR, PBS…
Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion
On the menu: Epstein scandal not going quietly; Cornyn gets a boost; Hogg-tied; Ernst headed for the exits?; “TacticalGramma” There’s something familiar about the way a lot of Democrats are talking these days about their party’s nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani. A standard line from Democrats skeptical of socialistic policies and anxious…
