The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries.

The Federal Aviation Administration says only 776 of the nearly 20,000 air traffic controllers and technicians who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses.

The U.S. Coast Guard is poised to change some of its language and policies surrounding the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses as well as how personnel report hate incidents.

A federal judge in Maryland says she will rule as soon as possible on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from immigration custody.

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Hear conversations on the issues shaping Texas and the nation, including education, the economy, politics, public policy, the arts and more.

Mining industry access to federally owned coal in northeastern Wyoming will continue under a bill headed to President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blasts “frivolous” lawsuit attempting to the fund that voters approved Nov. 4. Plaintiffs claim voting machines were faulty.

President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections.

Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral.

The Trump administration has announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades.

Residents in the southernmost part of Texas want to remind themselves — and the nation — that the region is more than a political battleground. It’s their home.

A Kettering Foundation-Gallup poll finds that about half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only around one-quarter think it’s doing “very” or “moderately” well.

President Donald Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington later this week.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing federal disaster funds and using the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

The House Ethics Committee has announced that a panel will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

A federal appeals court is temporarily halting an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”.

President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories.

President Donald Trump is counting on the tech sector and artificial intelligence to drive his economic agenda.

President Donald Trump says he's turning his attention to helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan.

Texas Attorney General says Fort Bend County commissioners can hire an outside law firm for redistricting, resolving a dispute with the county attorney over who controls the process.

Until being labeled as the "radical left," Brown was widely supported by Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who previously hired him as his clerk. Abbott called the ruling “clearly erroneous.”

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

With Texas’ new map blocked by a federal court, California Democrats are emerging victorious — though the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.

The state is expected to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause the ruling, which would allow Texas to use the more recent map while the appeal plays out.

Houston City Council voted unanimously to approve a ban on electric scooters, outdoor bikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) during the nights on Houston’s city streets.

Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during an immigration crackdown in North Carolina centered around Charlotte, the state’s largest city.

Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a Democrat.

The U.S. trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in August as President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning.

People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.

The heavily redacted emails reveal little of the two men’s relationship.

President Donald Trump is finding that redistricting his way to a GOP House majority in next year's midterms is a lot harder than it sounds.

Ten Democratic secretaries of state are asking the Trump administration to provide more information about its efforts to seek voter registration data.

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown have inspired a rare act of bipartisanship.

TABC intends to proceed with the adoption of permanent regulations on the hemp industry in Texas despite the potential ban.

Republicans who were planning to run for newly gerrymandered districts may have to reassess, while Democrats who were drawn out of their seats could suddenly have a path back to Congress.

Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump denounced ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” and threatened the network's license to broadcast after she asked three sharp questions in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office says the National Guard will continue supporting a crime-fighting task force ordered by President Donald Trump in Memphis while state lawyers appeal a judge's order that blocked the troops from operating in the city.

Federal agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called “Swamp Sweep” in New Orleans in the coming weeks.

What was once seen as a near-certain cut in interest rates next month now looks more like a coin flip as Federal Reserve officials sharply disagree over the economy’s health and whether stubborn inflation or weak hiring represent a bigger threat.

The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS.

After months of resisting calls to release the files, President Donald Trump signaled this week that he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has designated four organizations or organization categories as foreign terrorist or transnational criminal groups under state authority.

A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.

Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.

The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump.

The CAIR Legal Defense Fund and another group claim the governor's proclamation identifying them as terrorists “is defamatory and finds no basis in law or fact."

National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in government funding to operate the nation’s public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement.

The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.

Both the House and Senate have acted decisively to pass a bill forcing the Justice Department to release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.

A South Carolina bill that could sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison has stalled in South Carolina.

Both the House and Senate have acted decisively to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump is facing criticism for not condemning antisemitism within the conservative movement.

Kate Rogers resigned from her position after Patrick criticized a 2023 dissertation in which she asserted the importance of Indigenous people’s history at the Alamo.

According to Politico, federal officials could relocate the agency here and tap Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd to lead it.

The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post just six months in, officials say, marking another disruption in a year of staff departures and policy changes.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss will face off to succeed Kelly Hancock after winning the most votes in the Nov. 4 election.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump to find ways the political polar opposites can work together on the central focus of his winning campaign: affordability.

President Donald Trump's political dominance is showing cracks as he faces challenges on affordability and the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Monday disputed allegations by a Trump administration official that she committed mortgage fraud, an accusation that President Donald Trump used as a basis for seeking to fire her.

The Houston-based seat will have been without representation for about 11 months.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has set the date for the runoff election for Texas 18th Congressional District.

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, are being sent home, and those who will remain will not be on the streets.

President Donald Trump says he would sign a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.

Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.

Conservative activists argue they’re protecting women and rebalancing the law that Democrats tilted in favor of LGBTQ+ people.

An Indiana lawmaker who who has yet to make a decision on whether to back President Donald Trump’s push to have Republicans redraw the state’s congressional boundaries was the victim of a swatting call that brought sheriff’s deputies to his home.

President Donald Trump is brushing aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views.

President Donald Trump is indicating that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and says they’ll “work something out."

Several media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.

Images from this year's festival, which ended Saturday in Austin.

Many Republican leaders insist there's no problem with the GOP's policies, the party's message or President Donald Trump’s leadership, despite big losses in this month's elections.

During The Texas Tribune Festival’s closing keynote, the neurosurgeon said that for decades, pain management wrongly treated the body “as totally separate from the brain.”

The MSNBC anchor talks about his new book with Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith at 4 p.m. Saturday.

President Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene have fallen out in a public feud.

The Democratic U.S. senator from California sits down with journalist Terry Moran at 2:15 p.m. Saturday.

The biographer and historian talks about his new book with John Avlon of The Bulwark at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Three school district leaders at The Texas Tribune Festival said the Texas Education Agency’s reliance on state takeovers to improve academic performance threatens local control.

The CNN anchor talks about her new book about Black political power with CBS contributor Mark Whitaker at 10:45 a.m. Saturday.

The Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota sits down with Ali Vitali, the host of MSNBC’s Way Too Early, at 9 a.m. Saturday.

The U.S. Commerce Department has launched an antidumping review targeting Italian pasta, claiming it’s sold below market prices.

President Donald Trump has publicly ended his support for Rep_ Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her “Wacky Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in the next midterms “if the right person runs.”.

A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked the Trump administration from immediately cutting funding to the University of California over claims the school system allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination.

The announcement by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is the latest multi-billion dollar investment in Texas by tech companies racing to build infrastructure that can support advanced artificial intelligence.

New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month.

At the Texas Tribune Festival, Republican and Democratic candidates made their case for why they should be the state’s top lawyer.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit claims three state work-study programs are unconstitutional because they exclude religious organizations.

The former U.S. attorney general sits down with Melissa Murray of NYU Law School at 4 p.m. Friday.

The leader of the Indiana state Senate, a Republican, has said that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing lack of support from his members.

Allred’s comments at The Texas Tribune Festival marked the first time either leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate publicly criticized the other.

A Pentagon official says the U.S. military's 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in the Caribbean Sea.

Officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown.