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• In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

  March 10, 2026 2:44 PM

  DE SOTO, Iowa (AP) — Standing alongside his son's Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy. He had voted for President Donald Trump in the last election. He believed Trump had strengthened the economy in his first term, and... more »

• Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026

  December 4, 2025 5:20 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state's congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis... more »

• Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased

  November 21, 2025 7:10 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place at least for the... more »

• Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: 'I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield'

  November 21, 2025 3:20 PM

  A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near... more »

• Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

  November 7, 2025 11:53 AM

  BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the Republican administration... more »

• What Texans need to know about Prop 16, the constitutional amendment on citizenship and voting

  October 24, 2025 5:23 PM

  This coverage is made possible through Votebeat , a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here . Texans’ ballots for next month’s election include 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution, including one clarifying that a voter must... more »

• Progressive groups launch $1.4 million campaign to win back Latino voters from Trump

  October 21, 2025 11:39 AM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Progressive groups looking to reconnect with Latino voters are emphasizing economic hardship and highlighting President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda in an effort to regain support in places where the Republican leader made inroads. The $1.4 million digital ad and field campaign is led... more »

• Police: Deadly shooting in North Carolina was 'highly premeditated' and location was 'targeted'

  September 28, 2025 1:21 PM

  SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — A mass shooting that shattered the evening tranquility of a picturesque, seaside town in North Carolina was a "highly premeditated" attack that left three people dead and five injured, police said Sunday. The suspect who allegedly carried out the attack on a waterfront bar was in... more »

• The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

  July 20, 2025 12:16 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are encountering early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party's majority in next year's midterm elections, with recruitment failures, open primaries, infighting and a president who has been sitting on the sidelines. Democrats still face an uphill battle. They need to... more »

• Texas won’t force private companies to use E-Verify to check workers’ immigration status, despite leaders’ tough talk

  June 5, 2025 2:58 PM

  " Texas won’t force private companies to use E-Verify to check workers’ immigration status, despite leaders’ tough talk " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This... more »