A special election for Texas’ 18th Congressional District has been called for Nov. 4 – which will be nearly eight months after the death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner left the Houston seat vacant.
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Texas could lose nearly 68,000 jobs and over $400 million in tax revenue in 2026 if federal cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program pass Congress, according to a new report.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke reflected on the future of the Democratic party in front of thousands of people gathered Thursday night at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg.
Federal funding for a Houston-area immigrant representation nonprofit will mostly be ending after President Donald Trump cut a contract that provides legal services for unaccompanied children.
Republican Congressman Randy Weber of Galveston County has introduced a resolution to censure U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Dallas Democrat. The motion comes after Crockett insulted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at an event over the weekend.
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards has joined the contest to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner as the representative for Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
NASA’s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago.
A vocal group of more than 50 demonstrators gathered at the entrance to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Monday to demand an end to the widespread firings and layoffs that have hit the space agency and other government agencies.
Two legal immigrants who flew into Boston Logan International Airport have been denied re-entry into the United States after traveling abroad. One was deported in apparent defiance of a judicial order.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/2-separate-cases-place-the-immigration-lens-on-boston
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www.kuow.org · Trump administration to answer in court Monday over alleged defiance of judge’s immigration rulingTwo legal immigrants who flew into Boston Logan International Airport have been denied re-entry into the United States after traveling abroad. One was deported in apparent defiance of a judicial order.
Trump moves to gut more agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries, clean energy and National Monuments
Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet 
️Voice of America (VOA), 
testing the limits of his authoritative power as he seeks to shrink the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy.
One order signed Friday night calls for the agencies
— some of which are focused on #minority business enterprises, #museum and #library services and #homelessness prevention
— to “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”
It also instructs the heads of agencies to “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law,”
and submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget director #Russell #Vought confirming full compliance within seven days.
A second executive order revoked 19 executive actions signed by President Joe Biden that promoted #clean #energy and environmental goals.
The order terminates proclamations of #national #monuments created by Biden
and ends the use of the Defense Production Act to expand the U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technology
(including mandates for electric heat pumps and #solar #panels),
among other Biden-era policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/15/trump-voa-environment-executive-orders/
The Washington Post · Trump guts several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into Houston's Rice University and 44 other U.S. institutions surrounding claims they discriminate against students by using racial preferences and stereotypes.
A U.S. girl traveling to Houston for brain cancer treatment was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents and deported to Mexico, along with her parents and most of her siblings. Her parents were living in Texas without legal status.
On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Department of Education released a statement saying it would cut nearly 50% of the department's workforce.
Welcome back to primitive times, when #scientific #research wasn’t done to help people be healthier. #National #Institutes of #Health will #cancel or cut back dozens of grants for research on why some people are reluctant to be #vaccinated and how to increase acceptance of #vaccines. https://wapo.st/3Dw7WG0
The Washington Post · NIH to terminate or limit grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake
It's Sunday, a great day for National to announce another power grab. They intend to "speed up" land acquisition for public works (roads) & completely bypass the Environment Court in the process.
Any objections will have to go directly to Chris Penk who will reject them. I'm speculating on the last point, but that seems to be the theme.
Forget democracy. The Nats are determined to prevent the public from having input into legislation.
1NewsLand acquisition overhaul offers incentives, cuts out environment courtInfrastructure Minister Chris Bishop said the overhaul would "tear down roadblocks" and get major infrastructure projects underway faster.
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Amid federal layoffs at the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the NWS office in Houston has canceled its summer internship program, citing "recent changes in our staffing."
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure Houston Congressman Al Green for disrupting President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in Washington.