This is the online version of From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Bridget Bowman files a dispatch from Texas on how the final stretch of the Democratic primary for … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that ExxonMobil can bring a defamation lawsuit against California’s attorney general over comments about the company’s plastic recycling efforts. U.S. District Judge Michael J. Truncale in the Eastern District of Texas said in a ruling earlier this month that California Attorney General Rob Bonta cannot … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats may be divided over whether state Rep. James Talarico or Rep. Jasmine Crockett should be their party’s Senate nominee. But they agree on one thing: They’re itching for a fight. And whoever wins next week’s Senate primary will provide some clues about exactly how Democrats want to go about it … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump recounted the heroic rescue of an 11-year-old girl, Milly Cate McClymond, from the vicious floodwaters that tore through Texas in July 2025, reuniting the young girl with the Coast Guard hero who saved her during his primetime address to the nation. “You all remember … Read more
Trump honors Coast Guard swimmer who rescued girl in Texas floods with Legion of Merit – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump awarded Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan with the Legion of Merit for Extraordinary Heroism during the State of the Union Tuesday night. Mr. Trump said Ruskan saved an 11-year-old girl during … Read more
Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday endorsed against a fellow Texas Republican in Congress, backing state Rep. Steve Toth over Rep. Dan Crenshaw ahead of next week’s primary. “Steve faithfully served the people of Texas in the Texas House of Representatives, championing our Texas values of liberty, limited government, and constitutional governance,” Cruz wrote in a … Read more
PHARR, Texas — More than a year since President Donald Trump flipped the traditionally Democratic Rio Grande Valley, his deportation agenda is running headlong into the region’s workforce. Several homebuilders who spoke to NBC News said they’re worried about whether they will make it through the year without the framers, foundation pourers, drywallers and other … Read more
Families of nine victims of last summer’s deadly flooding in Texas are suing the state for allegedly failing to enforce a requirement that a girls’ camp where 27 campers and counselors died have an evacuation plan. The civil claim, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Austin, alleges the Texas Department of State Health Services … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he is surging state troopers to the border and across the state to enhance public safety operations following a spike in cartel violence after the killing of kingpin “El Mencho” over the weekend. On Monday, Abbott, a Republican, directed the Texas Department … Read more