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This story was first published by The Texas Tribune on November 17, 2025. The video attached to this story aired Oct. 2, 2025. (The Texas Tribune) — The University of Texas at Austin hasn’t said ...

A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power. By Ken Bensinger and David A. Fahrenthold A full year after making a public pledge to do so, President ...

Enrique “Rick” Rodriguez, manager of Social Service Assistance for the North Texas Food Bank, points to flyers with SNAP benefits information at the North Texas Food Bank SNAP Mobile in Dallas’ ...

Update (Nov. 13 at 1:06 p.m.): With the government shutdown over, Sauer notified the Supreme Court on Thursday morning that the Trump administration was withdrawing its request to pause McConnell’s ...