2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (528+ words) A California couple's surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect. McKenna West filed the emergency…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (162+ words) President Donald Trump’s promise to send every adult citizen $5,000 has drawn praise from some who call it a win for Americans, while others question whether the proposal is feasible and as simple as it sounds. PROPERTY TAX: Houston Mayor John…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (857+ words) President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate…...

3+ day, 23+ min ago   (11+ words) Trump takes center stage at Republicans’ first midterm convention Houston Chronicle...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (528+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (410+ words) “This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 presidential contender, said Wednesday morning. Trump organized the two-day gathering in an attempt to…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (907+ words) Many party members, including those facing tight races, are skipping the two-day affair, citing conflicting obligations or balking at demands that they pony up for access. Others are hoping an appearance alongside Trump will put them in the national spotlight…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (629+ words) Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, asks questions at a Texas Senate Committee on Finance hearing on data center investment and state fiscal effects at the Capitol in Austin, Monday, July 27, 2026. Nearly 40% of Texas homeowners paid nothing in school property taxes last…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1030+ words) This secretive West Texas housing agency is building an apartment empire — 1,500 miles away Houston Chronicle Earlier this year, residents of an upscale multi-family apartment complex in a suburb of Columbia, South Carolina, received an unusual letter It advised them that…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (26+ words) The week that Texas asked itself: What's erotic? Houston Chronicle In a ruling on Texas' drag-show ban, Judge David Hittner cited the late, great Dolly Parton....