Emails shared with Marfa Public Radio show U.S. Customs and Border Protection quietly paused construction on part of the Big Bend border wall a week before a federal judge ordered the work halted. A CBP official wrote that the internal pause stemmed from a lack of access to private land and a federal contractor's demand for more money.

Vikki Goodwin, the Democrat trying to unseat Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, is drawing support from hemp business owners who've become single-issue voters in the 2026 election.

An NPR investigation finds that more than 15,000 military veterans were put into much-higher-cost home loans after the Trump administration cut a key program. Many now pay $1,000 more per month.

While many young voters are focused on the cost of living in the election, for some from immigrant families, the political calculation — and their votes — is often about even more than the economy.

A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections.

Every data center developer that wants to build in San Antonio will have to get permission from City Council before it can begin construction.

The Potter County GOP wants a federal judge to require election administrators all over Texas to hand count every paper ballot cast before finalizing the results.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin highlighted thousands of arrests while criticizing Biden-era policies and Democratic-led jurisdictions during a press conference that at times took on a political tone.

Called the state's "chief financial officer," the Texas comptroller will oversee, among other things, the $1 billion Texas Education Freedom Accounts program. The candidates vying for the role differ in how they'd manage it.

An NPR analysis finds 70 House districts where Democrats and Republicans are each investing more than six figures in advertising during the final few days of the election, including in deep red areas.