Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump
Texas Democrats are leaving the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U. S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. The dramatic move Sunday could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties — with the state's attorney general having previously threatened to arrest them if they took such an action. Refusing to attend legislative session is a civil violation, however, so a...
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- Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump
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- Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions
- Men charged in Tennessee case involving 4 dead family members of abandoned infant
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- Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions
- Ukrainian drone attack sets Russian oil depot on fire as Zelenskyy announces prisoner exchange
- The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds
- Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by independent political watchdog
- Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies uncover drone procurement graft scheme
Sat, 02 Aug 2025
- Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point
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- Pope thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival
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- Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages' families
- What to know if you're at risk of having your wages garnished over student loan debt
- Limited options for Democrats to retaliate if Texas Republicans redraw congressional map
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- SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch
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Fri, 01 Aug 2025
- Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal
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- Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from Powell
- Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like 'Don't Touch Me,' dies at 85
- Former US soldier is suspected in Montana bar shooting that killed 4, prompting manhunt
- Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev
- Teacher charged in fatal stabbings in Arkansas bounced between schools in 3 states
- Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
- Wall Street falls the most since May after employers slash hiring and tariffs roll out
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- US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized
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- US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda
- Trump injects a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7
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- South Korea's jailed ex-leader Yoon resists questioning by taking off prison uniform
- Trump's new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
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Thu, 31 Jul 2025
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- Trump signs order imposing new tariffs on a number of trading partners that go into effect in 7 days
- Teacher admits to fatally stabbing couple on a hike with their kids in a random attack in Arkansas
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- Rural Texas county's top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis
- Mourners honor the NYPD officer killed in the attack at the NFL headquarters building
- Hulk Hogan's cause of death was a heart attack, medical examiner says
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs asks judge to throw out guilty verdicts or grant him a new trial
- Padres add All-Star closer Mason Miller and lefty JP Sears in trade deadline blockbuster
- Virginia Giuffre's family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein 'stole' her
- Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren
- Turbulence forces Delta flight to land and sends 25 people to hospitals, airline says
- Appellate judges question Trump's authority to impose tariffs without Congress
- Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 13 people and injures more than 130
- Fireflies are lighting up summer skies. But the glowing bugs are still on the decline
- Rebuilding Guardians trade pitchers Shane Bieber and Paul Sewald to contending Blue Jays and Tigers
- Fewer Americans see discrimination as anti-DEI push gains traction, AP-NORC poll shows
- With growing urgency, more US Jews urge Israel to ensure ample food deliveries to Gaza
- Trump administration cancels plans to develop new offshore wind projects
- Trump seeks to use Canada's recognition of Palestinian state as leverage in trade talks
- Surez to Mariners, Durn to Phillies as MLB trade market heats up before Thursday's deadline
- Ukraine's Parliament approves law restoring independence of anti-graft watchdogs following backlash
- Russia hosts Syria's new foreign minister for the first time since Assad's ouster
- Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September in latest push against Israel's Gaza policies
- Pakistan and US reach a trade agreement to develop oil reserves and reduce tariffs
- Just a jumble of bones. How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland
- The Latest: Tsunami warnings lifted in most places
Wed, 30 Jul 2025
- Shohei Ohtani leaves the mound with cramping vs. Reds but hopes to make next start
- Dozens killed while seeking food in Gaza as US envoy heads to Israel
- Colorado dentist convicted of murder, gets life sentence for lacing wife's shakes with poison
- Malta says it will recognize the state of Palestine, joining France and possibly Britain
- Brown University strikes agreement with Trump administration to restore lost federal funding
- NYC gunman bought his rifle from his boss in Las Vegas
- Fed's Powell sticks with patient approach to rate cuts, brushing off Trump's demands
- Unsettled by NYC shooting, companies wonder if their offices are safe
- Virginia city councilman set on fire in workplace attack; suspect charged with attempted murder
- Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake
- Hoffa legend endures 50 years after ex-Detroit union leader's disappearance
- Nebraska plant explosion killed 2 girls and an employee, and the fire is still burning
- Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech's help
- Trump announces 25% tariff on India and unspecified penalties for buying Russian oil
- NTSB finds Army chopper in fatal midair crash with plane was above altitude limit
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- A submersible finds sea creatures thriving in the deepest parts of the ocean
- Along with a strong second quarter rebound for the US economy, some red flags
- Epstein and Maxwell grand juries did not hear directly from victims, prosecutors tell judges
- Radar satellite launched by India and NASA will track miniscule changes to Earth's land and ice
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Tue, 29 Jul 2025
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- Trump says Epstein 'stole' young women from Mar-a-Lago spa, including Virginia Giuffre
- Gunman who killed 4 in NYC building blamed NFL for mental health issues and was targeting its office
- Here's what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues
- Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their son on a South Carolina lake
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- Venus Williams receives a wild-card entry with Reilly Opelka to play mixed doubles at the US Open
- Trump caps his Scottish visit by opening a new golf course and promoting his family brand
- Trump's tariffs could squeeze US factories and boost costs by up to 4.5%, a new analysis finds
- Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall
- Russia kills 27 civilians in Ukraine as the Kremlin remains defiant over Trump threats
- Gunman kills 4, including police officer, in shooting at New York City office tower
- Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire holds as wary displaced villagers return home
- Why are scientists dressing pigs in clothes and burying them in Mexico?
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Mon, 28 Jul 2025
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- Former Colombian President Uribe found guilty in bribery trial that threatens the strongman's legacy
- Shooter opens fire outside Reno casino, killing 3 and injuring several others
- Heavy rains and flooding kill at least 34 people in and near Beijing
- Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he 'stole people that worked for me'
- 2 kids killed at Miami sailing camp after barge collides with their boat, authorities say
- Deion Sanders says he had bladder cancer but plans to coach the Colorado Buffaloes this season
- Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree
- Reaction to the European Union's trade agreement with the Trump administration
- Trump talks Gaza, Ukraine and his golf course, in meeting with UK's prime minister
- Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures
- Thailand and Cambodia agree to a ceasefire in their deadly border clashes
- Attorneys: 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access
- Trump says he wants Netanyahu to 'make sure they get the food' in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis
- US-China tariff talks may provide clues on a possible Trump-Xi meeting
- Trump says he's shortening the 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine
- Police say 3 killed, 10 injured in the Turks and Caicos Islands' first mass shooting
- Vice President JD Vance is on the road again to sell the Republicans' big new tax law
- How the US-EU trade deal wards off more escalation but will raise prices and slow growth
- Two Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza
- An attack on a Congolese church killed nearly 40 worshippers. Here's what to know
- Temu accused by EU regulators of failing to prevent sale of illegal products
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- Shaq has been refurbishing basketball courts for 30 years, knows first hand how they can help kids
- Freed from Russian prisons, Ukrainian soldiers lean into counseling to rebuild their lives
- Tariffs threaten Asian beauty product boom in US
- Gunman kills 5 and wounds 2 at a Bangkok market before killing himself, police say
- What to expect, and what not to, at the UN meeting on an Israel-Palestinian two-state solution
Sun, 27 Jul 2025
- Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
- Bubba Wallace becomes first Black driver to win a major race on Indianapolis' oval
- US and China to talk in Stockholm on trade with eye on Trump-Xi summit later this year
- Passengers flee smoking jet on emergency slide after apparent landing gear problem at Denver airport
- Authorities seek to file terrorism and assault charges against suspect in Walmart knife attack
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