Tag: politics

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe to be the next director of the CIA. Ratcliffe previously led all 18 of the nation's intelligence agencies as the director of national intelligence during Trump's first term. Trump...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has emerged as the apparent winner of the mayoral race, according to unofficial tallies from Travis, Hays, and Williamson Counties. With over 50% of the vote, Watson has secured his victory with 175,090 total votes,...

Michaelle Ray is standing outside her childhood home in Princeton, a small town east of McKinney. Her family home, along with her mother, aunt, and brother, is part of a group of houses known as "the compound." The street...

The satirical publication The Onion and families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have acquired Infowars, the show started 30 years ago by Alex Jones, through a federal bankruptcy auction. The purchase bid for Free Speech...

A federal district court has blocked a Louisiana law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms. This decision has implications for Texas, where a similar bill failed to pass last year. Proponents argue that American...