Texas to audit 2020 election results in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin & Harris counties

Hours after former President Donald Trump pressed Gov. Greg Abbott for a review of last year's election results in Texas, the state said it would audit the results in four counties, including three in North Texas.

House panel investigating Jan. 6 riot subpoenas former Trump advisers

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed four advisers and associates to former President Donald Trump who were in contact with him before and during the attack.

Biden's special envoy to Haiti resigns to protest migrant expulsions

U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti resigned, protesting large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster.

Denton man gets prison sentence for threatening lawmakers

A man from Denton got a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence after admitting he threatened a former member of the United States Congress.

Donald Trump sues niece Mary Trump, NY Times over 2018 story on taxes

Mary Trump, the former president's estranged niece, and the New York Times are facing a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters.

Government spending bill passed by House faces GOP opposition

The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid.

Texas transgender sports bill advances out of committee

The bill would require transgender athletes to compete based on the gender on their original birth certificate. Supporters of the bill argue it keeps athletes safe from unfair competition while opponents say it unfairly targets the transgender community.

Biden says US 'not seeking a new Cold War' during UN address

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. is entering a “new era of diplomacy” during his first address before the U.N. General Assembly.

UN: World leaders eye money, not emissions cuts, to combat climate change

World leaders made “faint signs of progress” on the financial end of fighting climate change in a special United Nations feet-to-the-fire meeting Monday, but they didn't commit to more crucial cuts in emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming.

Third special session gets underway: What is on the agenda?

Governor Abbott identified 5 agenda items for the third special legislative session in his proclamation that announced he would convene another special session.

Poll: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval drops below 50 percent

54 percent of Texans say the state is on the wrong track, with 44 percent saying it’s on the right track. Among independents, a group that historically has swung toward the GOP in Texas elections, just 33 percent say the state is on the right track.

Texas Republicans have the redistricting tools to preserve their power

Lawmakers must redraw the state’s political maps to account for a decade’s worth of growth, but the process leaves enough room for political manipulation. Here’s how it’ll work.

Biden to convene virtual COVID-19 summit amid UN General Assembly

President Joe Biden will convene a virtual summit Wednesday on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Friday.

Biden tasks OSHA with enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates

President Joe Biden directed OSHA to write a rule forcing employers with at least 100 workers to require staff get vaccinated or produce weekly test results showing they are virus free.

24 GOP state attorneys general threaten lawsuit over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Two dozen Republican attorneys general are warning the White House of impending legal action if a proposed coronavirus vaccine requirement for as many as 100 million Americans goes into effect.

Texas abortion law strains clinics: 'Exactly what we feared'

One Texas woman traveled nearly 1,000 miles to Colorado for an abortion. Others are driving four hours to New Mexico. And in Houston, clinics that typically perform more than 100 abortions in a week are down to a few a day.