Candidates jump into Texas comptroller race 18 months before election
Comptroller Glenn Hegar will step down in the coming months to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.
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Comptroller Glenn Hegar will step down in the coming months to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has awarded a $70 million contract to a construction company that will build seven miles of wall along the southern border.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar spoke with Jack Fink to speak about some of the top economic issues facing the state.
President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants.
Recent changes to student loans have caused confusion and uncertainty around recertification process for borrowers enrolled in repayment plans.
IRS' top lawyer replaced amid DOGE's alleged push to share taxpayer info with other federal agencies.
For the first time this session, a Texas House Committee discussed a bill that would spend $1 billion in taxpayer money to send students to private school.
The House is considering a $1 billion bill that would allow up to 100,000 students in Texas to attend private schools.
The outbreak is in nine counties in the southern plains. Three of those counties are in the district the speaker represents.
CBS News' Confirmed team fact checks President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress.
President Trump imposed a 25% tariff on products imported from Mexico and Canada early Tuesday morning.
Jack Fink spoke with a Senior Vice President of the National Chicken Council, which has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to change a rule that requires companies that raise chickens for meat to throw away hundreds of millions of eggs every year.
"FDA's decision... resulted in significant cost to Americans."
Catholic Charities alleges its has not been paid since the Trump Administration moved to freeze to federal funding, but later rescinded the order.
Ukraine also brings divisions; Trump's immigration efforts rate well, but many look for more inflation focus.
The USDA warns egg prices could rise another 41% this year.
A judge has allowed the firings to move forward.
Cuts to the U.S. cybersecurity agency and FBI affected the federal workers tasked with stopping foreign interference in elections.
The selection of former Secret Service agent and right-wing media commentator Dan Bongino as deputy to FBI Director Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership.
Abbott has traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for $11.1 billion in reimbursement.
The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox has stored precious metal bullion reserves for the United States since 1937.
Former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't run for reelection in 2026, announcing his impending departure from the Senate on Thursday, his 83rd birthday.
For the first time, the new Speaker of the Texas House, Dustin Burrows said school choice will pass.
On Presidents Day, dozens of protesters in downtown Dallas took turns chanting against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.