Politics

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo was escorted out of a restricted area at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

A Georgia state representative has pleaded guilty to making false statements after failing to report income while collecting pandemic unemployment benefits.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are preparing for a difficult round of negotiations as they attempt to close a budget gap estimated at roughly $5 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has acquired Moltbook, a Reddit-style platform where artificial intelligence agents communicate with each other.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) unveiled a Faith Advisory Council this week for his Senate runoff campaign against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but three of its five pastors are signatories of a pro-amnesty evangelical organization that has received funding from George and Alex Soros's Open Society Foundations, Breitbart News reports.

Actress Katherine Heigl responded to criticism after attending a dog rescue charity event held at Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Florida residence of President Donald Trump.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted Mahmoud Khalil at Gracie Mansion this week for an Iftar dinner during Ramadan, drawing sharp criticism from the White House, pro-Israel advocates, and Jewish community leaders.

Brothers Bhaskar, Niranjan, and Arun Savani and several associates have been convicted in Philadelphia in connection with a massive scheme.

Iranian hackers are suspected of breaching Stryker Corporation, a $20 billion Michigan-based medical device manufacturer, in what security analysts are calling the first major Iranian cyberoffensive against a U.S. company since military tensions between the two nations escalated.

Republican state attorneys general are criticizing the Justice Department’s sudden settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster.