Texas

Citigroup Inc (C.N) has discriminated against the firearms sector, the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said, making a decision that "has the effect" of Texas halting Citi's ability to underwrite most municipal bond offerings in the state.

Virginia’s Appomattox County High School hid a teenage girl's transgender identity from her parents, leading to the teen being trafficked twice.

"We need the people who understand the language and the case law in the country," Jourová says in the clip. "Because what qualifies as hate speech, illegal hate speech—which you will have soon also in the U.S.—we have a strong reason why we have this in the criminal law."

Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced legislation that would make criticism from white people against minorities a federal crime.

"This is another aspect of the potential for this family to be compromised," said James Comer.

Abortions in Texas dramatically decreased in the months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade last June, according to recent state data.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new component of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) One app, allowing foreign nationals in Central and Northern Mexico to schedule appointments at the United States-Mexico border for release into the U.S. interior.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to subpoena the State Department as part of a probe into the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, CNN first reported late Thursday.

Texas legislators introduced a bill on Thursday that prohibits schools from withholding information regarding the mental, physical, or emotional well-being, or changes in gender identity of students, and restricts the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation.

Legislation would "prohibit the United States from providing assessed or voluntary contributions to the WHO."