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FILE – This photo combination shows Stephen Colbert, left, in Los Angeles, Sept. 12, 2022 and Texas Rep. James Talarico, Aug. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague, Jae C. Hong, file)

Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears

February 17, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night’s broadcast over network fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, questions the witnesses during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on “The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud” on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., file)

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for US Senate in Texas

December 8, 2025 at 4:43 p.m.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, bringing a national profile to a race that may be critical to Democrats’ long-shot hopes of...

Supporters for the returning Texas democrats chant as members enter the house at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)

Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

August 19, 2025 at 6:58 a.m.

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance.

FILE – Rain falls over a makeshift memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

What to know as Texas’ search for flood victims stretches into a third week

July 19, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing.

A judge has halted CoreCivic, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered facility that the private prison operator now calls the Midwest Regional Reception Center, in Leavenworth, Kan., pictured Monday, March 3, 2025, unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

June 16, 2025 at 8:27 a.m.

Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun...

Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

What we know about a private plane’s fatal crash into a San Diego neighborhood

May 22, 2025 at 8:24 p.m.

Authorities say a private plane clipped power lines before slamming into a home in San Diego.

People survey damage after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Severe weather and tornadoes batter Midwest, killing at least 21 across two states

May 17, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

Gov. Andy Beshear says 14 people have been killed by severe weather in Kentucky — including what appeared to be a devastating tornado — and that the number is likely...

Fans watch a Chiefs-Giants game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 29, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Missouri governor bringing lawmakers back to get a plan for keeping Chiefs and Royals away from Kansas

May 16, 2025 at 11:35 a.m.

Missouri’s governor will call the Legislature into a special session to consider incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from moving to Kansas.

FILE – New pumps at Rich Bohnen’s service station at 60th and Penn Ave. S. in Minneapolis are seen in a Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 photo. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, file)

The EPA is allowing the sale of cheaper, higher-ethanol E15 gasoline across the US this summer

April 29, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

Consumers across the U.S. still will be able to buy higher-ethanol blend E15 gasoline this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, saving them a little money at the pump...

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall holding a check Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

State Supreme Courts have become an electoral battleground. But some states choose a different path

April 6, 2025 at 8:44 a.m.

State Supreme Court races across the country have gotten increasingly costly and vitriolic.

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