Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and a candidate for Senate, at his watch party in March in Dallas. Mr. P
President Trump’s record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn’s defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another question.Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, defeated Senator John Cornyn in a runoff Tuesday
Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.Colin Allred served three terms in the House of Representatives before giving up his seat to run unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2024.
With the support of President Trump, Mr. Paxton unseated Senator John Cornyn in a high-profile Republican runoff.Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, received an endorsement last week from President Trump.
In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.A poster outside a medical center in Kampala, Uganda, warns of an Ebola outbreak.
Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds.The Office of Personnel Management drafted a proposal that federal employees sign a nondisclosure agreement.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout is scheduled for June 14, President Trump’s 80th birthday.Construction on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, ahead of events for the United States’ 250th anniversary that include the upcoming UFC fight.
The health secretary wrangled two nonvenomous snakes while visiting Florida in a video that drew widespread attention.A black racer snake. It is not venomous and has a relatively weak bite, experts said.
The plaintiffs had sought a temporary restraining order, arguing that the map violated a state ban on partisan gerrymandering that voters passed in 2010.Republican lawmakers, who hold supermajorities in the State House and Senate, passed the new map last month at the urging of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a R
With early voting already underway, it became clear there was no longer enough support to use new lines before the November midterm elections.The State Capitol building in Columbia, last year. The Senate vote on Tuesday ensures that South Carolina will for now remain among the outliers in the South
Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.People march for voting rights on the famed Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in May.
China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.China has made slow progress curbing tobacco use or enacting a national indoor smoking ban.
Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.Jeremy Nixon at A.G.I. House, which he founded in San Francisco’s Twin Peaks.
A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights.The justices of the Supreme Court said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit had overstepped in its ruling. There were no noted di
Florida officials had asked the justices to hear a lawsuit accusing California and Washington of improperly granting licenses to an immigrant accused in a fatal crash.Harjinder Singh being escorted by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins of Florida and members of law enforcement in Stockton, Calif., in August. Mr.
He ran the newspaper division of Advance Publications, while his older brother, Si, ran the Condé Nast magazine operation.Donald E. Newhouse in 2020. At the peak in 1999, Advance-owned newspapers had a combined circulation of 2.9 million, putting the company in third place behind Gannett and Knight
President Trump is said to be considering the appearance after his hometown team, the Knicks, clinched a championship spot.Members of the New York Knicks celebrating as Eastern Conference champions on Monday in Cleveland.
The chief, Brian O’Hara, began leading the department in 2022 as it reeled in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd.Brian O’Hara at a ceremony for new recruits in January.
Nigel Farage’s anti-immigrant, populist agenda has helped his Reform U.K. Party emerge from the fringe of British politics. But it faces an uphill climb to win power.Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. Party, last month at a campaign rally in Scotland ahead of British council elections.
The director of Britain’s electronic surveillance agency warns that Russia is only getting more brazen as battlefield losses in Ukraine mount.President Vladimir Putin appearing on a screen during the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow earlier this month.
Dermatologists are flummoxed.
In Lebanon, each new cease-fire is met with blind optimism — as if it hails the end of a conflict instead of what it actually is: an admission ticket to the next war.
The best-selling author of “Sapiens” and “Nexus” discusses the core delusions deranging our politics.
The risk of an explosion or spill has fallen significantly, the authorities said late Tuesday, and all evacuated residents can now go home. Some have begun to ask who should be held accountable.Barricades block a street in the evacuation zone in Garden Grove, Calif.
