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  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry visits with House members to discuss the state budget issues at the back railing on May 19, 2011.
    Why Doesn't Anyone Believe Rick Perry When He Says He's Not Running?
    It’s Rick Perry versus the nincompoops. That’s not a slap at the rest of the Republican field, but at the political chatterers who just can’t or won’t…
  • The courtyard outside AISD board meeting room will be bustling tonight as trustees consider tough choices about how to close a budget gap.
    Austin School Board To Consider Axing 536 Jobs At Tonight's Meeting
    It's going to be a busy night at Austin Independent School District headquarters as board members confront some of the toughest decisions they have been…
  • Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain wipes his brow during a discussion on health care Wednesday in Washington. The former head of the National Restaurant Association has been under fire in recent days over sexual harassment allegations and his response to them.
    An Inside Look At The 'Dark Art' Of Politics
    Ever since allegations against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain surfaced, speculation has raged about whether opposition research was involved. Political veterans talk about the art of digging up information on candidates — and whether it may have had a role in the Cain story.
  • Jeans hang on a clothesline next to a burned down trailer home in Bastrop, Texas. A wildfire raging for nearly two weeks has blackened 50 square miles and destroyed more than 1,500 homes.
    Texas Fire Evacuees Return To Find Only Ashes
    Like thousands of other people here whose homes were incinerated by a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas, Linda and Roger Ward are living in a daze. The fire was not the deadliest wildfire or the largest in acreage. But in terms of destruction — 1,554 homes and counting — it is one of the worst forest fires in recent U.S. history.
  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry prays at a daylong rally in Houston on Saturday. Perry attended the prayer rally despite criticism that the event inappropriately mixes religion and politics.
    Gov. Perry Tries To Keep Focus On God, Not Politics
    Protesters lined the sidewalks Saturday as about 30,000 Christians gathered in Houston's Reliant Stadium to pray for what they called "a nation in crisis." In the weeks leading up to the gathering, the event had been criticized as an attempt by the Republican governor to get an early lock on the religious right. Saturday, Perry shrugged off such talk.
  • Joe Dan Lee
    Meet the Next Superintendent of Georgetown's Public Schools
    Georgetown Independent School District has a new superintendent. GISD's Board of Trustees elected Joe Dan Lee to serve as the district's top…
  • President Obama during this morning's news conference at the White House.
    Obama: Congress Needs To Do More Than Talk About Jobs
    The president is pushing Congress to enact what the White House says are "bipartisan, paid-for ideas" that will boost job growth. He also said it's "offensive" to suggest "my White House" may have leaked some secrets to gain political advantage.
  • A car hit by one of today's airstrikes in Gaza City.
    Israel Aims Airstrikes At Hamas Targets In Gaza
    Ahmed Jabari, the commander of Hamas' military wing who has long been on Israel's "most-wanted" list, is dead, according to what Hamas and Israeli officials are telling news outlets. The strikes follow rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Israel.
  • American Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Miami International Airport this month. Reports indicate that American Airlines has canceled somewhere between 2 and 5 percent of flights in recent days, reportedly blaming a surge in pilot sick days and maintenance write-ups by pilots.
    American Airlines Fliers Fed Up As Labor Clash Rages
    It hasn't exactly been a barrel of fun flying American Airlines lately. The carrier, which is in bankruptcy, is in a bitter contract dispute with its pilots union. Its on-time performance has plummeted while cancellations are way up. Meanwhile, some of American's best customers are rethinking their loyalty.
  • Gen. David Petraeus greets an Iraqi man at a tea shop in Baghdad in 2007. In 2011, Petraeus left the Army to become CIA director. He resigned Friday, citing an extramarital affair.
    Petraeus' Fall As Stunning As The Career Before It
    The retired four-star general was on a fast track from an early age. David Petraeus was a West Point graduate with a doctoral degree from Princeton, who made a national name for himself by helping the Army rethink how it fights wars. Petraeus resigned as CIA director Friday, citing an extramarital affair.
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