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Left to right: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.

Trump Calls For Military Forces On U.S.-Mexico Border

President Trump says he's been talking with Defense Secretary James Mattis about using military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 15. He's facing a second allegation of groping a woman without her consent.

Sen. Al Franken Hit With Second Groping Allegation

A woman told CNN that Democratic Sen. Al Franken inappropriately touched her in 2010 while taking a photo at the Minnesota State Fair.

Immigrants Fearing Deportation Use Powers of Attorney to Protect Their Families

From Texas Standard:Undocumented immigrants in the United States are paying close attention to the deportation policies of the Trump administration. More…

President Trump, left, greets House Ways And Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, the lead author of Republicans' tax reform plans, before a meeting to discuss the American Health Care Act on March 10 at the White House. Analysts say the GOP's failure to pass its Obamacare alternative bodes poorly for Brady's tax package.

What Failure On Obamacare Repeal Means For Tax Reform

President Trump is eager to put the health care debacle behind him and focus on tax reform, but the failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act could handicap that effort.

Most Texans Want Lower Property Taxes And More School Spending, UT/Tribune Poll Finds

Texas voters still think that property taxes are too high and that the state spends too little on public education, according to the latest University of…

Foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2017.

Justice Department Sues California Over Impeding Immigration Enforcement

The new federal lawsuit against California escalates a long-running battle between the Trump administration and state officials on matters from immigration to climate change.

City Clerk OKs Save Austin Now's Petition To Reinstate Homelessness Bans, Teeing Up May Referendum

Austin voters will most likely decide whether to stay the course or to revert back to previous rules surrounding homelessness on May 1.

A snow covered Matilda Street in Dallas after a winter storm hit the area on Monday.

Texas' Grid Operator Wants To Make Power Outages Consistently Shorter — But Might Not Be Able To Wednesday

ERCOT's CEO and president told reporters Wednesday he's optimistic that the state's grid will start to see some of the power it has lost return as temperatures warm up.

A barbed wire fence around the Hays County Jail.

Hays County Creates Public Dashboard To Help 'Shine A Light' On Its Jail Population

Commissioner Lon Shell said the tool will help policymakers monitor trends and make decisions about changes to the criminal justice system.

Fresh Food Options Are Few And Far For Many In East Austin. City Leaders Want To Change That.

Austin's relaunched Healthy Corner Store Program brings healthy food options to convenience stores in the city's Eastern Crescent. And City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes wants a plan to bring food security and resiliency in the long run.

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