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Austin Public Health officials were concerned the program’s loss would make the city vulnerable to biological threats, but critics have long said the program isn’t effective.

President Trump signed a massive tax and spending bill to implement much of his domestic agenda during a celebration for the Fourth of July.

The ruling was a win for immigrant advocacy groups that sued over the president's order, which they say put thousands of lives at risk.

The decision issues some limits on the power of federal judges to universally block President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, asking lower courts to reconsider their rulings.

The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.

State chapters of the nonprofit group that provides meals to seniors are waiting to hear from Washington, D.C., on how much of a hit their battered budgets will take.

Saturday's event at the Capitol remained peaceful. The Texas Department of Public Safety made one arrest earlier in the day related to threats against state lawmakers who were expected to speak.

The House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.

Troops have already been deployed to Los Angeles and San Antonio. Nationwide protests are planned for Saturday.

A 2001 law has allowed undocumented students in Texas who meet certain criteria to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Austin-area colleges are still figuring out what the policy change means for students.