Congress, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, the federal courts, spending and the federal debt. Each piece reports the federal story, then follows it to what it means for Texas.
The full Fifth Circuit ruled 10-7 that immigrants never lawfully admitted can be detained without bond during deportation cases, reversing three Austin rulings from Texas traffic stops.
On a recorded call, organizers describe governors taking over federal functions, walling off Washington and reaching out to foreign governments, with no vote.
Observers rated Iceland's EU referendum very well run but found not every voter had to show ID. Iceland's law allows other means; Texas requires one of seven photo IDs.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Washington's 1868 ban on home distilling stands, after a Texas-based hobby distillers group won in a Texas federal court and at the Fifth Circuit.
Alberta's independence option lost about 76 to 24 percent. It started behind, was outworked late, and let the vote become a question about Washington instead of Alberta.
Washington spent $1.99 trillion more than it took in during fiscal 2026, the third-largest deficit on record. Texas law forbids its own budget from doing the same.
Minutes of the Fed's September meeting show most officials expect another rate increase by year end. Texas local governments owe $368.30 billion, with $63.71 billion more approved by voters.
Contributors with out-of-state addresses supplied 20.8 percent of the $886.0 million in Texas state politics this cycle, up from 19.8 percent in August, whoboughttexas.com data show.
Boulder's lawyer told the Supreme Court nothing in its theory stops climate suits against retailers. Texas, home to ExxonMobil and 42 percent of U.S. oil output, backs the producers.
Treasury data show the federal debt stood at $40.17 trillion when fiscal 2026 closed on September 30, up $2.53 trillion, or 6.7 percent, in a year.
A unanimous Sixth Circuit panel held that federal commodities law does not preempt Ohio's and Tennessee's gambling laws as applied to Kalshi's sports contracts.
The Fifth Circuit struck the federal ban on interstate handgun sales in a case brought by a Texas dealer.
Texas joined Florida in asking the Supreme Court to bar statistical estimates from the census.
