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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Medical Board will consider language to clarify what qualifies as a medical…

When confronted about describing immigrants with terms like “vermin” and “poisoning the blood” favored by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, former president Donald Trump not only defended using Nazi rhetoric but repeated it: “I didn’t…

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are…

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats were not thrilled with President Joe Biden using the term…

The 2024 State of the Union address comes at a pivotal — even perilous — moment for President Joe Biden. He has not been actively campaigning, reflecting a selection cycle in which he’s running all but unopposed for the Democratic…

By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address Thursday to pitch his vision for a second term to a vulnerable electorate questioning whether he's up to the…

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Abortion rights opponents in Texas dictated terms and pressured officials in New Mexico…

France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world-first hailed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticized by anti-abortion groups. MPs and senators overwhelmingly backed the move, by 780…

Every week is housing week in the Colorado legislature, with dozens of bills - addressing myriad aspects of the crisis - making their way through the Capitol. This week was no different. Both chambers have extensive and notable housing…

By JOSH BOAK and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX (Associated Press) WASHINGTON — A poll finds that a growing share of US adults doubt that 81-year-old President Joe Biden has the memory and intelligence for the job, making his incoming State of the…