U.S. Congressional District maps are displayed at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Aug. 6, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images HOUSTON—Early voting in primaries is beginning across Texas, intensifying the scramble in high-stakes Senate races and other crucial contests. Texans can start casting early ballots on Feb. 17, one day after President’s Day. Early voting
The Rev Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday morning at age 84, according to a family statement.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84. He died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement. Jackson was hospitalized for observation in November, and doctors said he’d
People view an informational panel at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia on Aug. 19, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP Photo A federal judge on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall panels and displays on the history of slavery at the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. The decision temporarily blocked
President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the partial government shutdown while claiming economic wins including lower gas prices and inflation.
President Donald Trump talks to reporters aboard Air Force One in Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 6, 2026. Samuel Corum/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Feb. 16 that he would be indirectly involved in the second round of nuclear talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Geneva on Feb. 17. Speaking to reporters aboard
Former President Barack Obama during the Obama Foundation’s 2024 Democracy Forum in Chicago on Dec. 5, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images Former U.S. President Barack Obama said in a Feb. 14 podcast interview that aliens are real but that none are kept at the secretive Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert, later adding that