What’s next in the Texas redistricting fight?

Two weeks after fleeing in protest, Texas House Democrats returned to the state. Their homecoming allows the Republican-led House to pass a partisan, redrawn congressional map, possibly giving more seats to the GOP during the 2026 midterm elections. Omar Villafranca has the latest. Original CBS News Link</a

At least 5 states are deploying National Guard troops to D.C.

At least five Republican-led states have moved to deploy members of their National Guard forces to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington, D.C., through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana on Monday announced they would be sending 200 and 135

Tennessee Valley Authority to Be First US Utility to Purchase Power From a Small Modular Reactor

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the first electric utility in the United States to formally commit to buying power generated by a small modular nuclear reactor, as part of a collaborative pact with Google and Kairos Power unveiled on Aug.

20 states and D.C. sue Trump admin. for tying crime victim grants to immigration

Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Justice Department on Monday for adding a new immigration enforcement rule to federal grants that assist victims of crime — arguing it’s part of the Trump administration’s crackdown against “sanctuary states.”  The lawsuit focuses on the Office for Victims of Crime, a 42-year-old division of the