People vote at a polling location at West Gray Metropolitan Multi-Service Center in Houston on March 3, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images Former oil executive Alex Mealer beat Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain to claim the Republican primary for the state’s 9th Congressional District on May 26. Mealer will face the Democratic challenger for
(Left) Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) speaks during a Get Out The Vote campaign rally at the Schertz Civic Center Conference Hall in Schertz, Texas, on March 2, 2026. (Right) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, addresses supporters during a campaign stop, in Waco, Texas, on March 2, 2026. Brandon
Texas Congressional Candidate Christian Menefee speaks to supporters during his watch party at The Post Houston on Election Day, in Houston, on Jan. 31, 2026. Karen Warren/AP Photo Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) defeated Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) to win the Democratic primary in Texas’s 18th Congressional District on May 26. Menefee is expected to face
Texas Congressional Candidate Christian Menefee speaks to supporters during his watch party at The Post Houston on Election Day, in Houston, on Jan. 31, 2026. Karen Warren/AP Photo Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) defeated Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) to win the Democratic primary in Texas’s 18th Congressional District on May 26. Menefee is expected to face
File image of a PennzEnergy oil exploration drilling rig In the Gulf of America. Getty Images The Trump administration is merging two Interior Department agencies into one office that will orchestrate its proposed plan to dramatically expand offshore oil and gas production and spearhead its Outer Continental Shelf critical minerals development initiatives. Under a “phased
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaks during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 11, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has reintroduced legislation to prevent the use of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S. market. The legislation, called the Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act, would impose
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) walks with India’s Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar before their talks in New Delhi, India, on May 24, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool/AP Photo The United States and India signed a key agreement on May 26 to secure critical minerals and rare earth mining, processing, and supplies,