ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.

The FEC sent three letters this year to U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt’s campaign asking about donations that appear to exceed federal limits.

CEO Matt Garman announced Amazon will stop using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledges community backlash could lead to data center "moratoriums" across the country.

The Department of Homeland Security pays local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force.

The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.

The state is the 10th to allow so-called balcony solar as officials grapple with soaring electricity bills.

An Austin executive says a vigilante group’s confrontation destroyed his career. The group denies wrongdoing.

Your tax dollars are funding his TV ads. And the White House says you should be proud to pay.

Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr...

The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.

Austin Police and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office are conducting their own investigation into the shooting of 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez by an ICE officer.

The shooting of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez happened after a surge in ICE arrests in Austin this summer.

A federal judge ruled Texas prison heat violates the Eighth Amendment and ordered TDCJ to install air conditioning in every prison by the end of 2029.

The two-day post-wedding celebrations in the Bahamas were financed by Umar Kremlev, a businessman with ties to Russian President Putin.

The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W

The Lago Vista condo complex is facing engineering warnings, funding concerns and lawsuits over repairs.

The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.

The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

Federal records offer few details about an alleged Austin marijuana trafficking ring, while prosecutors seek forfeiture of more than 100 assets and a defense lawyer questions its scope.

Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...

The Supreme Court’s recent rulings on mail-in ballots and redistricting foreshadow a frosty reception to further attempts to change the rules before the election, experts said.

Federal prosecutors declined to pursue charges tied to the Austin homebuilder’s collapse, prompting the FBI to close its investigation.

The pope told Chaldean bishops that Christians never side with those who launch bombs. In the United States, Trump and Hegseth insist that God blesses the Iran campaign.

Water and sewer systems built more than a century ago are struggling with storms, heat and drought. The cyberattacks aren’t helping, either.

OpenAI’s agents escaped once before they hacked Hugging Face.

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Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.

In the year since the murder of the far-right commentator, those who were punished for comments about his death have met mixed fortunes. Over in Dallas, the GOP’s mad midterm Trumpapalooza began.

The economist’s big event comes shortly after the launch of his new book.

In a monologue on Wednesday, Mr. Kimmel said that the show made the decision because the F.C.C. had “threatened” ABC over “traditional editorial decisions.”

The late-night talk show host says the Federal Communications Commission is threatening him over an interview with Texas’s James Talarico.

Buddy's Burger says it fired the employee before learning of additional online allegations now under police investigation.

Lewandowski apparently tried to sell government services to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, The Wall Street Journal reported.