“Losing federal support would devastate our community, jeopardize critical projects, and harm our most vulnerable Austinites,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a statement shared to social media Wednesday afternoon, adding that he was thankful the White House memo outlining the freeze had been rescinded.
A new book by Jonathan Allen of NBC News and Amie Parnes of The Hill has details about the Harris campaign's botched attempt to schedule an interview with Joe Rogan.
The Trump administration's dizzying effort to curb federal spending leaves plenty of unknowns about how much money might be available for projects in the Austin area.
FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts take a look at the top stories in Texas politics from this week.
The federal freeze on the funding sparked outrage among Gen Z and Gen Alpha who rely on key resources like the FAFSA to qualify for financial aid.
Already, the state has announced new initiatives as the White House targets criminal undocumented immigrants. A week into the new administration, Texas' top elected officials are stepping up ...
Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.
After Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election to Donald Trump one of the biggest missed opportunities seemed to be that she never sat down with popular podcaster Joe Rogan.
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.
Sources say the White House Office of Management and Budget pulled the order Wednesday in a two sentence notice to agencies and departments.
Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, Colorado, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
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