Tilman Fertitta, founder and CEO of the Landry's entertainment empire, has reaped the benefits of his longstanding relationship with President Donald Trump. Fertitta, who made significant donations to Trump's 2024 campaign as well as to various Republican political action committees,

The Trump administration on has withdrawn its freeze on federal grants. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that a federal judge in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze as much as $3 trillion in federal grants and loans.

Houston’s medical powerhouses are among those waiting to see how federal changes will shake out, and for good reason — some of the city’s biggest medical breakthroughs in the past few years have been fueled by National Institutes of Health money.

Andrew Taake, 36, was released from a federal prison in Colorado on Jan. 20, despite a request from the Harris County DA’s Office to hold him on a pending state warrant from 2016.

On the first day of Trump's second term, the president passed a series of executive orders taking his crusade against immigrants further than the first term.

Officials with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement did not immediately provide a list of those targeted in the operation.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump granted clemency to every person charged or convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, even those convicted of violently assaulting police officers.

The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But Texas' biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.

Andrew Taake, 36, was released from federal prison despite a formal request by Texas prosecutors to keep him in custody to stand trial on

Immigrant communities across Texas and the nation are trying to figure out their futures as President Donald Trump begins to make major changes to immigration policy and enforcement.

While the administration insists the funding freeze does not apply to direct payments like Social Security and Medicaid, SNAP benefits are in a gray area. Experts interpret the ambiguous language in the memo as potentially impacting programs administered through state and local governments.