The post Texas floods show that Trump’s America is a cold, hard place appeared first on Salon.com. Just one month ago, Donald Trump said he wanted to “wean” the United States off the Federal Emergency ...

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New state laws requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms are facing legal challenges.

Lago Vista Independent School District passed its updated version of the House Bill 2 bill, which was signed into law by the governor.

Plus, Sen. Josh Hawley voted in favor of Donald Trump's megabill but now says his goal is to make sure a provision involving Medicaid doesn't go into effect.

Bill Nye claims climate change has worsened Texas flooding disasters, arguing that the U.S. government needs to take climate ...

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The House budget chair and lead sponsor of the GOP tax and spending bill recounts the months of negotiations needed to unite ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 'blame' is a loser's word, but Americans deserve to know if government failed when the Guadalupe ...

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...

Though it was “pro forma” and a bit corny, it was also somehow comforting, a sign that the country’s leaders knew that ...