A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 Friday to scrap a judge’s probable cause finding to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for disobeying his order to turn around deportation flights…
KTSM News – Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested for stealing cashier’s wallet, using stolen credit cards
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 41-year-old man was arrested this week after stealing a Circle K cashier’s wallet and using the stolen credit cards throughout El Paso, according to the El…
Border Report – Authorities seize shuttered crematorium where 383 bodies found
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Authorities in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua have seized the building in Juarez from where they pulled 383 improperly stored cadavers earlier this summer. The…
Texas Monthly – Wandering the Ghost Town Capitol With the Texas Democrats Who Stayed Behind
The most powerful Democrat in the Texas House—that’s a relative concept—slipped into the hearing room at the last minute. He brushed by reporters eager to talk to him and took his place…
Tech Crunch – Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready talks about the agentic web and where the social network will fit in the AI era. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Trump directs Pentagon to use military force against cartels: report
(The Hill) — President Donald Trump has reportedly signed a directive for the Pentagon to start using military force against certain drug cartels that have been designated foreign terrorist organizations. The New…
KTSM News – No Texas House quorum as Democrats remain outside the state ahead of Friday deadline
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House once again does not have enough lawmakers for a quorum, as Texas House Democrats remain scattered across the nation. “Each one of you knows that eventually…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war
Developers who have had early access are touting GPT-5’s pricing as much better than competing models. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas State System dissolves faculty senates, eroding professors’ influence on campuses
While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty’s influence on campuses. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project
Foxconn spent years promising electric vehicles would be built at the former Chevy Cruze factory. Now it will make AI servers. Read more: Read More