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The Trump administration on has withdrawn its freeze on federal grants.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.

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.

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 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.

No one survived the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.

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

Sometimes more talking doesn't produce more clarity. One afternoon, Trump told reporters that there were “no surprises” when Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski decided to oppose Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. The next morning, Trump said he was “very surprised” by their votes.

Andrew Taake, 36, of Texas, was just released from federal prison where he was serving time for attacking officers during the insurrection.

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.