A Republican rebuke of Trump’s anti-weaponization fund stalls a budget reconciliation bill. Senator John Cornyn vows to fight Ken Paxton in the runoff election and Democrats revisit the 2024 loss in a new report.
Photo of the week from the May 22, 2026, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Wildflowers providing a burst of color on eastern Colorado’s dry plains. - Chris Sorensen.
January 6 Capitol Police officers sue to block the Trump $1.8 billion fund, while Dems vow a probe of the fund if they retake the House; Pennsylvania history teacher wins 2026 National Teacher of the Year; Oregon environmentalists: New permit won’t protect from CAFO waste; Ohio scientists: Cattle virus could be transmitted in humans.
Legislative leaders in Colorado from both parties praised the passage of a bill that would make a series of changes to the state’s competency process and other areas.
A planned high-voltage line in Texas is proving divisive, a new poll shows North Carolinians are pessimistic about the economy, the Trump administration’s next budget could devastate tribal higher ed and a tall ship flotilla sails the Eastern Seaboard.