Texas

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention Friday, and its leaders are gearing up to "reflect on" — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week in Uvalde, Texas.

The community is looking for blood donations, legal assistance and funds for victims' families.

Both survivors share their criticism of how, even years after shootings at their schools, no changes have been made to address mass gun violence in America.

A gunman killed at least 19 children and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school. The 18-year-old gunman is also dead, police said.

Georgia holds the political spotlight, as primary races take place in southern states this Tuesday. Here are nine contests we're keeping an eye on.

Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints

As a battle continues about the constitutionality of a Florida law that seeks to crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, a federal appeals court has allowed a similar Texas law to take effect.

More than 12% of mail ballots were rejected for the primary. That's a far higher rejection rate than in previous contests.

Perhaps most notably, Harris County rejected a whopping 19% percent of the mail ballots it received, or 6,888 ballots in total. Four years ago the county's rejection rate was about 0.3%.

Building on SB 8 in Texas, some Republican lawmakers are trying a new strategy: pushing bills that would attempt to limit what residents can and can't do even beyond state lines.

The lawsuit says at least one family is already under investigation for providing their child with medically necessary gender-affirming care.

America is growing more geographically polarized — red ZIP codes are getting redder and blue ZIP codes are becoming bluer.