U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County, Texas, to console the families whose young children have died.

A measles outbreak that has caused the deaths of two school-aged children has now surpassed more than 500 cases across Texas, according to health officials. The latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services shows that 505 people have been infected with measles since the outbreak began in late January in the South Plains region.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday that the number of measles cases in the outbreak that began in January has risen to 505 confirmed infections with 57 hospitalizations. Based on the most recent data,

West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 481 cases Friday. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10. The highly contagious virus began to spread in late January and health officials say it has spread to New Mexico,

Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated.

The Trump administration has said it has revoked the visas of more than 300 international students across the country in the last three weeks.

Texas Tech has confirmed 3 international students have had their visas revoked - a trend other Texas and national universities are facing.

Officials at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin discovered that several international students had their visas quietly revoked and legal statuses terminated without notice. According to the Associated Press,

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he will challenge Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas in the 2026 primary, adding he will support President Donald Trump's agenda.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday he will challenge Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the 2026 primary.

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he will challenge Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas in the 2026 primary

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he is running for Texas' US Senate seat in 2026. Paxton will be challenging four-term Senator John Cornyn, who Paxton has called a "Republican In Name Only.

The Trump administration’s bid to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members was temporarily blocked by judges in New York and Texas, in a pair of cases over the president’s use of a two-century old wartime law.

Plus: The U.S. stock market had a turbulent day after President Trump's newly imposed tariffs went into effect over the weekend.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driving home with his young son in Maryland when he was stopped by agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Agents took Mr Garcia into custody, then shuttled him to detention facilities in Louisiana and Texas.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders Tuesday aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline.

Federal judges in New York and Texas on Wednesday issued orders to temporarily halt the deportation of Venezuelan plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act – a wartime authority the administration has invoked to deport alleged gang members without due process.

The judges said they will temporarily halt the deportations as civil rights groups challenge the administration’s use of an 18th Century law previously invoked only during wartime.

President Trump issued a proclamation on March 14 invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants who are allegedly members of the gang Tren de Aragua.