The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is disrupting global fertilizer shipments, causing shortages and price hikes for Texas farmers.

East Texas A&M hosts civil discourse symposium with lawmakers and journalists, giving students hands-on experience in respectful dialogue.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office said has launched investigations into "dozens" of Medicaid providers for alleged fraud — based on data released by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. In a statement released Tuesday, Paxton's office did not specify which providers, or how many, would be investigated.

Small business owners say the uncertainty that goes along with the high cost of the Trump administration’s emergency tariffs is driving away customers and eating into profits. Few have hope that court-ordered refunds will make them whole, if those refunds ever arrive.

The trial for Tanner Horner, the man accused in the 2022 killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, was set to begin Tuesday 9 a.m. at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in Fort Worth.

The order comes as the Trump administration challenges a lower court ruling that the estimated $300-million project requires congressional approval.

The proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River.

At a concert in Budapest, musicians and concertgoers express criticism of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's leadership.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been accused of corruption. Sightseers now flock to his hometown as groups aim to raise awareness of what they say are the leader's excesses.

In Hungary, voters head to the polls Sunday. At stake: the future for populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Europe's longest-serving leader - and an ally of Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.