Texas

SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana

The company's second Starbase campus will eventually launch thousands of Starship flights a year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said.

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.
 An American Airlines Airbus A321 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Dallas on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California; Illustrative.

Passenger burned after laptop computer catches fire aboard American Airlines flight to Dallas

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference on October 31, 2025.

Ted Cruz hails $3.2 billion in Israeli investment, 4,200 jobs created in Texas

Rep. Kay Granger speaks at a Norway F-35 rollout celebration at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth in 2015.

Israel loses a friend in Congress: Rep. Kay Granger dies, 83 - opinion


Woman, her five children released from longest ICE detention of a family under Trump

Hayam El Gamal and her five children, aged 5 to 18, were taken into federal custody after her ex-husband was charged for last year's bomb attack in Boulder, Colorado.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol at Washington Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, March 24, 2026.

SpaceX warns that inquiries into sexually abusive AI imagery may hurt market access

SpaceX’s regulatory filing reveals potential market access risks due to investigations into xAI’s involvement in generating harmful imagery.

The SpaceX building, as the company prepares to file for an initial public offering (IPO), in Hawthorne, California, April 23, 2026.

Texas Congressman presents bill to designate CAIR a terror org., revoke NGO status, over Hamas ties

In the bill, Roy cites various evidence of CAIR's terror links, including the fact that CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial.

FILE PHOTO: US Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) arrives to a lunch meeting with members of the Texas Republican Congressional delegation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 4, 2023.

Redomestication: How businesses are escaping California, New York, and Washington State

“Businesses are relocating from high-tax states to Florida and Texas”

Caveret Ventures launches second Israeli defense-tech accelerator in Texas

The accelerator functions as a comprehensive soft‑landing platform, offering direct access to US military stakeholders, federal customers, defense primes, and investor groups

Defense Tech saves lives

Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia released on $100K bond from Texas detention

Immigration authorities say they detained her in 2025 for overstaying her expired student visa, though her attorney said she was in the process of securing legal residence.

Columbia students, professors, gather in front of the University to rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, and the numerous other community members who have been unlawfully detained by ICE, in New York City,  United States, on March 09, 2026.

Trump endorses Brandon Herrera, Texas GOP candidate who owned copy of ‘Mein Kampf’

“Brandon is strongly supported by many Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Texas, and Republicans in the US House,” the president wrote on his social network Truth Social.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL candidate Brandon Herrera speaks during a campaign rally at the Constantino S Pizza restaurant on February 26, 2026 in Somerset, Texas.

Ashtrom Renewable Energy reaches $200m financial close with Bank Hapoalim for solar project

Company says the El Patrimonio project near San Antonio is set for commercial operation in 2027 after securing financing, tax-credit agreements and long-term power sales arrangements in the US.

 The logo of Bank Hapoalim, Israel's biggest bank, is seen at their main branch in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2016.

Texas is America’s new defense‑tech powerhouse, and Israeli startups are taking notice

Texas is building structured pathways to help Israeli companies navigate the notoriously complex US defense procurement system

Unicorn Rodeo Conference

Body-camera footage casts doubt on Texas DHS shooting, may show unjustified killing

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot by a Homeland Security Investigations Agent, Jack C. Stevens, on March 15, 2025. According to another agent, Martinez had first struck him with his car.

FOOTAGE FROM the night of the shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez, March 15, 2026.