At a Deer Park High School football game outside Houston, voters grapple with rising costs, immigration and shifting political loyalties as Democrats mount competitive challenges in two of Texas’ highest-profile races.

Polls are showing the Democrat is giving incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott one of his toughest reelection races in years.

This week on Texas Matters: Elon Musk is pumping about $200 million into the election to help Republicans. So then is Musk on the ballot? Also, Governor Abbott said he hit pause on new data centers — but that didn’t really happen. And if this becomes a blue wave election could the federal government stop the certification?

Republicans have long accused the FBI of mishandling the laptop and the investigations into the younger Biden.

The poll, conducted by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs, found most rural voters believe the U.S. is headed in the right direction, while a majority of Latino voters felt the opposite.

At least four Trump merchandise stores have closed this year. Store owners say with President Trump in his final term, there isn't as much to fire up his consumer fan base and sales have softened.

The U.S. and Israel are preparing plans for a possible attack on Iran in early November, after the U.S. midterm elections, a person briefed on war planning told NPR. Iran said it is prepared.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow construction on border walls and other barriers across the Big Bend region of West Texas to continue. The request comes after a federal district judge blocked the construction amid an ongoing legal fight.

Texans are casting ballots as early voting in underway in what could be a historic election. A battery of polls have shown Democrats including Senate nominee James Talarico with a lead. But how reliable are those polls? And what does the trend in early voting tells us about what to expect on Nov. 3?

A new poll indicates voters in South Texas who supported Donald Trump in 2024 are turning away from the president and the Republican Congresswoman seeking re-election in the border region. Tejano music star Bobby Pulido running as a Democrat appears poised to flip the 15th Congressional District in the midterm elections.