Porn sites were dealt a decisive blow last month when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Texas law that requires websites with pornographic material to verify all users are 18 or older. Pornhub, the world’s most popular porn platform, has been blocking its material from Texas in protest. But it sounds like […]
Texas Governor Says ‘Intimate and Embarrassing’ Emails With Elon Musk Must Remain Secret
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t want to reveal months of communications with Elon Musk or representatives from the tech mogul’s companies, arguing in part that they are of a private nature, not […]
Trump Regime Wants to Make Approvals Easier for Tesla’s Mythical Cybercab
Anyone who attended the VivaTech tech fair in Paris, France, on Thursday got a peek at Tesla’s much-hyped Cybercab, a two-seater robotaxi that won’t include a steering wheel or pedals. It’s unclear if Cybercabs will ever be hitting the roads, as Elon Musk’s company is still working to develop them, but the Trump regime announced […]
Texas Is Gearing Up to Ban THC
Everything is bigger in Texas, except the THC industry, which may disappear entirely. Just six years after the state opened up hemp sales, the Texas House voted this week to outright ban the sale of products containing any amount of THC, according to the Texas Tribune—a prohibition that will upend a major industry within the […]
El Paso Is Having Its Dustiest Year Since the Actual Dust Bowl
If you live in El Paso, Las Cruces, or Ciudad Juárez and feel like you’ve been inhaling the Chihuahuan Desert lately, you’re not imagining things. The Borderplex region is experiencing its dustiest season since the Dust Bowl, the period of devastating dust storms that hit North America a century ago. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an […]
Texas Senators Pass Bill That Would Criminalize Abortion Medications
Under Trump’s second administration, the fragile preservation of abortion access in the United States is slowly being eroded. To nobody’s surprise, Texas lawmakers are looking to lead the charge. On Tuesday, the Texas Senate passed a law targeting abortion pills in efforts to dramatically expand the state’s near-total abortion ban. Dubbed the Women and Child […]
‘Old Stump’ in Texas Turns Out to Be Incredibly Rare Mammoth Tusk
While hunting in West Texas, a deer hunter spotted a strange object in a creek bed. Suspecting it might be a fossil, he took a photo and showed it to a ranch manager. “I was skeptical,” O2 Ranch manager Will Juett said in a Sul Ross State University statement. “I figured it was likely just […]
Vote Set to Make Musk’s Starbase an Official City After SpaceX Employees Push Petition
Elon Musk’s dream of turning Starbase into an official city is one step closer to becoming a reality. A Texas county approved holding an election to let its residents decide whether to create a new town called Starbase, built around SpaceX’s ongoing launch endeavors. An election in Cameron County is set for May 3, and […]