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The Stargate Oracle AI data center campus is seen on Aug. 26 in Abilene, Texas.
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Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott's Pause, Report Finds
Dylan Baddour
FracTracker and Public Citizen identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a moratorium.
U.S. Senate candidates James Talarico and Ken Paxton.
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Talarico holds slight edge over Paxton in U.S. Senate race on cusp of election, poll shows
Andrew Schneider
A man camp off of Highway 118 near Terlingua, Texas pictured on October 13 amid a pause on border barrier projects across the Big Bend.
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Border wall ‘man camps’ have rapidly spread across the Big Bend with little state oversight. Locals fear it's putting their health at risk.
Mary Cantrell
A portion of border wall under construction in the Big Bend region, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, near Sierra Blanca, Texas.
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Texas Land Commissioner Treads Carefully as Trump Border Wall Advances on State Property
Martha Pskowski
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    Supreme Court upholds pause on Trump's anti-trans prison policy
    Jaclyn Diaz
    The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration has to continue providing gender-affirming care to inmates in federal prisons as litigation on efforts to change the policy continues.
  • Researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals psilocybin holds potential for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
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    New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation
    Will Stone
    Lab studies have shown that psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflammation and may be protective for a range of illnesses. Now, researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals this holds potential for patients with neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.
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