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The article discusses that the ruling by Judge Reed O'Connor of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas could threaten many Americans' access to preventive services, including cancer screenings, alcohol abuse counseling, and drugs to prevent human immunodeficiency virus infection.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden challenging the federal government's guidance on access to emergency medical abortion.

The article reports on the increased pressure on Republicans in the U.S. Congress to pass stricter gun control laws. It mentions the latest mass shooting in Texas, comments from President Donald Trump on his plans for new gun laws, and discusses Senator Mitch McConnell's role in blocking Senate votes on House-passed legislation

Reports that Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority leader, was admonished by the House ethics committee for the second time in six days. Criticism against DeLay for appearing to link legislative action to political contributions and for sending Federal Aviation Administration officials to search for Texas legislators who fled the state to avoid a contentious vote on redistricting.

The article reports that representative Henry Ceullar is defender of Second Amendment in which House Democrats from Texas with rating from National Rifle Association (NRA) and mentions change where mass shootings left people dead in August 2019.

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. -- Rick Perry arrived on the campus of Texas A&M University in the tumultuous fall of 1968, cut his hair short, regulation military style, and donned a uniform. College students across America were rising up against the Vietnam War, but Mr. Perry, a member of the Corps of Cadets here, would not be among them. ''There will be no Columbia, no Berkeley here,'' the university president, Earl Rudder, declared that fall. When a small band of antiwar protesters took to the steps of the Memorial Student Center, a building dedicated to ''Aggies who gave their lives for our country,'' young Mr. Perry was incensed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

President Obama, extending condolences to the community at Fort Hood, Tex., reminded Americans on Saturday that people of ''every race, faith and station'' serve in the military -- an oblique attempt to prevent a backlash against Muslims in the wake of Thursday's shootings at the base that left 13 dead. Many Muslims have been concerned that their faith will somehow be blamed after an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who prayed regularly at the Fort Hood mosque, was accused of being the lone gunman in the attack. Mr. Obama did not address that concern directly. But, speaking in his weekly address, he seemed to urge Americans not to dwell on the suspect's religion by reminding the nation of the broad diversity of those who serve. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The last time George W. Bush came here, on Jan. 17, 2001, an estimated 10,000 people clogged the downtown to cheer a hometown hero who was about to be inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States. The streets were bedecked with American flags, and Mr. Bush's sunny optimism filled the air as he spoke of ''a spirit of possibility that was as big as the West Texas sky.'' Now the sun is setting on the Bush presidency, and on Saturday, he made a wistful return to Midland, stopping at one of his childhood homes to reflect, if only briefly, on what had changed and what had stayed the same. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An army of line crews from 31 states has converged on eastern Texas to help deal with the largest power failure in this large state's history. In the wake of Hurricane Ike, officials fear it could take weeks to restore power in some places, like Galveston and the towns near the Louisiana border, because major transmission lines have been knocked out, substations have been swamped and trees have fallen on neighborhood lines. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When he talks about why the economy is ailing, President Bush often turns to euphemism, citing ''challenges in the housing and financial markets.'' But Mr. Bush offered a far blunter assessment last week at a closed Republican fund-raiser in Houston: ''Wall Street got drunk.'' Despite the president's request that those present turn their cameras off, his comments were captured on videotape that made its way into the hands of Miya Shay, a reporter at the Houston television affiliate of ABC. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that Texans have remained a source of support in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Irrespective of the polls regarding Iraq war, Texans have stood by the President. Texans are increasingly angry at criticism leveled against the President. According to Clay Johnson, deputy director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the most painful accusation is hearing Bush called a liar.

The article presents information on U.S. President George W. Bush's campaign in Georgia and Texas. In a Houston suburb, Bush was greeted at a campaign rally like a man whose public approval ratings was 73 percent, not 37 percent. According to Charles Black, a Republican strategist, the most important issue to Republican voters is tax cuts to the economic conservatives.

Reports on redistricting in Texas and how it may determine the shape of Congress for years to come. Texas, which is the linchpin of the Republicans' national strategy to maintain or expand their hold on the House of Representatives; House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, on how he thinks his personally designed redistricting of Texas will create up to 7 new Republican seats; Role of Democrat Charlie Stenholm in the new elections; Other races in the new districts.

Reports that three aides who helped run a political action committee created by U.S. House majority leader Tom DeLay were indicted by a Texas grand jury. Overview of charges, which include raising illegal corporate contributions and funneling them to state lawmakers during the 2002 elections; Charges against eight companies, including Sears Roebuck & Company; Details of the two-year investigation into a committee created by DeLay to help Republicans gain control of the Texas House; Investigation of DeLay by the House ethics committee over accusations of improper fund-raising; Comments of Delay; Backgrounds on James W. Ellis, John D. Colyandro and Warren M. Robold, who were indicted.

Looks back at several news in the United States (U.S.) announced from October 15 to 21, 2000. Findings of the Texas Defender Service, a nonprofit group of defense lawyers, about Texas' administration of the death penalty; U.S. Senate's approval of a bill that relaxes sanctions on the sale of food to Cuba; Some of the companies that agreed to reduce their greenhouse gases by 2010.

The article describes the visits made by U.S. President Donald Trump to Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas on August 7, 2019 aimed at showing compassion to the victims of the recent mass shootings in the two cities, which became an occasion for anger-fueled remarks against Democrats, including Beto O'Rourke and Joseph R. Biden, and the news media. Trump's behavior is said to be the latest example of his penchant for aggravating divisions at moments when other presidents have tried to appease them.