Austin is copying Houston's playbook for making housing more affordable

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General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 05, 2022 in Austin, Texas.
General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 05, 2022 in Austin, Texas.

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Donald Trump may have taken a swing at the bedrock of American democracy — but he's too 'exhausting' for anyone to care

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 15, 2023.

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Video shows Trump supporters crashing a Mike Pence campaign event: 'Why didn't you uphold the Constitution?'

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Mike Pence speaks at a March 2020 briefing while Donald Trump looks on.

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Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury RV with the help of a wealthy former healthcare executive: NYT

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In this May 5, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis in St. Louis. Thomas and his wife, Ginni, take to the road in a 40-foot RV most summers.

A Texas judge ruled abortions are legal when pregnancies threaten the health of the mother, siding with women who sued over being denied care. Within hours, the state blocked the ruling.

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Attorney Molly Duane, center, stands with several of the plaintiffs in her case as she speaks to the media outside the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
Molly Duane, the senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, stands with several of the plaintiffs in her case as she speaks to the media outside the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas.

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More document trouble looms for Trump, this time over missing evidence in his New York fraud trial

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Donald Trump speaking at the NRA convention in Houston, TX, on May 27, 2022. New York Attorney General Letitia James, right, speaks in Washington, DC on Nov. 12, 2019.

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TikToker says she spotted the prime minister of the UK at her 7 a.m. Taylor Swift-themed SoulCycle class in Santa Monica

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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Some student-loan companies are offering borrowers cheaper payments before the October restart. Making the switch could strip away a range of debt relief programs.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are separating after 18 years of marriage. Here's a complete timeline of their relationship.

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Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau speak at the 2017 Juno Awards at Canadian Tire Centre on April 2, 2017 in Ottawa, Canada.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau speak at the 2017 Juno Awards at Canadian Tire Centre on April 2, 2017 in Ottawa, Canada.

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Ron DeSantis has been described as having the 'personality of a piece of paper.' That can be fixed, etiquette and dating experts say.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greeting residents at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2023, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

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