Round Rock now looking to have local election in November, still needs official vote

It was a heated Thursday in Round Rock as residents questioned the city on their original plan to push their local election till next year, an election which has three city seats on the ballot.

HHS Secretary Azar optimistic millions of vaccine doses will be ready by year’s end

With more than 63 million coronavirus tests having been conducted in the US, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is now expressing optimism about the prospect of millions of vaccine doses by year’s end.

Republicans aiding Kanye West's bid to get on ballot in several states ahead of 2020 election

Kanye West’s unlikely White House bid is getting help qualifying for presidential ballots in key states from Republicans around the country, fueling suspicions he’s being pushed to run by allies of President Donald Trump.

NY sues the NRA to put it out of business

New York’s attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business

Iowa governor signs order restoring felon voting rights

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order granting convicted felons the right to vote, ending Iowa’s place as the only remaining state to broadly deny voting rights to felons.

Trump considering giving convention speech from White House

President Donald Trump says he's considering delivering his Republican convention speech from the White House.

Biden on cognitive test: 'Why the hell would I take a test?'

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump’s claim that Biden isn’t fit for the Oval Office.

Over 200 protests held nationwide as nurses demand better protection amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Registered nurses who belong to National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association will hold more than 200 protests across the nation Wednesday -- including in Southern California -- to demand greater protections for health care providers and their patients.

Progress slow as urgency grows on virus relief legislation

The latest negotiating session on a coronavirus relief bill has wrapped with modest concessions being made by both sides.

Trump encourages Floridians to vote by mail, despite criticizing mail-in voting

President Trump has made headlines in recent weeks for his criticisms of mail-in voting, saying it would cause fraudulent votes to be cast. But that apparently doesn't apply to Florida.

FOX 7 Discussion: 2020 Census concerns

Travis County GOP Executive Director Brian Ruddle and Ed Espinoza, executive director of Progress Texas, join Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about the concerns about the 2020 census's accuracy due to the cut schedule.

FOX 7 Discussion: Texas considers ways to reduce gun violence

Shootings in the last year, including the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, has Texas state lawmakers considering ways to reduce gun violence. Gyl Switzer, the executive director of Texas Gun Sense, joins Rebecca Thomas to share her ideas and insights.

Deaf association sues White House for not providing ASL interpreter at COVID-19 briefings

The National Association of the Deaf filed a lawsuit on behalf of five deaf Americans requesting that a judge order the White House to provide an ASL interpreter during coronavirus briefings.

Trump's demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented

Microsoft is in talks to buy parts of TikTok, a forced sale after Trump threatened to ban the Chinese-owned video app, which claims 100 million U.S. users and hundreds of millions globally.

Trump withholds praise for John Lewis, notes he 'didn't come to my inauguration'

President Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with "Axios on HBO" that aired Monday night, refused to praise late civil rights icon and Rep. John Lewis, citing Lewis' decision not to attend his inauguration and State of the Union speeches.