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Mortgage rates plunge to 10-month low, opening window of opportunity for house hunters  MarketWatch Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 4, 2025  Fortune Mortgage Calculator: Here’s How Much You Need To Buy a $440,950 Home at a 6.72% Rate  Realtor.com Average rate on a 30-year mortgage eases again, offering modest relief for home shoppers  Boston Herald How much lower can mortgage rates go …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House voted Monday afternoon to track down and arrest more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who were …

Texas Democrats in the state legislature denied its speaker a legislative quorum Monday by leaving the state, forestalling plans proposed by the White House to redistrict Texas’s congressional lines to more greatly favor Republicans. When the legislature gaveled in at 3pm local time on Monday, Republicans fell short of a quorum by eight votes after Democrats fled to Illinois, a …

U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from Marine One at at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data Monday, suggesting without evidence that Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs report had been “rigged” by federal …

Texas Democrats flee state in effort to block GOP’s House map overhaul  The Washington Post Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump  BBC Texas Democrats flee state to prevent vote on redrawing congressional map  The Guardian Texas Democrats Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan  The New York Times Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office …

Trump administration officials question data amid condemnation of dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics head. The White House has defended United States President Donald Trump’s firing of the top official responsible for compiling employment statistics after her dismissal raised concerns about the future credibility of crucial economic data. Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics …

Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort  Chicago Tribune Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map  CNN Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office for fleeing state  The Texas Tribune Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump  BBC Will Texas be as ‘gerrymandered’ as California?  Fox News …

NPR’s Sarah McCammon talks with Edward Lengel, former Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association, about President Trump’s plans to build a ballroom at the White House. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: President Trump recently unveiled a plan he’s been thinking about for years. The White House is getting a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. Here’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday. …

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday in a bid to block passage of a new congressional map …

Trump Live Updates: White House Defends Firing BLS Commissioner Over Weak Job Numbers  The New York Times White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump’s firing of labor statistics head  NBC News Larry Summers says Trump’s accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’  ABC News Trump’s Former Jobs Data Chief Decries Firing of Successor  Bloomberg ‘The revisions are hard evidence’: White House struggles to …