Texas sees huge turnout on first day of early voting with over 1M ballots cast

A federal judge in Houston is holding an emergency hearing Monday morning over a Republican-led effort to toss out nearly 127,000 ballots in the largest Texas county. U.S.

Texas is leading the country in early voting totals, with more than 4 million ballots already cast as of Tuesday.  The Lone Star State has already topped 4.6 million votes with more weeks of voting still to come, according to the U.S. Elections Project, a turnout-tracking database run by University of Florida political scientist Michael McDonald.That represents more than 50% of the nearly 9 million ballots counted during the 2016 presidential election.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Larry David — the stars and co-creator of “Seinfeld” — will reunite on Friday for a virtual fundraiser for the Texas Democratic Party.The event is billed as a “Fundraiser About Something,” and the trio will be talking about their favorite “Seinfeld” episodes with host Seth Meyers.“Texas is a battleground state, period,” Louis-Dreyfus, Alexander and David said in a joint statement.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Texas' voting rules that call for signatures on absentee ballots to be verified. In a Monday order, the court blocked a U.S.

A Mexican American living in Texas, who is a Vietnam War veteran and a Purple Heart recipient, has finally received U.S. citizenship -- more than 50 years after his military duty, according to a report.

AUSTIN, Texas – A lawsuit about whether coronavirus face masks can be required at polling places in Texas on Election Day was partially revived Wednesday evening by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, according to local reports.

 Oprah Winfrey  to motivate you to vote? That’s exactly what recently happened to a few Texas residents. Winfrey partnered with Beto O’Rourke’s Powered By People organization to surprise United States citizens and urge them to vote during the upcoming presidential election on November 3rd or drop off their absentee ballots.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorCBS All Access has handed off a series order to Texas 6, a docuseries about a high school six-man football team’s quest for a third state championship. All eight episodes will be available to stream on Thanksgiving Day, November 26.The series from Jared Christopher (Titletown, TX) follows the Strawn High School Greyhounds and their coach, Dewaine Lee, as they pursue a Texas threepeat in the sport.

The Texas Republican Party filed a lawsuit Monday night challenging a decision by the state's most populous county to provide more voting options amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The state GOP's lawsuit, filed in a state appeals court in Houston hours before early voting in Texas began, argued that Harris County had violated the state's election code by offering drive-thru and curbside voting.  "This illegal policy, which is grounded on the dubious notion that a lack of immunity from COVID-19

Oprah Winfrey recently summoned her cold-calling chops in order to encourage Texas voters to get to the polls -- and the effort surprised the media mogul.  Winfrey, 66, partnered with Beto O’Rourke’s Powered by People organization.  In her first dial-out, the caller, named Christian, left Oprah nearly speechless, which she shared to Instagram on Tuesday.  After being taken aback that he wasn’t a victim of an elaborate prank phone call, Christian hit it out of the park.  In the clip, Oprah wasted

James Van Der Beek is elated with his decision to relocate his family from Los Angeles to Texas. The actor shared a video on Wednesday that pleasantly explains why the move to Texas was the best choice.

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas grand jury has indicted streaming giant Netflix for promoting French film “Mignonnes,” or “Cuties,” which the court says depicts lewd visuals of children.The movie received backlash before its release because of a movie poster that went viral for its provocative depiction of its young female actors. The criticism continued after its release in September, including outrage from U.S.

A grand jury in Texas has indicted Netflix over its controversial film, “Cuties”. The streaming service is being charged with promotion of lewd visual material depicting children, ET confirms.

Netflix is facing criminal charges in Texas for the “lewd” depiction of children in Maïmouna Doucouré’s film Cuties.The film, released last month, focuses on 11-year-old Amy who finds herself caught between the traditional Muslim values of her family and her newfound ambition to join an all-girls dance troupe.Netflix has been indicted by the state of Texas, as confirmed in a document shared by State Representative Matt Schaefer on Twitter.His description reads: “Netflix, Inc.