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Boat season is here: How to protect your boat, jet ski, and gear this summer

Warm weather is here, and the boats, jet skis, and paddleboards are coming out of storage. Whether you’re taking the family out on the lake, towing the kids on a tube, or finally launching that jet ski you bought over the winter, summer on the water is one of the best parts o...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

Trump to give primetime speech on 2020 election: Sources

By Luke Barr and Katherine Faulders President Donald Trump is set to deliver a primetime address Thursday evening, during which he is expected to detail information that he has recently received from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence related to the 2020 elect...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 17, 2026

City council to discuss prohibiting phones during meetings

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)-- District 8 City Representative Lily Limón put an item on next week's city council agenda to vote on prohibiting the use of city and personal cell phones during work sessions and council meetings. This after multiple people saying "get off your phone" to...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 16, 2026

House plans packed week of stopgap funding, reconciliation 3.0, stock trading ban

House Republican leaders are eyeing votes on a number of big measure, including a GOP-only budget reconciliation bill and a stock trading ban next week, the last week in session before the chamber is scheduled to depart for August recess. On the working agenda right now, accordin...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 16, 2026

House GOP pulls military benefits bill that has divided veterans groups

House Republican leadership on Thursday canceled a vote on a massive military benefits package that would pay for expanded compensation for veterans by cutting some future disability claims, a controversial measure that has divided veterans' groups. GOP leaders ran into a roadbl...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 16, 2026

Watch live: Leavitt holds White House briefing ahead of Trump primetime address

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters Thursday afternoon ahead of President Trump’s highly anticipated primetime address. Trump has in recent days floated potential topics he will discuss, including voting machines and election integrity. The press ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 16, 2026

Talarico challenges Paxton to debates in US Senate race

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico challenged Republican nominee Ken Paxton to participate in three televised debates, saying voters deserve to hear the candidates answer questions directly ahead of November's election....

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 16, 2026

Captain describes haunting scene where boat sank near Alcatraz with 20 on board

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) - Witnesses on boats who saw a vessel with 20 people on board capsize and sink near Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay Tuesday said some of the victims swam for their lives. Others may have been trapped inside the large cabin cruiser when it sank 130 fe...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 16, 2026

Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers

Jennifer Brooks, a history professor at Auburn University, had barely unpacked from a trip out of town in early June when the messages started blowing up her phone. Texts from colleagues and rumors on social media delivered the unsettling news: The Auburn Board of Trustees ...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 16, 2026

New Mexico land commissioner again rejects pipeline request for Project Jupiter

New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has again denied a request to allow a portion of a natural gas pipeline to cross state trust land for the proposed Project Jupiter data center in southern New Mexico. The State Land Office announced Wednesday that Garcia Ri...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 16, 2026

Ossoff presses Clayton on who won 2020 election

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection this year, took Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, to task over the administration's focus on debunked claims that the 2020 elections were fraudulent. In a te...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 15, 2026

Trump’s FCC moves to let TV station owners get much bigger

By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission is changing its rules so that local TV station owners can get much, much bigger. The looming vote, which is likely to be challenged in court, is a long-sought victory for media moguls who are ali...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 15, 2026

The House voted to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Here’s what’s next

By Ellis Kim, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The US House on Tuesday voted in strong bipartisan fashion to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country. But the measure’s fate in the Senate remains far from certain. Senate Republican leaders have not said whether they ...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 15, 2026

Democrats press intel nominee Jay Clayton in tense confirmation hearing

Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, faced sharp questions from Democratic senators Wednesday about Trump’s attempts to revive investigations into the 2020 election. Clayton’s confirmation is essential to reauthorizing the U.S.’s foreign s...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 15, 2026

House Republicans unveil $95B reconciliation package framework

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a budget framework for a roughly $95 billion reconciliation package that would provide funding for defense, farm aid and state efforts to implement voter ID requirements in elections. The resolution marks the opening salvo in Republicans’ e...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 15, 2026

The frenzied sprint among Maine Democrats hoping to replace Graham Platner

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — County party chairs inundated with calls. An endless stream of Google sign-up forms and spreadsheets. And a disgraced former nominee looming over it all, haunting the party’s hopes of starting anew. The snap Democratic election to replace Graham...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 15, 2026

House passes bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide by a vote of 308-117. Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Scott DeJarlais played the opening bars of The Beatles' song “Here Comes the Sun” from his phone into the microphon...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 15, 2026

Socorro ISD student honored by El Paso mayor

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- An eighth-grader with Socorro Independent School District has been recognized with a special award from El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson. John Drugan School eighth-grader Amelia Martinez was recognized with the Mayor’s Team of Excellence Award, becoming the f...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 15, 2026

El Paso County commissioners approve $2.1M for County parks

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - El Paso County parks will soon get extra shaded areas for parkgoers to enjoy after a vote from the Commissioners Court. The commissioners unanimously approved using $2.1 million to pay for shade structures, sitting areas and grills that will improve the ex...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 14, 2026

Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking New Mexico voter data

SANTA FE (KVIA) -- Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit seeking New Mexico voters' personal information, according to the New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State. The lawsuit, filed in December 2025, alleged New Mexico failed to produce...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 14, 2026

House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent

The House on Tuesday passed with broad bipartisan support legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The lower chamber voted 308-117 for the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which would make daylight saving time the permanent standard time. Twenty-two ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 14, 2026

House to vote Tuesday on bill to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time

By Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — The US House will vote Tuesday on a measure to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country, springing Congress forward into an issue that has long stumped lawmakers and spurred impassioned pleas by parents, farmers and others with sharply ...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 14, 2026

Tiroteos de ICE: por qué las paradas de tráfico están en el centro del problema

Por CNN Español El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) ordenó a ICE detener la mayoría de las paradas de tráfico hasta nuevo aviso, según una fuente, en medio de la indignación tras la muerte del colombiano Joan Sebastián Guerrero en un tiroteo en...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 14, 2026

Trump says Thursday address will focus on ‘free and fair elections’

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said that his Thursday night address will focus on “free and fair elections” and include “really big news.” Trump on Monday announced the “Speech to the Nation” in a social media post but offered no details other than...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 14, 2026

House GOP leaders aim to advance reconciliation 3.0 bill on Thursday

House Republican leaders said Tuesday that they would aim to unveil and advance their framework for a third GOP-only budget reconciliation bill this week, with a markup and vote in the Budget Committee expected on Thursday. “Reconciliation 3.0 is in process. There will be a marku...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 14, 2026

Poll: Hispanic Business Owners Signal Trouble for Texas GOP in Key Midterm Races

AUSTIN, Tx., July 14, 2026: A new survey of Texas Hispanic business owners suggests Republicans may be facing unexpected political headwinds heading into the November general election, with economic concerns […] The post Poll: Hispanic Business Owners Signal Trouble for Texas GOP...

El Paso Herald-PostJul 14, 2026

Emails: Meta reluctant on El Paso community benefit agreement

Meta has expressed reluctance to the idea of a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) with El Paso, despite the City Council's unanimous vote in favor of the agreement, which would provide environmental protections, ratepayer safeguards, and other benefits for the El Paso community....

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 14, 2026

UTEP women’s golf earns six WGCA All-American Scholar selections

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Six members of the UTEP women's golf team have been recognized for their achievements in the classroom and on the course, earning spots on the 2025-26 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar team. The honor was announced Monday, Ju...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 13, 2026

EPISD trustees to discuss budget overrun accountability

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The El Paso Independent School District school board will discuss accountability for findings related to a newly released audit. The new report, presented to El Paso ISD Board of Trustees on Monday, July 13, details what led up to EPISD's declaration of f...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 13, 2026