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A trillion dollar question: Will SpaceX's Starship launch go well?

Texas, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4934x3289+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F47%2F17%2Fefdcd55b418eb6f53a594e85c224%2Fap26140651003666.jpg) SpaceX's latest version of it's mega

4 takeaways from Tuesday's primary night in half a dozen states

Texas on the map. Texas was seen as a likely much easier win for Republicans

Virginia approves redistricting, giving Democrats edge in midterms

Texas. Virginia's passed amendment will redraw the state's congressional map to flip as many

SpaceX launches its biggest rocket yet in test flight from Texas

Texas SpaceX [launched](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi2SU98BAD8) its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test

Texas officers rescue infant from car trapped in floodwaters

Texas officers rescue infant from car trapped in floodwaters Authorities in [Texas](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas)

Dems brace for a close finish on Virginia redistricting effort

Texas and elsewhere before November. If the ballot referendum fails, it would be [an early

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still ‘behind the eight ball’

Texas; the sun has been hammering the pavement for hours. Watkins, a 50-year-old man with

This year's list of endangered historic places focuses on equality and erasure

Texas ![El Corazón Sagrado de la Iglesia de Jesús in Ruidosa, Texas, circa 1925.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com

Top five takeaways from Homeland Security budget hearings

Texas Democrats questioned Todd Lyons, the acting ICE head, on the agency's plans to retrofit

Karmelo Anthony, 19, found guilty of murder of Austin Metcalf in one-week trial

Texas, jury found Karmelo Anthony, now 19, guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin

US singer D4vd charged with murder stemming from death of missing teenage girl

Texas address. Burke, 21, also was charged in the Rivas Hernandez case with murder for "financial

Diners are staying home, so this restaurant lets patrons pay what they want

Texas, that offers a weekly promotion where guests can pay what they want.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com

Gas prices keep rising, but do big oil companies plan to drill more? Not so far

Texas.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2F33%2Fedc248604ced8cfe254421ab0a9c%2Fgettyimages-1384850581.jpg) An oil drilling rig in the Permian Basin on March 13, 2022, in Midland

US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power

Texas, Missouri, Florida and North Carolina, which already redrew their maps to add Republican districts

Ringo Starr: 'I made all my mistakes on stage'

Texas. "Liverpool loved country. I know I loved it," he says. After finishing school, Starr

Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update

Texas residents. Public health workers in Texas reached out to them; they have reported no symptoms

Elon Musk's SpaceX files paperwork for what's likely to be the biggest IPO in history

Texas.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7743x5162+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F8b%2F8c05658d46219c794d5563160b1a%2Fgettyimages-2185933741.jpg) Then President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit

Texas](https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-high-speed-rail-planning-grant-cut/). The Texas proposal, which may still be completed [by a private

Family under longest immigration detention of Trump’s term released

Texas](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas) ordered the family’s release. Hayam El Gamal and her five

Miami says Messi diagnosed with hamstring fatigue ahead of Argentina camp

Texas, against Honduras and then on June 9 in Auburn, Alabama, against Iceland. Those games