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Broken pumps, burst pipes and chemical shortages have left millions without potable water after this week's devastating winter storm.The big picture: Millions of people across the South have been told to boil water, with thawing temperatures expected to revea…
Nearly 3 million Texans are without power and more than 20 are dead, due to a perfect storm of extreme weather, poor planning and an antipathy toward regulation.Axios Re:Cap digs into what this experience should teach Texas and other states about the future, …
A Feb. 16 satellite image above of Houston-area power outages (shown in red and explained here) gets to the immense scale of the Texas-wide crisis.Why it matters: It's a human tragedy that's also quickly reaching Beltway energy discussions and responses and j…
Photo: Montinique Monroe/Getty ImagesMore than 4.3 million Texas homes and businesses are without power as of Tuesday morning, per the tracking service poweroutage.us.Why it matters: Bitter cold temperatures and winter storms are wreaking havoc on the power s…
The lights for many Texans are back on, but more than 13 million remain without access to drinkable water, The New York Times reports.Why it matters: "In many homes, taps were dry. Finding bottled water was nearly impossible. Some people resorted to boiling s…
The deadly winter storm in Texas that still has bombarded hospitals throughout the state.Why it matters: Doctors have been working to conserve resources, pause non-emergency surgeries, evacuate patients and push back coronavirus vaccine shots.The state of pla…
The crisis gripping Texas' power grid is very different from California's fiery emergencies in recent years, but there's connective tissue there: Electricity grids and infrastructure need to be better equipped for a changing climate or they can have deadly co…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) flew to Cancun, Mexico, on Wednesday, as hundreds of thousands of his constituents went without power and heat in Texas after a winter storm caused deadly outages.The latest: Cruz issued a statement Thursday claiming that he accompanie…
Over 2.7 million people across Texas are currently without power as the majority of the state faces single-digit temperatures and sub-zero wind chill, according to the national utility tracker poweroutage.us. The big picture: Large swaths of the country, incl…
The power outages in Texas are the latest in a series of disasters that will be harder to fix — or prevent from happening again — because Americans are retreating to partisan and cultural corners instead of trying to solve problems.The big picture: From COVID…
Power was restored Thursday to some homes and businesses in Texas following a deadly winter storm that was heading eastward after killing at least three dozen people.
Texas Republican defends family vacation amid Texas winter storm, power crisis on 'Hannity'
Reaction from former Texas governor and energy secretary Rick Perry on 'Hannity'
Greg Abbott tells 'Hannity' belief ending fossil fuels will maintain 'safe and comfortable nation' is 'foolish'
Calling it “anything but reliable,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered an investigation into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) amid statewide blackouts in freezing temperatures.
FOX News correspondent Casey Stegall joins 'Special Report' with the latest from Dallas.
A Texas man froze to death in his reclining chair Wednesday, according to a report.
Authorities in Texas are looking for more than 100 illegal immigrants who fled from a refrigerated truck in San Antonio, Texas after calling authorities for help -- amid fears they could be in danger due to the subzero temperatures hitting the area
The wintry blast causing misery across Texas has prompted the postponement of an NBA game in Dallas, a second consecutive NHL game and disrupted the college basketball schedule for a number of teams.
Beto O’Rourke joins The ReidOut to talk about the latest in the Texas power outages, calling for Texas to be connected to the national grid.
Amid the winter storm crisis in Texas, founder of Country Over Party Matthew Dowd and former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke remark on the importance of electing leaders with integrity who will deliver honesty to their constituents
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) tells Lawrence O'Donnell that Texas state officials who deny climate change and who are "absolutely married" to the fossil fuel industry have created a "dangerous mix." Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro…
Texas' freezing cold is likely caused by climate change. The polar vortex that escaped the Arctic to leave millions of Texans without power is just the start.
Houston Chronicle reporter Zach Despart and University of Houston Energy Fellow Ed Hirs join Chuck Todd to discuss the power grid emergency.
Former Congressman from Texas Beto O’Rourke discusses the crisis facing Texas and how the Biden administration has helped by sending generators to the state to keep people warm
“But to the purveyors of the big lie—Republicans like Greg Abbott and his friends on Fox News—this very real and acute suffering is just a vehicle for their political objectives,” says Chris Hayes of the GOP blaming the Green New Deal as millions of Texans fr…
The Texas power outages during the winter storms have highlighted dysfunction in the state over its power grid. Congressman Joaquin Castro is blaming it on “people who are married to fossil fuels. Some of whom are climate deniers. And that's made it very toug…
Rachel Maddow celebrates the amazing achievement by NASA to land a car-sized rover on Mars, and remarks on the irony that at he same time, Texas is having trouble keeping the lights on and the water flowing in the face of a cold snap.
NBC News' Mike Hixenbaugh shares the terrifying moment he rushed his toddler to the hospital as the state experienced rolling power outages amid a once-in-a-century winter storm.
As the Lone Star State shivers in the dark, it's worth considering how we got here.
On the menu today: Texas powers down, debt and more debt, government gets in the way of COVID testing, food, and windows.
On the menu today: Retail spending surges, Texas freeze worsens chip shortage, Citigroup loses debt dispute, and the two sides of the output-gap debate.
If the world is mad at the Texas senator it's not because he's done anything that hurt anybody; it's because he's done something judged unseemly.
Photographs of the senator at an airport were uploaded to social media on Wednesday evening.
It’s clear that poor policy decisions are the root of the problem.
Funny how the debate about the Texas blackouts is turning into a predictable culture-war issue.
Rich, Charlie, Michael, and Maddy discuss the legacy of Rush Limbaugh, the current McConnell/Trump fight, Texas weather, and the trans athletes debate.
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 7,260 people crossing the border as families during the month of January, an amount comparable to December 2019.
Meanwhile, mainstream media outlets took shots at Limbaugh in their respective obituaries.
At least two people have died in Texas as an unusual winter storm hits the South, leaving millions of people without power and shutting down air travel and local businesses.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Thursday that the state has restored power to around 2 million homes, ...
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) limited out-of-state natural gas shipments as Texas struggles with severe winter weather, low temperatures and widespread power outages.The Texas governor announced on Wednes...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday ripped Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) for flying with his family to Cancun as Texas was hit with a devastating winter storm, specifically responding to reports that the s...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called on the state legislature to investigate the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) after winter weather has left millions of Texans without power.
The left-leaning No Excuses political action committee is launching an ad to run across 147 different radio stations in Texas taking aim at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) going to Cancun, Mexico while...