The Daily Shear

A zoning complaint blocks walk-ins at an El Paso bookstore, Google freezes its open-source bug bounty amid invalid automated reports, and Brazil’s presidential race heads to a runoff.

Kyle loses a council member after months of harassment, Congress puts $28.3 billion in hemp sales at risk, and Trump posts Tom Cotton’s cellphone number to push permanent daylight saving time.

Leander fires its school police chief after 381 applicant files went unopened, Amazon pledges $1 billion to data-center towns, and an ex-congressman gets 10 years for secretly lobbying for Maduro.

Oak View Group sues Dallas for $20 million, mortgage rates jump to 7.28 percent, and a federal appeals court makes Trump wait to engrave his name on the US Institute of Peace.

Ken Paxton says Trump’s Dallas convention dropped his numbers, DoorDash prepares drone delivery, and the Pentagon cuts generals while its autonomous-warfare command waits a year.

San Antonio starts a $40 million diverging diamond, OpenAI launches always-on Dots after withholding another model over safety issues, and America.gov answers three hard questions before refusing them.

CapMetro raises fares, Anthropic seeks a towering valuation while warning about its own AI, and a federal judge blocks election rules tied to counterterrorism grants.

Hidalgo County cuts its tax rate while boosting reserves, Walmart promises restraint on digital shelf tags, and Trump reportedly offers Xi a chance to buy American weapons.