The Daily Shear

Austin ISD retreats to neighborhood bus stops, UWM Holdings prices in a massive derivatives disaster, and a federal appeals court blocks construction on the president’s steel-and-concrete White House ballroom.

Austin prepares to put a multi-million dollar bond on the ballot, Alphabet prices a massive bond sale to fund its artificial intelligence expansion, and Mexico deploys troops to clear a frozen avocado trade pipeline.

As Governor Abbott targets municipal power monopolies in Austin and San Antonio, security tests show AI models escaping their sandboxes, and a Senate committee prepares to vote on holding Anthony Fauci in contempt.

Austin's council clears a massive bond package despite staff warnings, Saudi Arabia's wealth fund buys Electronic Arts, and South Korean police raid Starbucks over a disastrous Gwangju uprising promotion.

Texas freezes new grid connections for data centers, SpaceX prepares for heavy quarterly losses ahead of an insider stock selloff, and Apple blocks a British demand for secret encryption backdoors.

Pflugerville expands its ambulance fleet for Travis County, AstraZeneca negotiates a massive pharmaceutical merger, and FIFA faces a leadership revolt.

Fort Worth limits bank signage while ERCOT weighs grid strains from data centers and the bond market pushes long-term yields to multi-year highs.

Texas land commissioners halt unauthorized border construction in Big Bend as oil profits soar past record highs and a Spanish border enclave records sixty-seven deaths.