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There Is No Market for Trump's Values

Candidates say campaigns are about articulating programs, issues and priorities. But people vote for candidates based on how that person makes them feel. Consciously or unconsciously, elections are about giving voice to values.

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Decoding Trump's Body Language

The "steeple" and the "grab and yank" are some of Trump's favorite moves

Trump's body language indicates an 'alpha male' personality, experts say

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Push To Pin Health Care Vote On Vulnerable Republicans Begins

Save My Care is launching a six-figure campaign targeting 24 Republicans who voted "yes" on the GOP bill

Many of the members whom the ad will attack are moderates who labored over their decision

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Wall Street's Fear Gauge Slips To 23-Year Low

The VIX volatility index plunged this week to the unusually-low level of 9.8. That hasn't happened for this closely-watched "fear gauge" since December 1993. To put that into context, that was the month that President Bill Clinton signed NAFTA into law.

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3 Things To Know About Health Savings Accounts

While much of the U.S. health care system is in flux since Republicans passed a new health care bill Thursday, health savings accounts -- or HSAs -- aren't going away. In fact they're likely to get bigger and more popular if the new bill ever becomes law.

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RMHC Awards $50,000 to African American High School Seniors

One of our favorite fast food chains known for its signature clown and catchy jingles has been making a huge impact in our local communities in the lives of youth through education. The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston/Galveston and The McDonald’s Owner/Operators Association of Greater Houston once again honored a bevy of high school seniors with academic scholarships at an award ceremony and scholarship luncheon for the 2017 recipients.

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Jeff Sessions Is Creating a Department of Injustice

As Donald Trump nears the end of his first 100 days, media commentary focuses primarily on how little he has achieved in comparison to other presidents. It's a mistake, however, to discount the threat that the Trump administration poses to our fundamental rights. His attorney general, former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, is a case in point.

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Chris Brown Reveals Tracklist For Double Album "Heartbreak On A Full Moon"

Breezy's upcoming album will be a whopping 40 songs long.

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More Than Obama's Legacy at Stake in ACA Repeal

President Obama returns to sweet home Chicago Tuesday night to say farewell to the nation. It will be an evening of joy, tears and pride in a job well done, despite the harsh headwinds of resistance he faced every day for eight years.

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Brewers' Ryan Braun Free Of Injuries, Eager For Spring Training Return

The biggest problem that Ryan Braun has had this winter has been a lack of sleep.

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Weekend Recap: WWE Rocks The Alamodome For The 30th Annual Royal Rumble

Before more than 52,000 members of the WWE Universe inside San Antonio’s Alamadome, hosted the Royal Rumble and it was packed with a massive field of Superstars — including The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, Goldberg and Brock Lesnar as it began the official kick off to the road to WrestleMania 33.

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Trump's Latest Provocation and Its Unintended Consequences

President Donald Trump's most recent provocation -- suddenly issuing an order banning the admission into the United States of refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries -- created chaos and fury that had to be expected.

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Conway's "Bowling Green Massacre" wasn't one-time slip-up, Cosmo reveals

Kellyanne Conway said she misspoke "one word" on MSNBC's "Hardball" last week. But it turns out that she had mentioned the made-up "Bowling Green massacre" at least once before.

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More Mysteries Than Answers In Prince Death Investigation

A doctor who saw Prince in the days before he died had prescribed the opioid painkiller oxycodone under the name of Prince’s friend to protect the musician’s privacy, according to court documents unsealed Monday that revealed nothing about how the pop superstar got the fentanyl that actually killed him.

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No shrimp today: Maine's waters are warming and it's costing fishermen money

At 63, he's been fishing off the Gulf of Maine for over 34 years. Shrimp used to be plentiful there. Back in 2000, Goethel remembers seeing 100 commercial boats out in the harbor. Now, he's just one of a handful of local fisherman struggling to make a living.

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Wells Fargo CEO: I'd be OK with my kids calling our ethics line

Just this month, Wells Fargo was ordered by the Labor Department to pay $5.4 million and rehire a whistleblower who was fired after calling the bank's ethics hotline to report suspected fraud. The bank could be forced to rehire another employee, as well.

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Jon Ossoff Doesn't Live In His District. That Might Be A Problem.

But, he came up short. Which means that he and second place finisher Karen Handel (R) will spend the next two months bashing each others brains out -- figuratively speaking -- in advance of the June 20 runoff.

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HISD Pre-K Program Participants More Prepared for Kindergarten, Says Rice Researcher

Students who attended one or two years of Houston Independent School District (HISD) pre-K were significantly more likely to be prepared for kindergarten than peers who did not attend HISD pre-K, according to a new research brief from Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC).

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Using Pop Songs To Teach Kids Math

The company he founded, Make Music Count, uses tunes by artists like Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and 2 Chainz in interactive lessons designed to make learning math concepts easy and fun.

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Tax Reform Decoded: What You Need To Know

Republicans and the White House may have a hard time muscling through a full tax code overhaul this year. But there will be plenty of debates and mudslinging over tax reform while they try.