Ken Paxton

A fabricated hospital hoax targeting Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has unraveled as polls show a tight race against Republican Ken Paxton ahead of the November 2026 midterms.

A surrogate mother who refused to terminate a pregnancy after a rare heart defect was diagnosed has launched a legal battle. The baby was born in Texas, handed over to his parents, and is receiving medical care. Dr. Assad Khoury, director of the Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects Unit at Rambam, explains the syndrome: "Without intervention, mortality is 100%, and the baby could die...