Just weeks after the governor vetoed a bill banning products containing THC, state senators revived it in the special session, filing nearly identical legislation and passing it unanimously out of committee with a 10-0 vote on Tuesday.

Senate Bill 5 would ban products containing any detectable amount of any cannabinoid, creating criminal offenses for possession of hemp-derived THC.

OpenAI announced a partnership with Oracle to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity for its Stargate AI infrastructure platform in the US. The expansion, which TechCrunch reports is part of a $30 billion per year deal between OpenAI and Oracle,

The new data center comes as Oracle and OpenAI are already opening the so-called Stargate I site in Abilene, Texas. The locations of the new sites have not been disclosed. With the new agreement, OpenAI said it is developing data centers worth 5 gigawatts of capacity with Oracle.

Texas Instruments forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, signaling recovering demand for its analog chips even as U.S. tariff negotiations lead to macroeconomic uncertainty.

Texas Democrats have threatened a walkout over President Trump's push to redraw the state's congressional map. Texas legislators began their special session on Tuesday. John C. Moritz, the chief political reporter for the Austin American-Statesman,

Texas Democrats know they have few options to stop Republicans from redrawing the state's congressional maps exactly as the president wants them. They do, however, have a nuclear option.