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Need to know: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to find the money by today to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.
Top of the chart: The most-read story yesterday was about Gov. Greg Abbott's reaction to Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral race.

Here's the rest of the news.

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Erik Muñoz, a Republican precinct chair in Pasadena, helps set up a polling place at a Baker Ripley center in Houston, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.

Photo by: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle

Have Trump's historic gains with Texas Latinos lasted?

One year ago, voters returned Donald Trump to the Oval Office.

Some of that support came from the Latino community. In fact, more than half of the state's Latinos, who account for 40% of Texas' population, voted for Trump. For Democrats, any hopes of turning the state blue, or even purple, were dashed.

Is that support still holding up? Well, according to Sam González Kelly's reporting, new polling indicates that Trump may already be losing the inroads he made with Latino Texans. When you look at why that's the case, a few issues stand out.

Kelly spoke with some of those voters about the direction Trump has taken in his second term. Reaction is mixed, they say.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is coming to Houston for a rally days after his redistricting victory.

In confirming the event, Newsom's campaign team said it is meant to "celebrate Texas legislators who have resisted Greg Abbott and Donald Trump's attempts to undermine the 2026 election."

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FAA to cut flights across 40 airports. How will this impact Houston travel?

The Federal Aviation Administration will cut air traffic by 10% across 40 "high volume" markets today, including Houston, to alleviate mounting fatigue on air traffic controllers during the record-long government shutdown.

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GOP weighs rollback of safety rules aimed at chemical hubs like Houston's.

Years after Congress reached a deal to limit Americans' exposure to toxic chemicals in places like the Houston Ship Channel, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are moving to loosen what had once been bipartisan regulations on chemical plants.

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Houston's Muslims and South Asians celebrate Mamdani's victory in NYC.

Organizers say there are lessons to be learned in Zohran Mamdani's campaign, which effectively used social media to reach young voters and attract tens of thousands of volunteers.

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Harris County Jail ends Mississippi outsourcing contract, returning 300 inmates.

The county paid nearly $53 million in fiscal year 2025 to send thousands of inmates to private correctional facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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State teachers union criticizes HISD plan to recruit teachers in South Texas.

The district's director of talent acquisition posted on LinkedIn that HISD will host an information session and offer on-site screening interviews for teaching positions in Edinburg.

📸 Photo of the Day

Architect Farshid Moussavi, right, gives a tour to Mayor John Whitmire and His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V during the dedication ceremony for Ismaili Center, Houston, the first in the U.S. and the seventh worldwide, in Houston, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. The dedication ceremony comes nearly two decades after Houston was selected as the home of the nation's first Ismaili civic and cultural complex.

In this Brett Coomer photo, architect Farshid Moussavi, right, gives a tour Thursday to Mayor John Whitmire and Aga Khan V during the dedication ceremony for Ismaili Center, Houston.

After nearly two decades of planning and construction, a site near Buffalo Bayou has been transformed into a majestic, 150,000-square-foot cultural and religious landmark that is the first of its kind in the United States.

🏈 Sports

Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. (51) sacks Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) during the first half of an NFL football game at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025.

Photo by: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle

Texans: Once a sleepy AFC South battle, the rivalry between Houston and the Jacksonville Jaguars grows more intense with recent history and playoff implications.
Aggies: TSU, which played Gonzaga to start the week, stayed within 5 of Texas A&M in first half before falling in College Station.
Astros: Chas McCormick and Luis Garcia are off the Astros' 40-man roster and can reject an assignment to the minors in favor of free agency.
Cougars: As UH watched the replay of last week's 45-35 upset loss to West Virginia, the inability to stop the run — along with a season-high four turnovers — was a key factor in the most disappointing loss of the season. Also, defensive lineman Carlos Allen Jr. is expected to play against UCF.

🗣️ Opinion

Odus Evbagharu, a lifelong Cy-Fair resident and Democratic candidate for Texas House District 135, offers political lessons from the successful campaign for the Cy-Fair ISD board.
"Make the effort to stay informed and exercise your right to vote. Otherwise, we will have met the true threat to democracy, and it will be ourselves," writes David Kelly in a letter to the editor.

🌕 Things to do this Weekend

Check out the Night Market, the Bites & Beyond Festival or some of the other events that made our weekend top picks list.
Drop by the multiplex to see "Nuremberg," "Train Dreams," "Predator: Badlands" or any of the other movies hitting our screens this weekend.
Head up to the Round Top Film Festival or stay in town for the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, Rodney Crowell, Thomas Csorba, Julius Rodriguez or "Angels in America" in our list of shows coming here in the next few days.
Try something new at these 19 food businesses that made their debut in October.

📅 Events at the Chronicle

EVENT: Texas oil wells are leaking toxic waste. Who pays to clean them up?

Leaking oil wells threaten Texas water and taxpayer wallets.

Join us November 20 at 12 p.m. for a live virtual event on who's paying the price — and what's being done to stop the damage.

Historic Rice Stadium will undergo a major renovation as part of a $120 million project to transform it and connect the west side of the campus to Rice Village.

The stadium renovation will start after the 2026 football season and continue through 2028.

Samantha Ketterer has more details on the project, plus renderings of how it will look when all is said and done.

Over the decades, the home of the Owls has hosted the Oilers, the University of Houston Cougars, a Super Bowl, a president, Billy Graham, Van Halen and Pink Floyd. Matt Young looks at the five biggest events in the stadium's history.