As Texas Democrats’ exodus is closing in on Day 4, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, is chartering a plane to sit in Washington to bring the absent lawmakers back to the state’s special session.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels breach second major city in Congo’s mineral-rich east
Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo’s government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor’s office