Entity

Texas

The second-most-populous U.S. state; an energy, aerospace, and technology heavyweight.

As of 20 Oct 2026Last evidence 20 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Texas vs. Florida: How to watch, date, time, TV channel

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 0 separate publishers

  • Nightpeak Energy brings second 300 MWh phase of Texas project online

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

  • TSMC confirms talks with Elon Musk over Texas ‘Terafab’ but insists on operational control

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Disaster: alabama & hawaii

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

All 4 events and claims involving Texas

What changed

  • Attention Steady: 194 mentions on 20 Oct 2026, against 190 on 29 Sept 2026 (+2%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 20 Oct 2026 (12 changes recorded since 10 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 19 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will the Republicans win the Texas Senate race in 2026?” moved from 50% to 38% Yes since 5 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

4,612 documents · 572 publishers · 3% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 20 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.025: about 98% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Texas

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

AITrumpUnited StatesFloridaIran
  • AI · 1,169 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,166 shared documents
  • United States · 907 shared documents
  • America · 840 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Oil · 730 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Florida · 669 shared documents
  • Iran · 650 shared documents
  • United States Congress · 522 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Austin · 519 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Immigration · 519 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Steady

The word compares 194 mentions on 20 Oct 2026 with 190 on 29 Sept 2026 (+2%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +569% from 5 Sept 2026 to 20 Oct 2026, between 12 and 251 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Texas, day by day.

Market price, cited

38% Yes

Polymarket · priced 20 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 50% → 38% Yes (-12pts, from 5 Sept 2026 to 20 Oct 2026)

on “Will the Republicans win the Texas Senate race in 2026?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Texas

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/b0af999bb11a37ce59554a36 returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name texas.

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Texas

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Texas vs. Florida: How to watch, date, time, TV channel

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 0 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Nightpeak Energy brings second 300 MWh phase of Texas project online

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • TSMC confirms talks with Elon Musk over Texas ‘Terafab’ but insists on operational control

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Disaster: alabama & hawaii

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

Walk the record from Texas

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Texas

Entity.

Evidence
4,612 documents · 572 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 12 Mar 2026, last seen 20 Oct 2026
Measured
3% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
20 Oct 2026
14 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (3)

  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (1)

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Texas, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Other markets materially about Texas

Markets whose question is about Texas or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Texas and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

  • 58.5% Yes

    “Will the Republican Party candidate win the 2026 Texas Railroad Commissioner election?”

    Polymarket · priced 20 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “texas” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

  • 35.5% Yes

    “Will the Democratic Party candidate win the 2026 Texas Senate election by 0%-3%?”

    Polymarket · priced 20 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “texas” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 20 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 18 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 18 Oct 2026

  • 18 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

  • 18 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

  • 16 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

  • 16 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

12 changes recorded since 10 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 20 Oct 2026.