Mike and Austin discuss President Donald Trump's focus on immigration in his second week in office, and preview the introductory press conference of new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp. Mary Pat Higgins, the president and CEO of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check to explain what we can still learn from the Holocaust eight decades later.

The Texas Legislature's 89th session is underway and both chambers released their 2026-27 budget proposals this week. State Rep. Mihaela Plesa (D-Plano), the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check on Friday to discuss the party's priorities in 2025.

The Oscar nominations were announced Thursday morning. Who made the list, and how were they chosen? On the Mid-Morning Mike Check, pop culture and entertainment enthusiast Ian Camfield, host of ALT 103.7, joins Mike Rogers and Austin York to answer all your questions about the 97th Academy Awards, coming this March.

President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders on Monday after he took the oath of office, many of which had to do with the border and immigration. He declared a national emergency along the border and pledged to send troops to the border, deport undocumented immigrants, and reinstate a policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico. Chris Fox has been covering the Texas side of Trump's executive action and joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump signed a lengthy list of executive orders on Monday shortly after he was sworn in. They included declaring a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a directive to end birthright citizenship, and granting Byte Dance more time to sell TikTok to a U.S.-based company. NewsNation Washington correspondent has Tom Dempsey been following it all and joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check on Tuesday.

A winter storm brought snow to the Texas Gulf Coast on Tuesday morning. Snowfall in Houston reached 4 inches in parts of the city and the National Weather Service issued its first-ever Blizzard Warning for the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. KRLD Chief Meteorologist Dan Brounoff joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check to break it down.

The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo started on Friday, just a day before a cold front is expected to bring Arctic air to North Texas. KRLD's Alan Scaia joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check with a look at Day 1 of the three-week event.

Parents overwhelmingly opposed a proposal to split Keller ISD in two at a school board meeting Thursday night. Trustees faced accusations of putting the plan together behind closed doors and of trying to separate the wealthier side of the district. Matthew Sgroi of Fort Worth Report covers education and was at the meeting. He joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check to explain what it was like in the room.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday voted unanimously to uphold a federal law banning TikTok as long as it's owned by its parent company Byte Dance. CBS News legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum joined the Mid-Morning Mike Check to explain what comes next for the social media platform.