BREAKING: Elon Musk walked into an Austin courtroom Friday amid an ongoing custody battle over 3 children with the musician known as Grimes. The judge has ordered the courtroom closed for a hearing that could continue all morning. statesman.com/story/news/loc…

NEW: Austin has tapped Lisa Davis, an assistant Cincinnati police chief, to lead the Austin Police Department, pending city council confirmation.

BREAKING: Texas DPS is reinstating the lone officer it once planned to fire for the botched Uvalde police response. The Uvalde DA asked that Ranger Chris Kindell be returned, citing conclusions of a grand jury investigation that resulted in no charges against DPS troopers.

BREAKING: The city of Uvalde has just released 21 GB of body camera video, 911 calls, and other records, marking the most significant official document disclosure since May 2022. It is a significant win for news outlets including Austin Statesman + KVUE News, many others — and the public.

Our Austin Statesman team received a national Edward R. Murrow award today for our breaking news coverage of a two-city shooting rampage in December. The shootings terrorized Austin that terrible day. It is an honor to be recognized for our effort to keep the community informed.

NEW: Texas DPS releases a statement confirming that it has stopped accepting court orders to change sex identification in records, citing “concerns regarding the validity” of such orders.

NEW: Brenna Swindell, daughter of a former UT and Astros baseball player, told authorities in July she thought her then-boyfriend would kill her, newly documents show. Now police are investigating her disappearance after she was last seen with him. statesman.com/story/news/cri…

UPDATE: Brenna Swindell has been found safe, according to her father, who shared the update on social media.

NEW: Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is adding former Gov. Rick Perry to his team as a senior advisor:

BREAKING: Texas AG Ken Paxton has sued Travis County commissioners and the voter registrar in a suit similar to one previously filed in Bexar County alleging that hired a “partisan organization” to register unregistered voters.

NEW: British Airways is expanding its Austin-London nonstop to twice a day starting in March. I took those flights last week and both were completely full.

NEW: The U.S. Border Patrol, more than two years after the Uvalde school shooting, has released results of its internal review, saying it will tighten protocols to ensure agents know their authority when responding to a shooting on non-federal property.

Talking about one of my favorite topics -- government transparency -- with esteemed colleagues. Thanks for having me TX Freedom Info

OK, the drone show over DKR was cool (and Smokey). 🤘🏈

NEW: CNN reports that former President Trump *was* the intended target of shots fired in his vicinity this afternoon, although early reporting by other outlets say the exchange of gunfire was not related to him. Authorities are expected to soon brief the public.

UPDATE: The FBI confirms they are investigating an incident involving former President Trump as an assassination attempt. In a news briefing, officials said they found an assault rifle w/ scope and a Go-Pro camera in the bushes.