Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

Upon returning after a 15-day walkout, Texas House Democrats were asked for consent to be escorted off the floor by DPS officers. Nicole Collier refused and was locked in the chamber Monday night.

Democrat activists are protesting the confinement of Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier after the state representative spent Monday night in the Texas House chamber after refusing to submit to around-the-clock surveillance by the Department of Public Safety.

Multiple rounds of storms pounded the Chicago area Monday afternoon, evening, and late night — prompting tornado and flash flood warnings, and causing flight and commuter train delays, power outages,

Chicagoans and suburbanites could see damaging storms pass through the area once again Monday night, bringing strong winds, lightning, and flood-causing rain.

Get into the "Monday Night Football" mood early with a preseason showdown between Joe Burrow's Bengals and Jayden Daniels' Commanders.

Jayden Daniels is expected to be on the field as Washington meets Cincinnati on Monday night, though Terry McLaurin could dominate the conversation.