Republican Jake Ellzey has won a U.S. House seat in Texas over a Trump-backed rival
ARLINGTON, Texas — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former…
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas — Republican Jake Ellzey of Texas won a U.S. House seat on Tuesday night over rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his bid for re-election,…
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection is terminating two border wall contracts in the Laredo sector that cover approximately 31…
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, holding public office was not a goal she ever set. Neither was becoming a civil…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not impose another statewide mask mandate, despite Covid-19 cases being on the rise…
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN An extraordinary effort by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to block nominees from being confirmed to vital…
Continue ReadingDEL RIO, Texas — Fox News is giving an inside look at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, which is actually a chain-link…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers who hightailed it to the nation’s capital in a faceoff over voting rights said Tuesday that they were pressing on…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, D.C.– One additional Texas House Democrat has now tested positive for Covid-19 while in the nation’s capital. Nearly 60 lawmakers are in…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he was preparing to take action to restrict transition-related medical care for transgender children…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Five Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives who traveled to Washington D.C. last week have now tested positive…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Janfaza, CNN Three Texas state House Democrats who traveled to Washington, DC, this week have tested positive for Covid-19, The Texas House…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain…
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Democrats’ dramatic trip to Washington, DC, this week stemmed from uniform opposition to two voting bills being…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a key vote in the effort to pass federal voting rights legislation, on Thursday said he and a group of…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — As Texas House Democrats settle in for a potentially weekslong stay in the nation’s capital, one question is becoming…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — El Paso Democrat Joe Moody was stripped of his position as speaker pro tem of the Texas House on Thursday in the first…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Democratic state lawmakers from Texas said Wednesday that they are on Capitol Hill to drum up support for federal voting rights…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined a group of several of other GOP senators on Wednesday in blasting…
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