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Texas AG Ken Paxton vows to oust Sen. John Cornyn in 2026 Senate GOP primary election
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his bid to challenge current Sen. John Cornyn in the state's 2026 Republican ...
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National Democrats to target GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz’s South Texas district in 2026
The battlefield for both parties is again converging on South Texas, where De La Cruz scored one of the GOP’s high-profile ...
Texas governor calls November election for vacant US House seat as Democrats criticize timing
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that the special election to fill the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester ...
Trump tells House GOP to back budget plan: "Close your eyes and get there"
President Trump is trying to break through Republican opposition that's threatening a budget resolution key to extending his tax cuts and agenda.
House GOP holdouts threaten Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill as Speaker Johnson postpones vote
House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative ...
Texas GOP civil war: Paxton enters Senate race, aiming to unseat longtime Texas rival
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced his candidacy for the US Senate, challenging incumbent John Cornyn in a ...
Democrats push to repeal Texas' now-defunct ban on gay sex with help from Republicans
The criminal penalties have remained on the books, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling more than twenty years ago that ...
Here’s why Dan Patrick is the most powerful man in Texas politics
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, love him or hate him, is the most powerful Texas politician since the legendary Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock.