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Here's how Texas' lawmakers and elected officials reacted to the news of the US House of Representatives' passage of the "Big ...

A newly-passed Texas law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms is facing a second ...

Some 579 nursing homes would be at “elevated risk” of closure if Medicaid cuts proposed in a 10-year budget reconciliation ...

On Tuesday, July 1, former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination in Texas' 2026 ...

The Legislature will still have to appropriate the funds to pay the judgment, either during the upcoming special session or ...

The president and his aides oversaw a last-minute blitz of meetings and phone calls with Republican holdouts.

A Tennessee congressman believes it is "essential" to add President Trump to Mount Rushmore to commemorate his "recent ...

Democrats last carried Texas in a presidential election 49 years ago, last elected a U.S. senator there in 1986 and have lost all statewide elections since 1994. Texas Republicans could, however, ...

Republicans' tax policy bill will have massive consequences. Both parties are hoping it will boost them in the 2026 election.

KSAT Investigates received the indictment paperwork of nine suspects, including a former candidate for the Texas House and ...

Senate Bill 2753 will change the voting timeline in Texas for the first time since 1987 and would add more days and more ...