The majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted on Thursday night to advance the nomination of former Rep. Doug Collins, who in December 2020 signed an amicus brief seeking to invalidate former Joe ...

School choice is one step closer to becoming a reality in the State of Texas despite public school officials’ disapproval.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped ...

Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, was at the center of a contentious confirmation hearing Thursday, ...

Nicholas Ganjei, a former federal prosecutor and one-time aide to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, was sworn in Wednesday as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. Ganjei was appointed by ...

Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.

Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentan ...

A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school ...

Patrick, a Republican who presides over the Texas Senate, holds enormous power in setting the Legislature’s agenda and ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Texas Senate will approve a bill next Wednesday to allocate $1 billion in taxpayer money for ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the first 25 of 40 Texas Senate priority bills, outlining several hot-topic issues he says ...