Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) would gain the right to investigate elections in Democratic districts under a new bill passed by the Texas Senate on Tuesday. H.B. 5138 now heads to Gov. Greg ...

The person least surprised by the Justice Department’s decision this week to drop the consent decree granting federal ...

Six Frio County officials, including County Judge Camacho, pleaded not guilty to harvesting charges in a case led by Texas ...

This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Vishakha Darbha. It was edited by Alison Bruzek and Kaari Pitkin. Mixing by ...

The most powerful man or woman in the Texas Capitol says this Legislature is “boring,” and that’s bad news. The most powerful man or woman in the Capitol is not Gov. Greg Abbott. It’s Lt. Gov. Dan ...

Tensions are growing between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate ...

Democrats haven't won a Senate race in Texas in decades, but early polls suggest the 2026 election could become competitive.

John Cornyn is one of the winningest politicians in Texas history. But he might not even make it out of the GOP primary this ...

He didn’t vote in the 2016 presidential election, though he says he voted for President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024. He admits even now ... The city countersued, drawing Attorney General Ken ...

Eighteen months out, the president is already hyper-engaged in the fight to keep the GOP’s majorities in Congress.

Our initial list of the Senate’s most vulnerable incumbents for the 2026 cycle is shorter than usual following a string of ...