It’s unlikely U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will use his position of power to evolve his thinking on climate change, the way the late U.S. Sen. John McCain once did.

With Tuesday marking the 161st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Lincoln historian Steve Beckett shares ...

A video of Kamala Harris yelling was viewed more than one million times in Chinese social media posts that falsely claimed it ...

Announced in a release today, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is working with Texas legislators to pass an initiative called the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) – a decade-long ...

The Legislature banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public colleges and universities but the prohibition was ...

Based on media appearances and public forums, here's what former acting ICE director Tom Homan has said he will do starting ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to bring on Tom Homan, the former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as border czar is a powerful step in the right direction for border security.

Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong for them after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what it means for their long-term plans to take power. The party was ...

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Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew Oldham and James Ho are viewed as likely members of Trump’s shortlist in the event of a ...

Fla., may be out of Congress, Congress certainly isn't done with him – and all eyes are on the report the House Ethics ...

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