The Legislature banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public colleges and universities but the prohibition was not supposed to affect academics. Now, Republicans are suggesting ...

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

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 ...

Monday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a “new major legislative initiative for the Texas Senate,” a state-funded ...

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 ...

House Ethics Committee members are set to meet privately Wednesday — after postponing their Friday meeting — as debate rages over whether the panel should release its report on its investigation into ...

What to know about the Justice Department and House Ethics investigations into Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General.

President-elect Donald Trump has raced to fill out his list of nominees for Cabinet positions in the week after his decisive win over Vice President Kamala Harris.

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

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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.