The Texas Senate is set to weigh a bill that would bar trans individuals from using bathrooms that align with their gender ...

The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a proposal that would create a homeland security division within the state’s Department of Public Safety.

Both chambers’ spending plans dedicate $6.5 billion to border security, raising total state spending on Operation Lone Star to almost $18 billion since Gov. Greg Abbott launched Texas’ border ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing for major changes in how cash bail is set, and they have a familiar target: Harris County. At ...

For the past three decades, working parents in Texas who make below the state’s median income have been eligible for financial help from the government to pay for daycare. But as the cost of ...

Reporting for the White House, I'm Caitlin Norwood. Federal judges in New York and Texas on Wednesday took legal action to block the government from moving five Venezuelans out of the country ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next year's midterm elections, setting up a barnburner clash of two Republican titans that is sure to ...

Texas Democrats are eyeing what they believe is a more favorable 2026 Senate race matchup if state Attorney General Ken Paxton beats out incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the GOP primary.

Democrats argue he's prolonging the vacancy due to the GOP's slim majority. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Monday afternoon that the special election to fill the seat vacated ...

Lawyers for detained say the government is following a pattern Today, Louisiana has the second highest number of detainees in the country after Texas. Of the roughly 47,000 people ICE was holding ...

After being threatened with a lawsuit, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott set a date for a special election to fill a Congressional seat vacated by the death of Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.