Politics

Texas has voted Republican in presidential elections for decades, but it wasn't always that way. Here's the last time the Lone Star State's electoral votes went to a Democrat.

A 2021 law means your next new car could refuse to start. What Texas buyers need to know for 2027.

Amid swirling political drama, Texas lawmakers face a proposal that could hit their wallets if they choose to skip out on sessions.

Governor Abbott has gone over a TON of wannabe laws and, to date, has enacted 1,155 while vetoing or ignoring several.

A growing number of Texans are totally FOR legalizing it and some have actually voted to have it decriminalized in their city. That's not "legalizing" it but agreeing not to arrest somebody for it is the closest Texas has ever come to doing so.

Despite the ongoing back-and-forth and heated debates we see, both between political candidates, on TV, and definitely online, many of us have more in common than we might believe.

Because of this, Green announced he would file articles of impeachment against Trump, holding him accountable for what he calls 'dastardly deeds.' However, this isn't the first time the Congressman has sought to impeach President Trump. This marks the fourth time Green has made the attempt.

Joe Biiden's allies aren't feeling the idea of Senator Kamala Harris for his Vice President and have waged a "shadow campaign" to STOP it from happening. CNBC's Brian Schwartz tweeted that the Team-Biden members feel that she's too ambitious and will only focus on becoming president, herself...

Former Arkansas Governor and Texarkana Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee officially threw his hat in the ring from Hope, Ark., this morning in hopes of becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States. Huckabee announced a run for his party's 2016 presidential nomination Tuesday with an energized speech aimed at garnering support from the Christian right and blue-collar Americans st

As of 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the federal government closed down. Congressional leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate were unable to reach an agreement on a budget or a temporary fix, known as a continuing resolution, before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1.

1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin. 12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin. The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility.

Hey, did you hear the good news? We managed to avoid soaring headlong off the fiscal cliff yesterday. Granted, the House pulled the plug on a bill providing emergency aid to people whose lives were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy to do it. But they did it. Hooray!(?)