First, let’s dispel the myth that the South is uniformly conservative. Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia have shown that Democratic victories are not just possible but repeatable when campaigns are ...

Former Vice President Harris made a substantial effort to get on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast amid concerns about her traction ...

Party leaders disagree sharply on how to interpret the losses that gave Republicans complete control of the federal ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

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On the first day of Trump's second term, the president passed a series of executive orders taking his crusade against ...

Abbott’s one-hour address will begin at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast to potentially more than 25 million Texans.

A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does ...

The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party from chairing committees in a vote on ...

Texas has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature. This page contains the following information on the Texas State Senate ...