The representative from Austin on Tuesday implored the president to make way for new leadership. Biden is meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday as he considers his options.
The technology that makes indoors comfortable is helping make the outdoors less so. But can we survive without it?
As Democrats debate whether Joe Biden should stay in the race against Trump, LBJ’s often misunderstood example looms.
State District Court Judge Francisco X. Dominguez wrote, in part, that the attorney general’s shuttering of Annunciation House would be a breach of the group’s religious liberty.
We take a glimpse into the multiverse, where Kinky Friedman won his 2006 gubernatorial bid.
At two seminars sponsored by the True Texas Project after Daniel Perry’s pardon, gun owners were fearful their right to self-defense could be threatened by liberal district attorneys.
The president’s struggles in last night’s debate with Donald Trump were foreshadowed five years ago by an attack launched by the former San Antonio mayor.
An ascendant faction of the GOP wants to make the party smaller and purer while keeping Democrats from power by any means necessary.
Allen West Watch: The former Texas GOP chairman was known to rock the boat, and in doing so may have edged the state party further right. These days, he’s picking a losing battle with ballots in blue Dallas County.
Testing of smokable hemp at eight dispensaries around the state found that all were selling cannabis with potent levels of the psychoactive compound THC.
Senior editor Alex Samuels examines which non-Texans are making the biggest election contributions. And more importantly—what do they want?
The anti-vaxxers who went viral in 2020 are back with an offering taking on the New World Order through the power of song.
The now-overturned ban on the device was championed by a Texas politician. But gun control is only politically expedient for a short while.
High temperatures and the heat dome came early this year—part of our new climate change reality.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of Michael Cargill, ending a federal prohibition dating from the early days of the Trump administration.
A small-town Texas church paid lawyer fees to Jonathan Mitchell, architect of Texas's abortion bounty law. But does the church even exist?
A case originating in Amarillo challenged the legal status of mifepristone. The nation's highest court preserved access to the abortion pill in a ruling today.
As his bankruptcy takes a turn, Alex Jones has agreed to sell the brand that both made him famous and cost him everything.
Dallas mayor Eric Johnson shocked his city when he became a Republican last year. And he’s not backing down.
Texas Democrats only need to flip three seats to potentially block the governor’s biggest policy priority, but their long record of losing suggests doing so will be a challenge.
The former president on Thursday was found guilty on all counts in the trial over hush-money payments to hide an affair with an adult film star. Naturally, right-wing leaders in the state came to his defense.
Conservative Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan narrowly beat a far-right challenger—and liberals appear to have pushed him to victory.
The embattled Republican speaker of the Texas House faced down a Trump-backed opponent, but his allies were routed this primary season.
At its annual convention, the state GOP elected a new chair and reaffirmed it has no interest in moderating itself.
Republicans regularly attack Democratic donor George Soros as interfering in the politics of the Lone Star State. But the two biggest political donors in Texas favor Republicans and hail from Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Community health centers contend with revenue shortfalls as their patients lose coverage, many without ever being deemed ineligible.
Experts say the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles broke sharply from its standard protocol when it recommended a pardon for the killer of a Black Lives Matter protester.
The congressman challenging Ted Cruz discusses President Biden’s “open-borders policies” and why Democrats haven't won statewide in Texas in decades.
Even some Republicans say the Tarrant County woman is an unfair target of an overzealous prosecution. The local district attorney won’t let her case go.
Ahead of the runoff elections, the governor is trying to paint a group of conservative Republican incumbents as untrustworthy liberals.
Senior editor Alex Samuels discusses which primary runoff races are the ones to watch and what’s at stake.
The governor didn’t offer much of a rationale in granting clemency to Daniel Perry, who killed a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020, but apparently the enemy of his enemy is his friend.
Russell Bentley left Round Rock for a breakaway Ukrainian state and found stardom in Russia, before he died under mysterious circumstances.
The Texas senator discusses whether he’ll accept the 2024 election result, the ethics of his podcast deal, and that trip to Cancún.
State and federal authorities were quick to green-light a proposed conduit that would carry massive quantities of natural gas from the Permian Basin to Mexico for export. They didn’t fully consider the costs and benefits.
A week after the Department of Justice announced fourteen charges against the Laredo representative, Cuellar returned to Congress to ignore reporters and jam out.
In a filing seeking to shut down an El Paso migrant shelter, the attorney general displays his ignorance of the religious beliefs held by a quarter of Texans.
Henry Cuellar was indicted on charges that he hid payments from Azerbaijan. The country has long waged an influence campaign in Texas.
The Texas congressman said he and his wife, Imelda, are innocent, and that he is still seeking reelection this November.
Cane farmers in the Rio Grande Valley accuse Mexico of withholding their rightful share of water. But they've been growing one of Texas's thirstiest crops.
The attorney general has done everything in his power to avoid being in a courtroom. Then came the Trump trial.
A bizarre social media fabrication goes viral.
Cities across the state dramatically curbed water use over the last decade. Now, newcomers and first-time homeowners are causing it to spike again.
The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.
Students protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza say they were demonstrating peacefully at the University of Texas at Austin when police tackled and arrested them.
Twenty-five prospective legislators have signed a pledge to block Democrats—who now hold 43 percent of the seats—from all influence in the lower chamber and neuter the next Speaker.
We’re already dealing with high prices, high mortgage rates, and high property taxes. Now the state faces a new crisis.
An Indigenous man couldn’t understand the court proceedings when he was charged with a crime in Texas. He was sentenced anyway.
Everyone hates dealing with airport security. Ted Cruz has a solution that would benefit Ted Cruz and very few others.
The tough-talking former state senator loves cars, firefighters, and police. Critics say he’s taking the city backward.