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Heads or tails? That's how Pasadena's newest council member was chosen. Plus, the 2026 Senate race is already heating up as ...

In a late-night ruling Thursday, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals continued to block Texas from enforcing a 2023 immigration law that would allow local police to arrest people they suspect ...

The wide-ranging megabill is the vehicle for much of Trump’s domestic policy agenda for his second term in the White House, ...

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 25, 2025, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) gets into a heated exchange ...

“Gov. Abbott signed our bill to protect Texas from the influence of hostile foreign nations,” said State Rep. Cole Hefner, a ...

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

Texas Democrats have a familiar face in the race for U.S. Senate, as Colin Allred kicks off his campaign for the seat ...

While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big ...

The Wall Street Journal Board wrote that the president has an "uncanny habit of handing his opponents a sword." ...

As many states across the U.S. introduce anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, Peoria, Illinois, has become a destination for families ...

Allred jumped into the race as incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn faces a major primary challenge in his bid for a fifth ...