Two Republicans, David Cook and Dustin Burrows, are vying to become Speaker of the Texas House. After a series of votes last ...

Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar discusses Trump’s lies and the future of progressive politics ...

Gerrymandering is not a Republican or Democrat problem, it is a problem for our democracy, writes U of I professor Sheldon H.

In a Q&A, Burrows said he’s still confident he’ll win. But he says the leadership race is bigger than any one person and his ...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will try to cut federal spending through the Department of Government Efficiency.

Texas House Republicans remain split on who to support in the Speaker of the House race one week after Speaker Dade Phelan ...

“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, ...

Republicans who vote against party leaders’ preferred candidate could be barred from running in primaries. Lawsuits could ...

Stoker, the scion of a prominent Odessa family, became the first openly gay man elected to Odessa’s City Council. He won his ...

President-elect Donald Trump made a very expensive set of promises during his third straight campaign for the White House, pledging to extended the 2017 tax cuts and add new breaks for overtime ...

Another longtime Texas Democrat has switched parties, joining the Republican Party, this time in the border county of Webb.

Funding government drags lawmakers to the wire  Cabinet watch: Hegseth looks up, Gabbard struggles DOJ: FBI omitted “basic ...