Houston Democrats push for guardrails on school takeovers

Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, Pentagon says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people and injured 32 others, will take place at the military base on Dec. 3.

Trump slams Rep. Henry Cuellar for sticking with Democratic Party despite presidential pardon

Cuellar and his wife, charged with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy, were pardoned in December. In a social media post, Trump indicated he expected Cuellar to run as a Republican.

In attacking Talarico for campaign absence, Trump calls for debate that Paxton has avoided

The Democrat, off the trail with the flu, quickly accepted the president’s call to “immediately report to a Debate Stage” with Ken Paxton.

When a rural Texas school district struggled with growth, charter schools filled the void

The state has limited how much money it gives to fast-growing school districts, creating million-dollar gaps between what is owed and what's given.

‘We have to suck it up’: Ken Paxton privately suggests cutting federal benefit programs to reduce national deficit

In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.