WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sounded the alarm on the eve of the special election runoff for a state Senate seat in Texas. "Make a plan to GET OUT AND VOTE," Trump wrote in a Friday, Jan. 30 ...

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The new year will bring several new laws to Texas. New Texas laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2026, include changes to business property taxes, immigration enforcement by local sheriffs and eviction ...

The Republican plans to pick off five Democratic-held congressional seats in Texas once seemed like a sure thing. Not anymore. President Donald Trump’s flagging approval ratings, particularly among ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for now Texas' newly redrawn congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats, after a lower court found that some of the ...

The move dealt a blow to efforts by Texas Republicans and President Trump to flip Democratic seats in the state. Texas quickly filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court. By Nick Corasaniti and J.

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Of the 19.5 million Texans eligible to vote in the 2022 general election, 42 percent did so. Only 10 states had worse voter participation rates. “Texas is sadly at the bottom of lists for ...

Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Donald Trump's second presidency. Texas Democrats prevented the state’s House of Representatives from ...

Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved. By J. David Goodman Shane Goldmacher and ...

Texas Republicans released a proposed new congressional map Wednesday that would give the GOP a path to pick up five seats in next year’s midterm elections. The proposal, which follows President ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — The Texas Legislature is convening Monday for a ...