Supporters of "Texit," the campaign for Texas to secede from the United States and become a fully independent nation, have had a busy year. Earlier this month the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM ...

When Texas rejoined the Union in 1870, its annexation resolution said that Texas could, in the future, choose to divide itself into "New States of convenient size not exceeding four in number, in ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...

Wooden water main not ... There are an estimated 240,000 water-main breaks each year in the United States, ... caused a mudslide in California and flooded school libraries in Minnesota and Texas.