The Senate GOP’s version of the “big, beautiful bill” is facing major headwinds in the House as a growing number of lawmakers ...

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Lubbock Rep. Dustin Burrows won the powerful leadership role despite less-than-enthusiastic support from his fellow ...

A push to ban state regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) for 10 years is setting off a debate among Republicans, further complicating its path toward passage in President Trump’s tax and ...

NEW ORLEANS - On June 17, business leaders, legislators, educators, and investors gathered for the annual Jefferson Chamber ...

Senate Republicans added language to restrict the ability of judges to hand down initial rulings against the federal ...

From requiring law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal officials to forcing state contractors to E-Verify, here’s ...

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The Senate’s more flexible approach to rolling back green energy subsidies is putting the upper chamber on a collision course with the conservative House Freedom Caucus. The Freedom Caucus, a powerful ...

Another factor in Democrats’ favor is the backlash most presidents’ parties face in midterm elections. Texas Democrats would ...

Republicans are characterizing the spending as wasteful and unnecessary, but Democrats say the rescissions are hurting the ...