Sen. John Cornyn requested federal assistance for rounding up Texas Democrats who fled the state over redistricting.

Texas Democratic lawmakers remained out of the state Thursday as Republican leaders escalated legal threats to force their ...

Today is the day Texas state House Speaker Dustin Burrows set as a deadline for Democrats who fled the state to return to the chamber and help establish quorum. Follow for live updates.

State Rep. Gene Wu, a Houston Democrat, has until 5 p.m. Friday to formally respond to the emergency petition.

Israel presses forward with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plan to take control of the Gaza Strip.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urged the Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, chair of the Texas House Democratic ...

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday night to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, chairman of the Texas House ...

Texas Democrats left the state to stop a Republican-led effort to change the state’s congressional boundaries, setting off a ...

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Abbott wants ...

Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, who Gov. Greg Abbott called the "ringleader" of Texas Democrats who fled, and other party leaders reported a bomb threat on Wednesday.

The Republican motto — since Nixon sabotaged LBJ‘s Vietnam peace negotiations and Reagan blew up Carter’s deal to get the ...