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The incumbent senator and his allies have massively outspent the pro-Paxton side, though polling points to a tight finish in the May 26 election.

The plant produces about half of the nation’s paper currency and will print bills signed by the president as part of the U.S.’s 250th birthday.

Dr. Jennifer Shuford has led the Department of State Health Services in Texas since 2022 after serving as the state's chief epidemiologist and helping to lead the COVID-19 response here.

The Committee on House Administration voted along party lines to fine 50-plus Democratic members more than $8,000 apiece for fleeing the state to try to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan.

The president could still weigh in over the next seven weeks. But his inaction before last month’s dropout deadline has only hardened the rivalry.

The president announced the judicial nominations of two prosecutors in the Houston-based Southern District of Texas on Truth Social Wednesday. Trump lauded their commitments to prosecuting immigration and border-related crime.

Bondi's departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files. President Trump says Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will be acting attorney general.

The majority seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's argument on birthright citizenship, appearing ready to rule in favor of upholding automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil.

A group of Texas churches and the IRS agreed to nix the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits nonprofits from endorsing candidates. A Trump-appointed judge said no.

A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive order calling for the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.

A third wave of No Kings protests are scheduled across the U.S. and North Texas on Saturday.

Deportations of Mexicans dropped to 144,000 in 2025, roughly half the annual figure under President Biden, according to data analyzed by Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative news organization. President Trump's beefed-up border security may have deterred many from Mexico from attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.