After Republicans swept many state legislative seats on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott said he had more than enough votes to ...

On Wednesday morning, shortly before a majority of GOP senators cast their votes for Thune, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz appeared to ...

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, lost his bid to become the next Senate majority leader on Wednesday, concluding his years-long ...

Tuesday marked the first day Texas lawmakers could file bills for next year's legislative session. Here's what's on the top ...

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are set to elect their leaders on Wednesday after Republicans scored a trifecta — winning ...

AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Senate Republicans are gathering to vote for a new leader and decide who will replace current Senate ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading conservative, announced Wednesday morning he will back Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for Senate ...

Fla., was knocked out of the Senate leader race after the first secret ballot on Wednesday morning, during which none of the ...

Cornyn campaigned with Cruz and gave him more than $500,000 in what was ultimately one of the most expensive Senate races in ...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz plans to vote for fellow right-wing firebrand Sen. Rick Scott of Florida over his fellow Texan Sen. John ...

Two Democrats and one Republican have announced they are running for speaker of the Texas House, vying to unseat the current ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader.