Civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to overturn a redistricting map expected to favor Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters ...

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Texans with a new driver’s license will notice some changes beyond their photo and expiration date. The Texas Department of Public Safety unveiled its new design for the state driver’s license and ...

Republican lawmakers in Texas are nearing the final legislative hurdle they need to clear to complete a partisan gerrymander of the state that could potentially shift next year's midterm elections in ...

Texas House lawmakers approved a new gerrymandered map Wednesday that would likely give Republicans five additional congressional seats, at President Donald Trump’s urging, overcoming a protest by ...

Texas senators approved several bills Monday, one of which included another attempt at blocking hemp-derived THC products, marking another push after Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a similar proposal earlier ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives regained a quorum Monday after some of the House Democrats who left the state returned to Austin. As of Monday, about a dozen Democrats remain out of ...

Texas lawmakers redrew congressional districts in a partisan bid to give Republicans five additional U.S. House seats. The move set off a bipartisan war across the U.S. The Texas Legislature redrew ...

The measles outbreak centered in West Texas – one of the largest and deadliest in decades – has ended, state health officials announced on Monday. No new cases have been reported in the counties that ...

A Texas lawmaker found herself effectively trapped in her seat Monday, planted on the House floor after refusing to sign a political "permission slip"—a GOP-mandated form requiring Department of ...

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 ...

The free event served as an introduction for a team with half of its players new to the program. Texas coach Jerritt Elliott, who led the Longhorns to back-to-back national championships in 2022 and ...