John Cornyn

According to Politico, federal officials could relocate the agency here and tap Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd to lead it.

Paxton announced Wednesday he has filed the necessary paperwork to enter the 2026 race. The Republican first declared his intentions to run earlier this year.

Critics accuse Cornyn of capitulating to Democrats' gun control demands — even though the bill largely did not restrict gun owner's existing rights.

More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state to stall a Republican-backed redistricting plan, effectively shutting down legislative business at the state Capitol.

Paxton, the Texas attorney general, is leading incumbent U.S. Sen. Cornyn in most polls in the Republican Senate primary. But the most recent poll on the 2026 general election shows former U.S. Rep. Allred within striking distance of beating Paxton if he ends up being the GOP candidate.

The bill is moving quickly through Congress and could reshape life for millions of Texans.

The attorney general positions himself as a disruptor against the Republican establishment embodied in the longtime Senate fixture.

Sen. John Cornyn said in a statement that the upper chamber is broken but he intends to help fix it.

The Texas Republicans opposed subpoenaing conservative donor Crow over his ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, casting it as a partisan attack.

Countering other state GOP leaders, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn instead called recent record setting migrant crossings a “humanitarian, public safety and public health crisis.”