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At least 10 Texas incumbents will not be returning to Congress next term, a high-water mark for turnover in the delegation.

The state Republican Party is fracturing from within. And the Oklahoma Freedom Caucus is using the internal division to campaign against moderate party-mates, hoping to replace them with far-right Christian Nationalists. But open Republican primaries in Oklahoma could ruin the plan.

Curricula at Kansas universities have been exempt from state and federal efforts to stifle DEI principles, but some Republican legislators are eager to change that.

Fort Worth's Mercy Culture Church aims to get more conservative Christians elected through its online Campaign University.

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson said that enough Republican lawmakers signed on in his chamber to call a special session to consider gerrymandering the state's congressional map. It's not clear if the Kansas House has enough support yet, though.

The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated Texas Supreme Court rulings saying they cannot.

Nearly 60 people gathered at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum on Wednesday to reflect on the Oklahoma Standard and reset after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the divisive rhetoric that has followed.

A former public school teacher, Talarico has emerged as one of Texas Democrats' strongest communicators. He joins Colin Allred and Terry Virts in the primary.

Professors' concerns included the state's DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.

The killing of a Democratic state representative in Minnesota this past weekend has Kansas Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes concerned about her and her family's safety. The name of Missouri U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II was also included on the suspect's "hit list."