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Michael Hardy of Texas Monthly argues DeSantis has increasing influence in Texas as his political star continues to rise.

The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned until Wednesday after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., failed three times to secure the votes needed to become speaker.

Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans have expressed support for legalizing fentanyl test strips, which help users identify whether the drugs they are planning on taking contain the deadly synthetic opioid.

The former press secretary has become a high-profile Republican fighting against Donald Trump. And she’s doing that from an old house in Plainville, Kansas, a ranching-and-oil town of 1,750 in a county where Trump won 86% of the vote.

From Texas Standard . In the 2016 presidential election, evangelical voters were some of President Donald Trump’s most stalwart supporters. But new data...

From Texas Standard: As Texans head to the polls for early voting, a new Texas Tribune report has found that state campaigns have raised $67 million so...

From Texas Standard: On March 6, Texas will hold the first primary contests in the nation this year. If patterns emerge in the statewide results, the...

A prominent policy expert wrote an editorial in The New York Times this week predicting that the recently passed Republican tax plan could result in a…

From The Texas Tribune:A blast of retirements and a grim political climate for the GOP could dramatically reshape the future of the Texas Republican…

Oklahoma Democrats had a couple of big wins this week, as they flipped two Republican seats blue.As The Oklahoman reports, Democrats won two special…