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Republican Ken Paxton is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn instead of seeking another term as Texas attorney general.

The recent United States government's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that was recently signed into law has good news for the ...

The Texas Republican's "Bracero 2.0" legislation — named after a 1940s temporary labor program — would raise wagesand ...

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

Moving forward, spending on Medicare, the insurance program that primarily covers Americans 65 and older, could decline too. Without any further action, the CBO says that the law could trigger an ...

A key House committee has blocked a bipartisan amendment to a spending bill that would have given the Department of Defense ...

Known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, House Bill 32 was filed by state Rep. Valoree Swanson (R-Spring) as lawmakers convene ...

Amid debates about immigration enforcement, tax bills and general chaos in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration has ...

A new law in Texas has significantly lowered the loss funding requirements for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association ...

Every year, Florida legislators introduce bills to try to either loosen or tighten state law on firearms. In 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons and ...