Ted Cruz and Elon Musk are joining a growing number of people in Washington with eyes on the Texas lawmakers as school choice ...

The stage was set this week for what could be a state legislative session of high drama and infighting. FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts have a look at some ...

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A promise to make Texas the film capital of the world has left local creatives raring to cash in — and preparing for a legislative battle, The Texas Tribune reports.

Texans need to be careful about getting swindled again over billions of public dollars being funneled into new private ...

The U.S. Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as President Donald Trump's agriculture secretary, despite concerns over her support for Trump's immigration policies.

Brooke Rollins won confirmation as the new Secretary of Agriculture by a 72-28 Senate vote. Several U.S. agriculture groups congratulated the Texan on her confirmation.

The Republican-led Budget Committee approved a sweeping proposal to unlock Trump's agenda, sending it to the full House.

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

As most Republicans have fallen in line with Trump's agenda, one former ally is pushing back and testing his own power in Washington in the process.

Sen. Mitch McConnell issued a blistering indictment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thursday, with the Kentucky Republican saying his childhood bout with polio heavily influenced his decision to vote ...

Two doctors fell in love while researching different types of rare cancers at MD Anderson Cancer Center. They were coworkers ...