Barriers are high to development of mines and processing plants for vital metals needed for U.S. competition with China.

Presidents' parties historically do poorly in midterms. But White House advisers are confident about holding the Senate, ...

Tax law and funding cuts to Medicaid are the issues most likely to prevent one “big, beautiful bill” from moving through both chambers and reaching President Donald Trump’s desk. Republican leaders ...

The bill faced fierce opposition from hardline conservatives who say it is policing speech and could allow the state to jail ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to ban the use of undisclosed altered images in political advertising. House Bill 366 would make it a crime to use ...

AUSTIN — Lawmakers fiercely debated the role of truth, lies and consequences in elections Wednesday as the Texas House considered a proposal to require disclosures on deceptive political ...

According to votetexas.gov, persons are not allowed to use wireless communications devices within 100 feet of voting stations ...

Dr. Kirby Goidel, a political science professor at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, said the pace of federal action has been aggressive in the administration’s first ...

ABILENE — A novel experiment underway in West Texas could help determine whether ... state officials and political leaders seeking to speed up the process. Financial barriers include ...

Voters in a 1.5-square-mile area in South Texas — near the border with Mexico — are widely expected to vote in favor of ...