Texas

Entire Midwest on tornado warning

Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas have been told to expect dangerous tornadoes and hail VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Monday, May 20, 2013 8:50 PM UTC
News Video, Weather, Oklahoma, midwest

Gohmert: IRS would’ve “probably shot the Boston Tea Party participants”

"They would have killed off over half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence," he added VIDEO

Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 20, 2013 8:33 PM UTC 27
Politics Video, Louie Gohmert, Texas

America’s greatest threat: Unsafe work conditions

The Texas fertilizer plant explosion reveals that lax regulations are far more dangerous than any form of terrorism

David Sirota Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 30
Politics Patriotism, Texas, West

At least 6 dead in Texas tornado

The twister devastated the city of Granbury, damaging homes and injuring dozens

John L. Mone and Terry Wallace, Associated Press Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:01 PM UTC
Life Associated Press, Texas, tornado

Investigators launch criminal probe into Texas fertilizer plant explosion

Until Friday, the blast that killed 14 people had been treated as an industrial accident

Associated Press Friday, May 10, 2013 7:30 PM UTC
News Associated Press

Steve Stockman is giving away an AR-15

"Grab this gun before Obama does!" Rep. Stockman Tweeted in the giveaway announcement

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:39 PM UTC 11
Politics Steve Stockman, Texas

Tea Party group plans recount of Allen West ballots

True the Vote, a Houston group that pushes for harsher voter restrictions, will review voting records from the race

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, May 8, 2013 5:08 PM UTC
Politics True The Vote, Allen West

Battling censorship behind bars

How prisons and jails are barring inmates' access to legal news, literature and letters

Andrea Jones, The American Reader Tuesday, May 7, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Life The American Reader, Prison

Is GOP to blame for the Texas fertilizer plant explosion?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been hollowed out for years under Republican administrations

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Monday, May 6, 2013 3:40 PM UTC
Politics RobertReich.org, GOP, West, Texas

Is Ted Cruz the future of Texas?

The Tea Party favorite embodies the debate that will determine the Lone Star State's political direction

Erica Grieder Saturday, May 4, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 67
News Books, Texas, Ted Cruz

House GOPer: Romney was the kid who couldn’t explain his science project

Rep. Pete Sessions has a theory about why Mitt Romney lost the election

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, May 2, 2013 9:17 PM UTC 15
Politics Pete Sessions, 2012 Elections

Shots fired at Houston airport

At least one person has been critically injured

Associated Press Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:02 PM UTC
News Associated Press, Houston, Texas

Texas AG rules domestic partnership benefits violate state constitution

Greg Abbott argued that the benefits violate the state's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages

Jillian Rayfield Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 5:43 PM UTC
Politics Texas, Gay Marriage, Greg Abbott

Ted Cruz attacks Republican Party “squishes”

Cruz mocked members of his party who were "yelling" about his threat to filibuster gun control VIDEO

Jillian Rayfield Monday, Apr 29, 2013 6:59 PM UTC 13
Politics Video, Ted Cruz, Republican Party

SCOTUS could soon rule on affirmative action

A decision on a Texas University's affirmative action policy could come as early as this week

Jillian Rayfield Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 8:49 PM UTC
Politics Affirmative Action, Texas

Worst Congress money can buy

Failed gun control legislation and a fertilizer plant explosion reveal how poisoned by big money our government is

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com Friday, Apr 26, 2013 8:05 PM UTC 64
Business BillMoyers.com, Texas

Texas church pushes racist doctrine

Nacogdoches' Appleby Baptist Church argues that there's a biblical precedent for strict racial segregation

Marilyn Elias, Southern Poverty Law Center Friday, Apr 26, 2013 4:51 PM UTC 42
Life Southern Poverty Law Center

Bill Clinton jokes about Bush’s “bathroom sketches”

Clinton said he thought about asking for a portrait, but "at my age I think I should keep my suit" VIDEO

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 4:49 PM UTC
Politics Video, Bill Clinton

Larry Klayman: Muslims may be behind Texas fertilizer plant explosion

"Hardly a mention in the mainstream media of even the possibility of Muslim terrorism," he wrote

Jillian Rayfield Monday, Apr 22, 2013 9:15 PM UTC 28
Politics Texas, Larry Klayman

CNN’s Zucker congratulates staff

"And when we made a mistake..."

Alex Halperin Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 6:14 PM UTC
News CNN, Boston Explosions

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