Pressed on Fox News about GOP policies in Texas, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick turned to racism to deflect

It will take some doing, but if Democrats can capitalize on the GOP's weaknesses, there might be hope for Texas

By Tues. morning, more than 30 House Republicans had either called for the speaker's resignation or pulled support

Former governor, in a somewhat bizarre interview, goes off

Richard "Bigo" Barnett was found guilty Monday on all eight counts after less than 2 hours of deliberations

"We obviously do not feel that the evidence in this case reveals that the defendant acted in lawful self-defense"

Texas is locked in a legal battle over whether it must expand voting by mail.

Donald Trump, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Sen. Ted Cruz are all still slated to speak at the event

Pro-business Joe Straus and religious right fanatic Dan Patrick face off in a Texas legislature special session

After inaccurate reporting transformed the trajectory of the story, the network doubles down and denies culpability

Before Hillary Clinton encouraged women to run for office this week, they had already started signing up to do so

Why James Franco and Natalie Portman's new stoner atrocity deserves a special place in the canon of awfulness

Her case is eerily similar to Trayvon Martin's, so where is the outrage at the start of her murderer's trial?

The right pounces on discrepancies in her bio, but they're still not Bridgegate

It may not be front-page news, but Relisha Rudd is missing -- and it reminds me of the violence of my own childhood