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Crowds are expected to gather around the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Saturday for the annual Rally for Life.

Around 4,000 anti-abortion demonstrators marched to the Capitol in Austin Saturday to celebrate the movement’s long-fought victories in the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, business leaders and Texans tabbed for President Donald Trump’s cabinet gathered in Washington last weekend to discuss the new administration.

Texas' senior U.S. senator says he expects Trump to move swiftly on border matters once he resumes office next week.

John Cornyn (R-TX) met Friday with Chris Wright, whom President Trump has nominated to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, is a member of the ...

Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas

The Laken Riley Act would require federal officials to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally and who are caught committing crimes including theft.

WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

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The bill would rename the facility to the “Eddie Bernice Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center” in honor of the late congresswoman.

Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.