The Texas House again failed to reach a quorum today as Democrats continue their standoff in their bid to block Republicans’ ...

The ruling is a victory, albeit potentially a temporary one, for Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who sought the temporary restraining order.

Using the FBI to track down AWOL Texas Democrats is an unnecessary expansion of federal law enforcement authority.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said the chamber will reconvene at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) to move ahead with ...

In court papers filed Friday, the Democrats argued that their quorum-breaking tactic is an affirmation of their legislative duties, not an abdication of it.

The legislators who fled the state face a daily fine, but they have also left behind their day jobs in Texas to grind the ...

The statehouse has been without quorum all week for its special session to debate redistricting Texas' congressional map.

Republicans had warned they would escalate efforts to end the nearly weeklong holdout if defiant Democrats do not return to ...

Texas Republicans on Friday sought to increase the pressure on more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state to ...

Shame, however, is not an emotion experienced by many politicians these days, least of all ones who answer to Donald Trump.

The political standoff at the Texas Capitol intensified Friday as Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit seeking to ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing 13 Democrats, claiming their walkout to block GOP maps represents an abandonment of their offices.