Tag: Texas

Lawsuit seeks to force an up-or-down vote on the project to avoid input from Nevada on permit approval. (AP Photo/John Locher,File)

Energy and Environment

Texas sues Energy’s Rick Perry over Yucca Mountain

John Siciliano · March 16, 2017 4:47 pm

Texas Senate sends ‘bathroom bill’ to House

Kelly Cohen · March 15, 2017 7:36 pm

We were all fetuses once. Not one of us was ever a sperm. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

Beltway Confidential

Texas lawmaker doesn’t understand that a sperm isn’t a person

David Freddoso · March 13, 2017 6:19 pm

Donald Trump Jr. misses the ‘intensity’ of campaigning

Daniel Chaitin · March 12, 2017 4:10 am

The panel said that one of the districts — District 35 held by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas — was improperly drawn to minimize the number of Democratic districts to unseat Doggett. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Federal court voids 3 Texas districts

Robert King · March 11, 2017 2:33 pm

The event was expected to be his first public appearance since President Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wire-tapping Trump Tower. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FBI Director James Comey drops out of SXSW conference

Daniel Chaitin · March 7, 2017 8:35 pm

Trump touts Exxon Mobil investment in Gulf Coast

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2017 10:09 pm

The Republican Party in the northern portion of Dallas encouraged supporters to turn out in high numbers to a town hall featuring Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Invite for Rep. Michael Burgess town hall: ‘Do not allow this to be overrun by the left’

Anna Giaritelli · March 4, 2017 9:27 pm

For months, activists have spent their days and nights camped in the Texas desert, keeping careful watch on construction of the Trans-Pecos pipeline, a 148-mile project designed to move natural gas across the border to Mexico. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Beltway Confidential

‘A bunch of good looking kids:’ Rapist pipeline protestor welcomes children into camp

Philip Wegmann · March 2, 2017 7:59 pm

"It is imperative we find a way to better screen refugee applicants to maintain national security," Paxton said. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Securities fraud charges against Texas attorney general dismissed

Ryan Lovelace · March 2, 2017 7:46 pm

The Trump administration will not continue the fight against Texas' under the new Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Trump to drop federal challenge of Texas voter ID law

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2017 7:22 pm

Rather than raise revenues through the border adjustment, also referred to as an import tax, Gramm wrote that Republicans should accept a higher corporate tax rate than the 20 percent rate they are currently targeting. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Phil Gramm rips GOP’s import tax plans

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2017 1:10 pm