In 2025, Texas Republicans, pushed by President Donald Trump, redrew the state’s congressional map before the midterms, converting five Democratic-held districts into ones Trump would have carried by at least 10 percentage points. The move backfired: GOP candidates lost four of five seats their n...
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The three-member Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the state’s massive oil and gas industry, overseeing everything from pipeline safety to natural gas rates....
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From Kyiv to Moscow, and Tehran to Tel Aviv, all eyes were on the Democrats big win as foreign powers weigh how a flipped Congress will affect international relations....
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick conceded the race in a statement late Tuesday.
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The magnitude of the Democrats' outcome was always a possibility, but the depth and breadth of their victories were jaw-dropping.
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Voters on Tuesday elected the nation's first Black woman governor and the nation's first Native American woman governor.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm election , declining to seek support to stay on as House minority leader in the new Congress, according to two people familiar with his decision Wednesday. Jo...
