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Former Vice President Mike Pence is making another trip to drum up support among abortion opponents in the early-voting state of South Carolina.

The personal communication from Apple's CEO directly to lawmakers is a sign of how important Apple considers the specifics of the legislation to be.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged the Supreme Court in a friend-of-the-court brief to use Cruz's case as a vehicle to scrap the entire 2002 campaign finance law.

Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seem sympathetic to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge to a provision of campaign finance law that limits the repayment of federal candidates’ loans to their campaigns.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urged the Supreme Court in a friend-of-the-court brief to use Cruz's case as a vehicle to scrap the entire 2002 campaign finance law.

Cruz, a Texas Republican, has argued that the regulation violates the First Amendment's free speech protection.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican, believes the GOP is at a crossroads ahead of the 2022 midterms.

Democrats’ options for passing a voting rights bill dwindle as tensions escalate in the Senate.

Senate Democrats have defeated a bill by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz that would have slammed sanctions on a Russian natural-gas pipeline to Germany.

Senate Democrats are proposing new sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine.

Adam Kinzinger debunks a new myth about the Capitol riot pushed by Sen. Ted Cruz and Fox News' Tucker Carlson.

"It’s ultimately not funny at all," Amanda Carpenter said of the Texas Republican's groveling apology to the Fox News personality.

The day turned into a festival of national division — not a single, unifying commemoration but three very different observances.

In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with Karen and Patrick about the pandemic and Ted Cruz taking heat from conservatives over his comments about the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The popular Packery Channel, which still bears the damage of Hurricane Harvey, is on its way to being shored up against the next storm.

It's not often that Ted Cruz finds himself having to mend fences with the right.

“A lot of people judge me based upon him at first glance,” she said. “But I really disagree with most of his views.”

Tucker Carlson's takedown of Ted Cruz might be the opening of the 2024 campaign

Texas candidates are talking all kinds of things right now, but one set of issues floats to the top, as it has in state elections for decades: border security and immigration.

The Texas senator went on Fox News to seek forgiveness for offending the host.

Just a year ago, many Republicans joined Democrats in reacting with horror to the Capitol insurrection.

After conservative backlash, Cruz took to a FOX News show — whose host also lambasted him — to backpedal from comments he made during a congressional hearing.

Fox NewsA day after Tucker Carlson publicly scolded him for the unforgivable sin of calling the Jan. 6 insurrection a “violent terrorist attack,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hightailed it to the Fox News star’s show on Thursday night to grovel for forgiveness.Yet, while Cruz repeatedly claimed he’d made a “mistake” due to “sloppy and frankly dumb” phrasing, Carlson wouldn’t let the Texas senator off the hook—prompting the one-time presidential contender to plead harder for Carlson’s approval.Cruz, one

Gaetz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Cruz for characterizing the deadly Capitol riot as a "violent terrorist attack."

Gaetz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Cruz for characterizing the deadly Capitol riot as a "violent terrorist attack."

"Of all the things that Jan. 6 was, it was definitely not a violent terrorist attack," Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson said in reply to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

Six members of the Senate and 34 members of the House of Representatives decided not to seek reelection after the Capitol insurrection.

Six members of the Senate and 34 members of the House of Representatives decided not to seek reelection after the Capitol insurrection.

"So why are you telling us it was, Ted Cruz?" Carlson said in his latest whitewashing of the insurrection, adding that Cruz is "legitimately smart."

Republicans in Cobb County, Georgia, blamed people mischaracterizing their prayer vigil for the cancellation.

Fox NewsFox News host Tucker Carlson lambasted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday for the unforgivable sin of calling the Capitol insurrection a “violent terrorist attack,” accusing the ultra-conservative lawmaker of “repeating the talking points that Merrick Garland has written.”Cruz, one of eight GOP senators who objected to the certification of President Joe Biden’s election on Jan. 6, 2021, drew the wrath of the MAGA faithful on Wednesday when he described the storming of the U.S. Capitol in

A year after the Jan. 6 attack, Congress is more deeply divided than ever, and it shows in how lawmakers are choosing to mark the day.

The new video gives Republican lawmakers a taste of their own words about the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Republican senator from Texas said Democrats weaponized the procedure with former President Donald Trump.

The Republican senator from Texas said Democrats weaponized impeachment with former President Donald Trump, adding, “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”

Cruz predicts a GOP House will impeach Biden 'whether it's justified or not'

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in an interview Monday that it is likely that Republicans will win back the House in 2022, and said if they do, they will probably consider impeaching President Biden.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz's daughter revealed on her TikTok page that she disagrees with the...

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyA former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon were actually behind the last-ditch, coordinated effort by rogue Republicans in Congress to halt certification of the 2020 election results and keep President Donald Trump in power earlier this year, in a plan dubbed the “Green Bay Sweep.”In his recently published memoir, Peter Navarro, then-President Donald Trump’s trade advisor, details how he stayed in close contact w

From the winter storm and the Astroworld tragedy to new Texas laws and trash diving in the River Walk, these are the stories y’all read most this year.

He said he would run again in a 'heartbeat.'

The votes had been delayed by political maneuvering by Sen. Ted Cruz over a controversial pipeline in Europe. Emanuel's nomination as ambassador to Japan was among 41 nominations approved overnight.

The Senate has confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to schedule a vote on sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany.

The Senate confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees early Saturday after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to schedule a vote on sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. With many senators anxious to go home for the holidays, Schumer, D-N.Y., threatened to keep the Senate in for as long as it took to break a logjam on a broad array of diplomatic and national security nominees. Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago, was confirmed to serve as ambassador to Japan by a vote of 48-21.

The Texas Republican received a sharp reminder of his infamous Cancun holiday and other controversies.

Many members, largely Republicans, were already missing during Friday morning votes.

Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, taught school board candidates that Critical Race Theory is "taking our schools by a storm." Now his lecture is being circulated as an e-book among conservatives.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a warning shot to Republicans on Wednesday night: Cut a quick deal on more than 20 Biden nominees or prepare to work into the week of Christmas. Schumer, from the Senate floor on Wednesday night, teed up votes on 22 nominees, including several judicial picks and long-stalled ambassador nominations. The move, which sets up a marathon series of votes to start on Friday absent an agreement, comes...

As President Joe Biden announces two more ambassador nominees, the White House and Democrats are warning that maneuvering by some Senate Republicans to block all but a small fraction of Biden’s diplomatic and other national security appointees is doing serious harm to U.S. diplomatic efforts around the globe.

Caroline Kennedy will be nominated for ambassador to Australia. MIchelle Kwan, a former Olympic skater and campaign aide, was tapped for ambassador to Belize.

EDINBURG — A day after launching his “Tough as Texas” re-election campaign slogan, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz praised law enforcement personnel seated nearby, many of whom made up the organization that issued Cruz an endorsement on Tuesday. NBPC President Brandon Judd, a 20-year Border Patrol veteran and frequent Fox News contributor introduced Cruz. Cruz praised Paul Perez, president of the NBPC’s RGV chapter, for acting when the hurricane hit. He honored the family of former Border Patrol agent Javier Vega Jr., who was killed in 2014 while protecting his family when they were fishing in Raymondville. Cruz and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, co-authored a bill to rename the Border Patrol checkpoint along U.S. Highway 77 near Sarita after Vega.

Ted Cruz had a very, very, very bad year. Maybe he’ll blame it on his daughters. Ted Cruz had a very, very, very bad year. Maybe he’ll blame it on his daughters.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., deflected a question from CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday regarding whether she felt endangered by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, when he sat next to her without a mask at the National Cathedral last week.

NBCSaturday Night Live returned from a four-week hiatus this week with a holiday message from Kate McKinnon’s Dr. Anthony Fauci.“Do people still think I’m sexy or are we done with that?” Fauci began. “With COVID cases on the rise, people still have a lot of questions: ‘Is it safe to travel? Can I still use this as an excuse to get out of stuff? I would like to never work again.’”To answer those queries, Fauci presented a series of increasingly absurd scenarios that began with basic situations li

The Texas senator's challenge to a 2002 law is prompting fears that another rollback of campaign finance regulations might be looming.

A former cadet who was expelled from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy after becoming a father is challenging the school’s policy that prohibits students from being parents in federal court.

The Supreme Court next month will hear arguments in his challenge to the law that prevents the repayment, prompting fears among watchdog groups that another rollback of campaign finance regulations might be looming.

Bob Dole's political career began in 1950 with election to the Kansas Legislature.

Crypto enthusiasts believe the fix to ERCOT's reliability problems and price fluctuations is to add another electricity consumer into the mix.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host also debuted a damning new nickname for extremist Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Fauci seemingly suggested that the Texas Republican should be prosecuted over his role in lending legitimacy to the mob that stormed the US Capitol.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is blasting Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious diseases expert, blasted Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19 and said the criticism by the Texas Republican was an attack on science. It was a reference to the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump that was stoked as Cruz helped lead GOP objections to Congress' certifying the 2020 election results.

Xi is the same spelling as the Chinese President's surname. The WHO said the Greek letter Omicron would be "easier" for the general public.

The Texas Republican's "gag" about California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Mexico vacation was slammed as “legit disgusting."

'There was no evidence of widespread fraud,' CBS host told Cruz.

There was no evidence of widespread fraud. "You know that," Margaret Brennan told the senator.

Cruz told "Face the Nation" the Chinese government is "trying to pretend everything is OK."

The following is a transcript of an interview with Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz that aired Sunday, November 21, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas.

O’Rourke joins the 2022 gubernatorial race as Texas’ best-known Democrat, but he carries considerably more baggage after a series of political failures, including his bids for U.S. Senate and president. This time, instead of riding a blue wave nationally, he’ll be fighting a red one.

O’Rourke’s decision to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott ends months of speculation and gives Democrats a formidable campaigner at the top of the ticket — someone who transformed Texas politics with his blockbuster campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018.

As President Joe Biden gets set to sign a $1 trillion infrastructure package, many eyes are turning to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

In 1972, Big Bird lined up on `Sesame Street' to receive a measles vaccine as part of a campaign to get more youngsters inoculated against the disease.

Critics of President Joe Biden have come up with a cryptic new phrase to insult the Democratic president.

Texas Republicans have largely welcomed the blockchain technology industry with open arms. But skeptics are concerned about cryptocurrency mining’s impact on the environment and energy grid.

The Senate has confirmed two prominent anti-Trump Republicans to serve in the Biden administration.

Former President Donald Trump struggled during his first year in office to get his nominees confirmed in a timely fashion in the Senate.

President Joe Biden’s pick for ambassador to Beijing has told lawmakers considering his nomination that Americans should “have confidence in our strength” when dealing with the rise of China, a nation he says the U.S. and its allies can manage.

In their latest push to lift state-level voting restrictions, Senate Democrats failed to secure the 60 votes required to break a filibuster on the Freedom to Vote Act.

Republican Adam Laxalt hopes to win the race for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat by drawing stark contrast between his positions and the direction he says Democrats and their allies in Big Tech, Hollywood and the media are taking the country.

When Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights over the weekend, unsupported claims blaming vaccine mandates began taking off.

The House has approved a short-term hike to the nation’s debt limit.

During the recent standoff over the nation's debt limit, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell showed just how far he'll go to stop President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not again help Democrats extend the government’s borrowing authority.

The former Facebook product manager who has accused the social network giant of threatening children’s safety — and the integrity of democracy — is urging Congress to take action to rein in a largely unregulated company.

Authorities in Texas are reacting to the news of a shooting at an Arlington high school that left four people injured and spurred a manhunt on Tuesday.

Abortion, guns and religion top the Supreme Court's new term.

Texas Republicans are trying to shore up their slipping dominance in America’s biggest red state with redrawn voting maps.

With Washington still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent.

Allies of Donald Trump are mounting a Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol, aimed at supporting protesters now in jail on charges from the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The architect of an upcoming Washington protest that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name.

The top U.S. military officer is defending his phone calls to his Chinese counterpart during the final months of Donald Trump's presidency as an effort to avoid misunderstandings and conflict.

Allies of former President Donald Trump are calling those charged in the Jan_ 6 riot at the U_S_ Capitol “political prisoners.”.

Three Republican presidential prospects have sharply condemned President Joe Biden’s handling of the end of the war in Afghanistan.

Republicans in America’s largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan “Keep Texas Red,” a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics.

Republicans in America’s largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan “Keep Texas Red,” a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics.

Photos and videos went viral on social media this week, showing what appeared to be a man dangling from a helicopter in Afghanistan. Several pundits, and even Sen. Ted Cruz, claimed it showed a man being hanged by the Taliban.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Chip Roy will kick off a border tour on Tuesday with a roundtable discussion in Boerne.

Wray is among eight candidates, including five Republicans, on the ballot Tuesday to fill a vacancy in his old House District 10.