The Texas Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border ...

Her critics would prefer a lesser-known candidate who can concoct a bipartisan pitch. But the Dallas congresswoman believes ...

As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.

Her anti-climactic exit from office caps a saga of waning power and growing discord. But what her rise once promised is worth ...

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Steve Stockman, the felonious GOP politician, wants to return to Washington with bid for newly gerrymandered Houston-area ...

If there’s anything good in Texas—academic freedom, labor, voting rights, education, politics—his litigation facilitated it." ...

Despite growing anti-Muslim sentiments and discrimination, American Muslims continue to engage civically and thrive as a community.

More than a year and a half since Governor Greg Abbott launched his taxpayer-financed plan to build a border wall along the Texas-Mexico border, the state has made little progress. But Abbott may soon ...

Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway. When immigration agents detained Douglas ...

A recently leaked memo recalls a sordid history of inappropriate surveillance, but it also identifies a concerning overlap between neo-fascists and hardline religious groups. “The thing that struck me ...