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Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clenched the speakership of the Texas House on Tuesday in the culmination of an ...

The GOP in CT, arguably the bluest state, supports Trump despite differences and must make that work at the ballot box.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a rally at the Tarrant County Republican Party Headquarters in Fort Worth ...

A GOP bill banning transgender girls from playing high school sports could cause conflicts around California even if it fails ...

A sea of red hats, homemade T-shirts, and even some blonde wigs could be seen at East Mountain Country Club in Westfield as ...

That dynamic fuels the unpredictability put on display in last week’s budget fight and sets up inevitable future conflicts within Trump’s broadened Republican coalition. That Trump failed to ...

Burrows bested challenger David Cook (R-Mansfield) in a runoff vote on the first day of the Texas Legislature in Austin.

Thousands of supporters waited for hours in rain, hail and sleet for a chance to attend President-elect Donald Trump's final ...

“I’ve seen a cycle in which we’ve lost a point or so in turnout,” said Jeff Dalton, a Democratic Party consultant who ... Averie Bishop sorts through shirts with her mother Marevi at ...

LGBTQ groups said the actions prompted bullying attacks against transgender students. TruEvolution, a Riverside-based LBGTQ ...