Polling before the election showed Cruz 1 point ahead of Allred, indicating it could be one of the closest races in the country.

The race for the U.S. Senate in Texas has grown closer in recent weeks ... the experience of being invoked by political candidates as a symbol of absurdity or an object of disgust has taken ...

Republicans are in good position to win the Senate majority, but Democrats still hold hope of retaining control.

A school board vote to cancel a summer Pride event represented one of the first government-sponsored cancellations of the ...

Cornyn made a final pitch based on his fundraising prowess ahead of the Republican leader race to succeed McConnell next week.

The vice president’s appearance in Houston signals her effort to seize on reproductive rights as a galvanizing national issue ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Louisiana state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school ...

The first vote the lame-duck Senate will take as it returns Tuesday will be on a nominee for a Chicago federal court, kicking ...

Losing to George W. Bush was a lot like losing to Donald Trump a second time, with predictions that the Republicans were the ...

Donald Trump’s transition team is working to fill key rolls in his administration. Meantime, GOP lawmakers are angling for leadership of the Senate. Follow for live updates ...