After Republicans swept many state legislative seats on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott said he had more than enough votes to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is one of three senators seeking to become Senate majority leader next year, ...

John Cornyn is running to succeed Mitch McConnell after years waiting in his shadow. But the far-right, in Texas and ...

Who senators choose, and whether Trump ultimately endorses a candidate in the final hours, could set the tone for Trump’s ...

Cruz made the announcement less than an hour before Republican senators were scheduled to vote for their next leader to ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading conservative, announced Wednesday morning he will back Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for Senate ...

The three-way race features Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, the current whip; John Cornyn of Texas, a former whip; and Rick Scott of Florida, an underdog candidate who just won a second term. Senate ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...

Texas lawmakers began filing bills for next year’s legislative session on Tuesday, submitting a record-breaking 1,500 in the first filing period.

The head of the U.S. Senate choosing its new majority leader, and several Republican and advocacy groups in Texas have issued ...

On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will ...

U.S. Senate Republicans are voting for a new leader and Sen. Ted Cruz has announced he will not be voting for fellow Texan, ...