As President Joe Biden pushes House Republicans to pass needed aid for Ukraine, he wants voters to understand that nearly two-thirds would actually be going to U.S. factories, like a munitions plant set to open this summer in a gleaming new industrial park in suburban Dallas.

Republicans were not in agreement about whether they supported suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The legislation comes after a bill to decriminalize the test strips passed the Texas House but died in the Senate despite support from Gov. Greg Abbott.

Escalating their fight over Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ handling of immigration at the southern border, far-right representatives say they will oppose any appropriations for his agency.

The former president is courting state support as other GOP candidates try to emerge from his shadow, including Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley.

The leaders of a new House select committee on China are defending Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday after a GOP lawmaker questioned her loyalty to the U.S. based on her Chinese heritage.

Ron Wright died earlier this month after living for years with cancer and testing positive for coronavirus in January. Greg Abbott has not scheduled the special election yet, but it is likely to happen May 1 or sooner. Still, Gooden said Susan Wright would "out-hustle anybody, and she's also not going to think it's her seat." Ron Wright, the former Tarrant County tax assessor-collector, was first elected in 2018 and easily won a second term in November. It remains to be seen whether national Democrats will make a serious push in the special election.