With federal agents redeployed to manage migrant caravan, Texas border-crossers expect long holiday waits

The elections are behind the state's politicians. The 86th legislative session is ahead. In between, it's time to raise money.

The number of unaccompanied minor children held in Texas shelters reached a new high in November, months after the administration of President Donald Trump ended its policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border.

Check out video of our conversation in Austin with state Sens. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, and Kirk Watson, D-Austin.

The temporary restraining order halts President Donald Trump’s effort to automatically deny asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Ten of the 11 returning members of the Freedom Caucus in the Texas House have publicly backed the Angleton Republican as speaker.

Nearly half of the Democrats who will serve in the House next year signed on to support state Rep. Dennis Bonnen's speaker bid. Other members are left wondering what a House with Bonnen at the helm could mean for them — and whether they could get behind it.

President Trump derided Bill McRaven, who recently left his post as chancellor of the University of Texas, as a “Hillary Clinton fan” and an “Obama backer” before suggesting that the four-star admiral should have caught Osama bin Laden faster.

Winning an election by just a little bit can make a candidate a target in the next election. And this year's ballots in Texas were full of close finishes.

Under Texas law, landlords cannot be punished for discriminating against families with federal housing vouchers. The impact is clear in Houston, where one in four families who receive housing assistance never gets to use it.