Full video of Washington Post chief correspondent Dan Balz’s 2014 Texas Tribune Festival keynote conversation with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Politics
At TribFest, Cruz Talks Possible 2016 Run, Partisan Gridlock
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz hinted that he would make a decision on a run for the White House in the first half of 2015 but that his focus for the next six weeks would be on helping Republicans take back the Senate.
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Criminal Justice
Cornyn at TribFest: GOP Must Lead and Not Throw Tantrums
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said on Saturday that he lamented his party’s contribution to what he said was a dysfunctional government, and he criticized the Obama administration’s handling of the current crisis over the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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Health care
The Brief: Sept. 19, 2014
In the run-up to tonight’s first televised debate between the two leading candidates for governor — Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis — as much attention is being paid to the setting of the encounter as the substance.
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Health care
The Brief: Sept. 17, 2014
State leaders seem reluctant to break out the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the border surge even though apprehensions of illegal immigrants have hit a target goal laid out in July.
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Politics
Inside Texas Politics: Front-Runners’ Strategy
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, we talked about the campaigns being run by three GOP statewide candidates, the conservative makeup of the state Senate, Wendy Davis’ new book and more.
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Analysis: It’s a Lot Easier to Rule With a Mandate
It’s easier to govern if you have a mandate, and you build the mandate while you’re campaigning. So far, the agenda for the next set of officeholders is a little murky.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 12, 2014
Greg Abbott continued on Thursday his attack against his rival in the race for governor, not going after the substance of Wendy Davis’ new memoir but rather the publicity tour that has accompanied it.
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Demographics
What Cruz’s Efforts to End Deferred Action Could Mean for Texas
Ted Cruz calls deferred action for undocumented immigrants “amnesty” and blames it for fueling the surge of Central Americans breaching Texas’ southern border. Repeal is unlikely — but here’s a look at how it would affect Texas.
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Health care
The Brief: Sept. 11, 2014
Opinions differ as to whether the procedure would be allowed under an exemption for fetal abnormalities.
