U.S. Rep. Will Hurd raised over $500,000 in his first quarter in Congress. The figure comes hours after the man Hurd ousted last November, Democrat Pete Gallego, announced he would challenge Hurd to a rematch.
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Hurd Defies the Odds. Can He Last?
Congressional Republicans have never been able to retain a black lawmaker in a true swing district for more than a couple of terms. Could Texas’ Will Hurd change that?
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Weber Apologizes for Comment Comparing Obama, Hitler
UPDATED: U.S. Rep. Randy Weber, R-Friendswood, apologized Tuesday for a controversial tweet that compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler.
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Analysis: When Right Doesn’t Make Might
Republican challenges to sitting Republican speakers of the House could backfire on the renegades — showing them to be far less numerous or politically powerful than they previously appeared.
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Video: Hurd on the CIA and Torture
At our 12/18 conversation, U.S. Rep.-elect Will Hurd, R-San Antonio — a former undercover CIA officer — talked about the recently released report on the agency’s interrogation techniques.
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Demographics
Video: Hurd on Immigration Reform
At our 12/18 conversation, U.S. Rep.-elect Will Hurd, R-San Antonio, talked about how the 114th Congress should tackle the thorny issue of immigration reform.
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Video: A Conversation With Will Hurd
Full video of my 12/18 conversation with U.S. Rep.-elect Will Hurd, R-San Antonio, who talked about the CIA torture report, Cuba, the Sony hack, border security, the Aggie Bonfire and more.
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Farenthold’s Challenges May Go Beyond Lawsuit
U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold’s office is facing a lawsuit in which a former staffer has alleged sexual harassment. A Farenthold spokesman has denied the accusations, but operatives are mulling what could happen to the congressman on Capitol Hill.
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Analysis: A U.S. Senate With a Texan at the Top?
If the Republicans win control of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s elections, the second-ranking member of what is now the minority party — John Cornyn of Texas — could be sitting pretty.
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Health care
Dallas Hospital Apologizes for “Mistakes” in Ebola Care
A representative of the Dallas hospital under scrutiny for its handling of the first Ebola case in the United States apologized on Thursday for mistakes he said the facility made when it initially misdiagnosed the patient.