Cruz Compares UT Football Team to Teenaged Girls
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, son of a Longhorn, took a swipe at the beleaguered University of Texas football team — and junior high female athletes — during a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday. Full Story
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The Ticket: How the Paris Attacks Affect 2016 GOP Campaigns
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott talk about how the recent terrorist attacks in Paris are already playing a role in the 2016 campaign. Full Story
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White House Asks Supreme Court to Review Immigration Ruling
The Obama administration on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to review a federal appellate court's ruling that struck down the president's controversial immigration program. Full Story
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Cruz Disagrees With Trump on Muslim Registry
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Ted Cruz on Friday put a bit of distance between himself and arguably his closest ally in the presidential race: Donald Trump. Full Story
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Cruz Looks to Lock Down Another Big-Name Endorsement in Iowa
Fresh off winning the support of Iowa Congressman Steve King, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz is looking to snag another major endorsement in the early voting Hawkeye State: social conservative kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats. Full Story
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Analysis: For Public Officials, the Blame Comes With the Fame
Somebody in public life does something stupid, or just controversial. Do you blame a staffer — a little person down in the basement — or do blame the officeholder who hired them? It really doesn't matter. Full Story
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In Refugee Plan Vote, 5 Texas Democrats Go Against Obama
Five Texas Democrats were among those who shrugged off a presidential veto threat and overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the U.S. until they go through a more intensive screening process. Full Story
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Miller Facebook Post Compares Refugees to Rattlesnakes
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller — no stranger to social media fireworks — appears to be comparing Syrian refugees to venomous rattlesnakes. Full Story
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Farenthold, Former Staffer Resolve Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
A former staffer's sexual harassment suit against the office of U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold has been resolved with mediation, appearing to end an embarrassing chapter for the Corpus Christi Republican. Full Story
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Presidential Candidates Start to File for Primary
Presidential candidates are starting to take their first official step toward competing in Texas' March 1 primary: getting on the ballot. Three Republicans have already filed for a spot on the Texas ballot. Full Story
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Analysis: A Judicious Swipe at Pensions for State Lawmakers
Between now and the next legislative session, Texas lawmakers will be tinkering with an obscure formula that links their own state pensions to the salaries of state judges. Full Story
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Birdwell Asks AG to Clarify Where Colleges Can Ban Handguns
In an apparent effort to shut down talk of banning guns in college classrooms, state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify where universities can prohibit handguns with the state's campus carry law goes into effect Aug. 1. Full Story
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Biden Touts Houston's Green Makeover as National Model
Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday praised Houston's effort to turn greener — by harnessing millions of dollars in public and private funds to build parks and paths to connect them. Full Story
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Was Roger Williams' Auto Dealer Amendment a Conflict of Interest?
Buried within a massive federal transportation bill is a little-noticed provision that is of great interest to automobile dealers. The man who offered the amendment is U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, a second-generation car dealer. Full Story
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In Dallas, Clinton Continues Offensive Against Sanders
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a boisterous rally in Dallas Tuesday to offer a thinly veiled critique of Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders, suggesting his health-care proposals would undermine efforts to reform the system. Full Story
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Refugee Nonprofits: Texas Response is What ISIS Would Want
A day after about half of the country’s governors promised to block Syrian refugees from resettling in their states, religious and nonprofit leaders warned that those actions could have a dramatic impact on refugee resettlement. Full Story
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Red River Landowners Take Battle with Feds to Court
Tired of waiting on lawmakers and bureaucrats to clear up their limbo, a group of North Texans has turned to the courts in an effort to reclaim thousands of acres of ranch and farmland along the Texas side of the Red River. Full Story
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Texas Delegation Raises, Shares Big Money
Recently filed campaign finance reports show whether Texas congressional incumbents are building viable re-election operations, and they also reveal how Texans spread their campaign wealth to colleagues. Full Story
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In First Major Iowa Ads, Cruz Campaign Spotlights Debate Moments
Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is using its first major ad buy in Iowa to highlight some of his most well-received moments in the Republican debates so far. Full Story
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Cruz Woos Evangelical Voters in South Carolina
The third-in-the-nation South Carolina primary on Feb. 20 will come at a pivotal point for Sen. Ted Cruz, who's betting big that the Palmetto State's religious and elderly voters will commit to him. Full Story
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