The latest politics news from The Texas Tribune.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed on Wednesday that a video obtained by his office as part of its investigation into Planned Parenthood practices is “consistent” with other undercover videos released by an anti-abortion group. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/29/7C2A2738.jpg)
A Texas Senate panel will meet Wednesday to scrutinize Planned Parenthood practices in the aftermath of the release of undercover videos of the abortion provider's executives discussing fetal tissue donation. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/07/22/Protesters-Split.jpg)
The state of Texas can't hide behind sovereign immunity to escape a lawsuit for denying birth certificates to U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants, some legal experts contend. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Justice.jpg)
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has picked up the endorsement of one of his home state's most prolific Tea Party activists. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/31/Cruz_HQ_2.jpg)
More than 2,000 undocumented women and children being held in "deplorable" conditions at federal immigration detention centers are supposed to be released under a recent federal judge's order. But how long that takes and what happens to them next remains unclear, attorneys say. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Immigration-family-detention-protesters.jpg)
Legislators on the Senate Health and Human Services Committee are being offered the chance to view a video obtained by the Texas attorney general's office as part of its inquiry into Planned Parenthood's practices regarding fetal tissue donation. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/27/D54H4667.jpg)
In the span of 10 minutes on Sunday afternoon, Texas' two senators engaged in what was — by Senate standards — a tough exchange on the chamber’s floor. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/10/_S3R1888CornynCruzCMS.jpg)
The Texas attorney general's office has opened an investigation into a contested election in the Rio Grande Valley won by a client of Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa two years ago, according to a lawyer for the losing candidate. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/10/7C2A6286.jpg)
Jeff Judson, the former president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, announced Friday he is launching a challenge to unseat House Speaker Joe Straus. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/09/7C2A8058.jpg)
There are few places in modern life where strict decorum remains like the halls and the floor of the United States Senate. And on Friday morning, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz shattered one of the surest unwritten rules of the upper chamber. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/15/TT_Cruz_03_071515-sized.jpg)
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Houston City Council must repeal or put up for public vote the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, or HERO, which extends protections to gay and transgender residents. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/19/LadyJustice-GayMarriage-2a.jpg)
Donald Trump swept through the sweltering border city of Laredo on Thursday afternoon at a dizzying, sometimes incomprehensible clip, mostly serving as the grand marshal of an amorphous parade of angry detractors, rowdy supporters and a massive press corps packed into a pair of coach buses. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/23/Trump-Hat.jpg)
Hispanic Republican leaders in Texas were pretty happy with how Gov. Greg Abbott performed in his maiden year, but they're less pleased with his silence since Donald Trump starting bashing Mexican immigrants. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/05/TexTrib-Hispanics-006.jpg)
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump still made his way to the Texas-Mexico border on Thursday, even after a Border Patrol union here backed out of hosting him. "They say it's a great danger, but I have to do it," Trump said. Full Story
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday asked a federal district judge to dismiss a lawsuit that claims a state agency violated the U.S. Constitution by denying birth certificates to U.S.-citizen children of immigrant parents. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/22/BirthCertificate-Passport.jpg)
It's one thing to land a seven-figure donor in the super PAC era. It's quite another feat to nail down a monster contributor who will give exclusively to support a single presidential candidate. One such family is sticking with Rick Perry. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/04/_S3R7970Perry2.jpg)
Former Gov. Rick Perry unloaded on Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday during a speech in Washington. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/02/Perry_National_Press_ClubTT_qHC6Fog.jpg)
Texas Republicans who grouse that the federal government doesn’t enforce immigration laws might soon have Congress to thank for beefing up enforcement at the state and local levels. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ea89926d66ca79f69b0dbaed4b376989/BD%20INC%20Presidio%20Crossing%202011)
Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren, Rick Perry's presidential campaign finance chairman, hasn't contributed directly to the former governor's campaign. But he has plowed $6 million into a coalition of super PACs supporting Perry’s bid. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/06/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_7779_rfm.JPG)
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who has drawn fire for his inflammatory comments on illegal immigration, is making a trip to the Texas-Mexico border, his campaign announced Wednesday. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TrumpHeadOn.jpg)