Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Texas district court judge to jail former Rep. Beto O’Rourke over his fundraising pitches connected to the state’s intensifying redistricting battle. Paxton’s request accused the Texas Democrat of violating a court order that the judge,

Video shows mangled train cars piled on top of each other on the tracks, as emergency crews attended the scene

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for donations to help cover their costs.

Texas Democratic legislators who fled the state to block Republicans’ redistricting proposal are hammering out a plan for their return home.

On the fourth try, the Texas House failed to make quorum, with 96 lawmakers present. When the House reconvened Tuesday morning, it failed to make a quorum again with 95 lawmakers present. The House will reconvene Friday at 10 a.

Texas is No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time. The Longhorns narrowly edged out Penn State in the closest preseason vote since 1998.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll is out and it’s topped by Texas for the first time in an opening poll

The Top 25 preseason AP Poll was released Monday, instantly sparking major reactions across the football world—especially surrounding the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns, who captured the top spot for the first time in program history.