Rep. Dustin Burrows elected as Texas House Speaker
The speaker assigns committee chairmanships and can push for a bill's passage or kill it.
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The speaker assigns committee chairmanships and can push for a bill's passage or kill it.
Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.
Former first lady Michelle Obama is skipping Donald Trump's inauguration. She also did not attend Jimmy Carter's funeral last week.
Satirical news site The Onion won the outlet in a bankruptcy auction that was later voided by a federal judge in Texas.
The latest line of U.S. carriers is named for Gerald R. Ford, and another of the multi-billion-dollar ships bears John F. Kennedy's name.
The fast-moving legal battle over the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report played out days before Trump's second-term inauguration.
Over the next 140 days, lawmakers will have to develop and approve their spending blueprint.
Schools, property tax, and border security are on the agenda for the 89th legislative session; and a fight has been brewing over who will lead the Texas House. Two Republicans are the leading candidates for Speaker: David Cook of Mansfield and Dustin Burrows of Lubbock.
The country music star is set to perform "America the Beautiful" before Trump takes the oath of office.
With his order, the Texas governor bypassed the national mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter.
President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said that L.A. officials were "very prepared" for wildfire, noting that the area is prone to fires.
The 89th session of the Texas Legislature begins Tuesday. As part of passing a budget, lawmakers will consider what to do with the projected $20 billion surplus. There could be political fireworks as legislators are set to elect a Speaker in the ongoing battle between two Republicans that has now become a statewide campaign. (Original air date: January 12, 2025.)
Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 to take over two investigations into President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned.
