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Sen. Don Huffines is publicly blasting Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway after Caraway called for the National Rifle Association to find a city other than Dallas to hold its annual convention.
Students who survived the Florida school shooting began a journey Tuesday to the state Capitol to urge lawmakers to prevent another massacre.
From now until the March 6 primary, CBS11 is taking a closer look at some key races across Texas and specifically in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
President Trump directs Justice Department to ban gun modifications like bump stocks used in Las Vegas massacre.
Gov. Greg Abbott has refused to say if he voted for other statewide officeholders from his own Republican party in the Texas primary. He said the "ballot is secret. It will remain secret."
George Clooney and his wife are donating $500,000 to students who are organizing nationwide marches against gun violence, and said that they will also attend next month's planned protests.
President Trump is endorsing Mitt Romney in Utah's Senate race, another sign that the two Republicans are burying the hatchet after a fraught relationship.
Early voting begins Tuesday, February 20 and continues through Friday, March 2.
The NRA is scheduled to hold their annual meetings in Dallas this May, but Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway is now calling for the group to stay away and work with elected officials on gun laws.
President Donald Trump offered support for a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases Monday while staying largely mum in the last few days about the victims of the Florida school massacre and the escalating debate about controls on weapons.
The White House says President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve the federal gun background check system after a school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead.
In a case that could affect other states, later this month the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a challenge to a Minnesota law barring voters from wearing political items to the polls.
President Trump spent the holiday weekend at his Florida estate, watching cable news, grousing to club members and advisers and fuming over the investigation of Russian election meddling.
"When the President meets with our nation's Governors in the days ahead, he will make school safety the top priority," Pence said.
The office of special counsel Robert Mueller says a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities.
