Texas AG's Injunction Request Banning Syrian Refugees Denied
Paxton's press secretary says the office is now exploring its options to move forward in a different way.
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Paxton's press secretary says the office is now exploring its options to move forward in a different way.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz sought to seal the deal with Republicans on Monday.
Some politicians run from polarizing endorsements. Ted Cruz seeks them out. His strength in the 2016 Republican presidential primary is drawn, at least in part, from the backing of high-profile figures from his party's far-right fringe.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump is aiming for his first win in New Hampshire's primary, while rival Republican candidates, including Jeb Bush, said that their campaigns will go on no matter what the outcome.
Texas Senator John Cornyn has said that it "certainly appears that the EPA did not take action" or at least alert the public about lead contamination in Flint's water.
Washington lawmakers took turns blasting a price-hiking former CEO who has become the new poster child for corporate greed.
Stung by his second-place finish in Iowa, Donald Trump is facing new pressure to prove that he can translate his massive crowds and poll leads into election wins. Trump has blamed his second-place finish on a long list of factors.
Hillary Clinton has been here before, watching a political rival generate youthful enthusiasm with lofty proposals that she believes are going unchallenged. So, on Thursday, she took matters into her own hands.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in a tug-of-war over who's the best standard-bearer for progressive values as they road test lines of argument for the first one-on-one debate of the Democratic campaign.
Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz cast aside any veneer of kindness on Wednesday to trade insults and accusations in a show of hardball politics that demonstrated the stakes for both men in the New Hampshire primary.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum ended his bid for the White House on Wednesday and said that he will support Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
"Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified," Trump tweeted Wednesday.
Sen. Rand Paul is dropping out of the 2016 race for president. Campaign spokeswoman Eleanor May confirmed his decision Wednesday, saying that a statement would be forthcoming.
Sen. Ted Cruz, the newly minted winner of Iowa's presidential caucus, told a story of the 2000 election, when he worked as a "mid-level kid" on George W. Bush's presidential campaign.
Due to risky investments that went bad, Rawlings said the police and fire pension fund is nearly $1 billion in the hole and could go broke in next 15 years.
