DISD's Morath Sworn In As Texas Education Commissioner
Former Dallas school board member Mike Morath has taken over as head of the Texas Education Agency.
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Former Dallas school board member Mike Morath has taken over as head of the Texas Education Agency.
For months, former president Bill Clinton has largely stayed out of the 2016 presidential race, mentioned mostly in passing by Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton -- but not anymore.
President Barack Obama is slated to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening the nation's gun laws.
For all the attention showered on early state voters in the past year by candidates, their unpaid volunteers and high-dollar admakers, the truth is that what happened in 2015 was only the pregame show.
Ted Cruz's reputation as an arrogant, grating, in-your-face ideologue has dogged him throughout the Republican presidential race. But it hasn't stopped the Texas senator's rise.
The campaign for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Wednesday that it has raised nearly $20 million over the last three months, a large haul that further cements him as a serious contender for the nomination.
Donald Trump has a personal beef with one of the efforts aimed at protecting the environment -- it's messing with his hair. Trump told supporters on Wednesday that he's not impressed by replacements for old aerosol hairsprays.
The visit comes in the wake of Governor Abbott's decision to extend the deployment of National Guard troops at strategic locations along the Texas-Mexico border.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says Sandra Bland would not have died in police custody if she had been white.
Former state Sen. Chris Harris has died at a Fort Worth hospital.
More than any other issue, immigration is driving the rivalry between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, presidential rivals focusing on the divisive topic in their messages to Republican voters.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is off on a tour of states in the Super Tuesday voting for the presidential nomination.
The Senate may re-open debate on NSA wire-tapping authority, Mitch McConnell told The Associated Press on Wednesday, broaching a divisive issue already roiling the GOP presidential field.
Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio clashed sharply over national security and immigration in the Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, thrusting their evolving feud to the forefront of the GOP race.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the American people "cannot give into fear" in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris and California, laying out a multi-pronged strategy to protect the homeland.
