Carson Edges Trump In Latest Poll
Ben Carson has surpassed Donald Trump and now leads the GOP field in the race for the nomination.
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Ben Carson has surpassed Donald Trump and now leads the GOP field in the race for the nomination.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott is calling for a "sanctuary cities" law in Texas in his most public support of the divisive immigration issue since taking office.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has picked up the backing of a Texas billionaire and the state's lieutenant governor.
Opponents of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are taking yet another challenge to the law to the Supreme Court, and say they will be back with more if this one fails.
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced Friday he would end his quixotic Democratic presidential campaign after failing to gain traction against Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Obama administration over a fee that its signature health law imposes on states via insurers operating under the Medicaid program.
Texas health investigators have visited several Planned Parenthood clinics in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, as Texas moves to halt Medicaid funding to the organization.
Republican Rep. Paul Ryan is likely to become the next speaker of the House. He's already become an unlikely spokesman for balancing family life with work.
A West Texas university has conferred an honorary doctorate on former first lady Laura Bush.
Hillary Clinton is taking center stage as the star witness in the Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Criminal charges that accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of defrauding investors are causing the state's top prosecutor to remove himself from some duties at work, his office said Wednesday.
Vice President Joe Biden has formally announced that he will not be running for President of the United States in 2016.
If the GOP's baffled establishment wants to dismiss their party's billionaire presidential front-runner, it appears they'll have to do it themselves.
President Barack Obama will take steps to improve doctor training and ease access to drug treatment as part of an effort to help communities battling the scourge of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse.
Rep. Paul Ryan has told House Republicans he will run for House Speaker if he is the unity candidate of the divided party.
