Obama Jokes About Future With Letterman
President Obama joked about their quieter futures during his eighth "Late Show" appearance Monday, saying Americans have grown up with the veteran comedian.
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President Obama joked about their quieter futures during his eighth "Late Show" appearance Monday, saying Americans have grown up with the veteran comedian.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced Tuesday that he will seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Texas moved Monday to ban its own cities from imposing prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas drilling activities within their boundaries.
The Texas House has overwhelmingly voted to prevent "double dipping," or elected officials who retire on paper to begin drawing state pensions while still in their jobs.
Cities and counties statewide could no longer prohibit hydraulic fracturing under a sweeping, oil and gas industry-backed bill that has cleared the Texas Legislature.
Former technology executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson jumped into the race for the Republican presidential nomination Monday.
Piece by piece, President Obama is trying to build the foundation for the legacy he wants to leave, putting in place decisions that will reverberate beyond his presidency.
Streets from downtown to uptown were blocked off for Vice President Joe Biden, who was scheduled to speak at the Gill Foundation's OutGiving Dinner; a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender event at the Ritz-Carlton in Uptown.
The Texas House is to debate the first major proposal to tighten chemical storage regulations more than two years after the deadly West fertilizer plant explosion.
The Texas House has preliminarily passed a plan revamping the state's economic incentive programs, including dissolving a pet fund of Rick Perry that funneled $200 million in taxpayer dollars to startups.
A pair of protests Friday night will put a voice to concerns over law enforcement issues in North Texas. However, the demonstrations bring up questions about safety.
The Texas Senate has approved a plan that would allow shoppers to buy guns, ammunition and hunting supplies without having to pay sales taxes during the last weekend in August.
One day after Sen. Ted Cruz said Hispanics don't panhandle because it would be shameful for them, the Republican presidential contender is refusing to offer an opinion about African-Americans who beg for money on the street.
Jeb Bush spoke in a language most Republican presidential primary voters do not understand. "You are part of the new wave of hope for this country," he said in fluent Spanish.
The Texas Senate has voted to bar universities statewide from increasing tuition by more than 1 percent over the cost of inflation until the 2018-19 academic year.
