What do North Texans care about ahead of the November midterm elections?
With early voting for the November midterm elections underway, candidates are making their final push to reach voters.
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With early voting for the November midterm elections underway, candidates are making their final push to reach voters.
Turnout will be key as Texans voice cost of living concerns in Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico.
A nine-day campaign absence, a heated abortion debate and sharp criticism of ICE. James Talarico faced tough questions at CNN's Jubilee Town Hall.
Democrat James Talarico told CBS News' Ed O'Keefe he won't use AI in political advertising in the race for the Texas U.S. Senate seat, adding, "every ad that we put out is made by human beings."
Republicans are fighting to hold onto their majority in the Senate, where the GOP currently controls 53 seats. To take control, Democrats would need to net four seats in November's election.
James Talarico's Senate campaign is accusing Ken Paxton and his campaign treasurer of "illegally spending" $1 million that was routed to a Paxton-aligned super PAC.
Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico introduced their economic agendas while campaigning in North Texas last week.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
Sen. Darline Graham, who is serving out the remainder of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's term in the Senate, said she will seek a full term for the South Carolina seat her brother held for more than two decades.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
An attorney who defended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his impeachment trial has endorsed Paxton's Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race.
Senate Republicans passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies following a "vote-a-rama." The measure didn't ban the administration's "anti-weaponization" fund.
The wife of Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner told his campaign in 2025 about sexual messages he had sent to other women.
After it became clear that Paxton secured the Republican nomination, both campaigns unleashed their attacks on Tuesday night, with Talarico calling Paxton "corrupt" and Paxton calling Talarico "radical."
While Ken Paxton was acquitted in the 2023 impeachment trial in the Texas Senate, the Attorney General's office will have to pay at least $6.7 million to four former top hand-picked officials.
The president's timing came as a surprise to some people because he made the announcement on the second day of early voting and one week before election day.
It's a clash of some of the Texas GOP's biggest titans, and only one of them will move on to run against Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico in the general election in November.
Incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had occasionally broken with the Trump administration, lost his bid for a third term.
The Senate adopted a budget resolution after a six-hour "vote-a-rama," with the GOP moving forward to fund ICE without Democrats.
President Trump's signing comes after Congress passed a 10-day extension for the controversial warrantless surveillance law.
The unpopular war with Iran and stubborn affordability issues have given Democrats cause to be more hopeful about their chances of flipping key seats — and maybe even winning control of the Senate.
The House passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for 60 days — but it's still unclear how the shutdown will end as the Senate, which approved its own funding plan, is on recess.
The measure, which would have blocked President Trump from continuing military force against Iran, fell short of the simple majority needed to advance.
Sen. John Cornyn, Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt will all join Mr. Trump on his visit.
Jack Fink spoke with the three major Republicans running for U.S. Senate during their campaign stops in North Texas.
