GOP

As the election nears, false rhetoric about noncitizen voting is having a real impact as some GOP officials are scrutinizing voter rolls and questioning some voters’ registrations.

The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that the panel’s subpoena of a conservative donor revealed additional travel and gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which the justice had not disclosed.

Republican Brent Hagenbuch declared victory Tuesday night against Jace Yarbrough for the Republican nomination for Texas Senate District 30. With all counties reporting Tuesday night, Hagenbuch’s primary win is all but official.

Andy Hopper has defeated incumbent Lynn Stucky in the race for the Republican nomination to represent District 64 in the Texas House of Representatives.

Rinaldi has served as GOP chairman since 2021.

It’s coming down to runoffs in a tight state Senate District 30 race, with nearly all precincts reporting early Wednesday morning.

Sen. John Cornyn said in a statement that the upper chamber is broken but he intends to help fix it.

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations faces a steep climb in Texas — where she hopes that the state’s deep-pocketed GOP donor class and open primary can help her pick away at Donald Trump.

The recent truck convoy that directed national attention to a surge of migrants at the Southern border featured dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric that once was limited to extremists.

In a University of Houston poll, nearly half also signaled they didn’t support Republican incumbents who voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis recently stumped in Eagle Pass, with a heavy focus on border issues.

Bryan Slaton’s expulsion comes just three days after the House General Investigating Committee released a scathing report accusing Slaton of supplying alcohol to his 19-year-old staffer and of having sex with her after giving her alcohol at his Austin apartment.