After a dozen years as a rising state legislator from southwest Tarrant County, incoming Congressman Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth, makes his debut in the U.S. House of Representatives Jan. 3 with his top priority already in sight.

The senator’s bill to protect in vitro fertilization would have withheld Medicaid funding from states that ban the procedure. Democrats say IVF should be a federal right.

The Laredo Democrat faces federal charges of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government.

Congressman Colin Allred, D-Texas, has won the state's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, and will now face Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the November general election.

Kay Granger’s plans to leave Congress created an open race and rare moment for Texas’ 12th Congressional District, one that five Republicans hope to seize.

Rep. Craig Goldman faces off against Dan O’Shea, backed by Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the crowded primary for congressional district 12.

House Democrats are combining several gun policy bills into one large package known as the Protecting our Kids Act. Among the measures in the bill: raising the age to purchase semi-automatic weapons to 21; outlawing the sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of a large-capacity magazine; and creating tax breaks for purchasing proper gun storage equipment.

Democratic candidate Candace Valenzuela called Van Duyne's victory declaration "premature and irresponsible."

Democrat Colin Allred won reelection to U.S. House in Texas' 32nd Congressional District. The North Texas district includes parts of Dallas, as well as University Park, Highland Park, Richardson, Garland and Wylie, among other suburbs.

South Asian Americans are growing in number and political influence — especially in North Texas. Some of these voters and volunteers in Collin County, an area expected to represent larger statewide and national election outcomes, shared the issues they care about.

Both Republican Rep. Ron Wright and his Democratic challenger, lawyer Stephen Daniel, want Congress to approve more coronavirus aid. Exactly what should be in that bill is only the start of their disagreements about the economy.

It's a wide open race for the state's 24th Congressional District, and Democrats see a chance to flip this historically red seat.