Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...

The Texas attorney general told The New York Times that the state's senior U.S. senator has lost a big part of his party's ...

The New York Times reported Wednesday that Ken Paxton will likely mount a primary challenge against John Cornyn.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is setting the stage for a 2026 primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn. Though he hasn’t officially declared, his latest remarks are hard to interpret otherwise.

The sweeping tariff plan President Donald Trump unveiled Wednesday drew mixed reactions from Texas lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with the responses falling largely along party lines. Trump characterized ...

At the time of the hearing, the Trump administration had received two-thirds of all universal injunctions issued over the past 25 years.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton all but announced his candidacy to run against long-time U.S. Senator John Cornyn on ...

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz clashed with Democrat Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar Wednesday over the record number of ...

Ted Cruz Directly Accuses Democrats Of ‘Hypocrisy’ At Hearing Probing Judges’ Universal Injunctions At today's Senate ...

A Senate hearing briefly stalled out as Ted Cruz and Amy Klobuchar clashed over the legality of nationwide injunctions filed ...

Abilenians came to a town hall organized by Taylor County Democrats, asking questions of Congress with no guarantee of an ...

In an interview, the Texas attorney general attacked Senator John Cornyn as out of touch, and said he had talked to people ...