WASHINGTON – The Senate was headed for a confirmation vote Thursday night on Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee ...

Mother Lode Assemblyman David Tangipa argues that the state’s High Speed Rail project will be a modern-day Stonehenge without ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is holding a press conference at this hour to address the dismissal of all charges against ...

While Democrats don’t have the Senate votes to tank Trump nominees, they can derail the chamber’s day-to-day functions.

State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.

The new National Wildland Firefighting Service would require a specific budget and a Senate-confirmed director.

Democrats are pushing the Department of Homeland Security for answers following media reports that several U.S. citizens were detained by immigration officers.

President Trump’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California’s Central Valley last week — with the purported goal of dousing fires 100 miles away — is being slammed as both ...

The House was in recess last week. Both it and the Senate are scheduled for legislative activity next week.