FILE - Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, questions the witnesses during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on Capitol ...

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett dropped her bid Tuesday to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, saying it was clear her “loud and proud” style of politics is not ...

It’s judgment day in the Senate. Republicans are hoping to have a final vote soon on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, their signature tax and spending cuts legislation. But it’s still unclear ...

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, at a House Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight hearing in the Rayburn House office building in Washington on April 2, 2025.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett withdrew from the race to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee, marking the Dallas Democrat’s second defeat in her attempt ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett drops bid for influential post on House oversight panel The Dallas Democrat had said her party should respond more aggressively to the Trump administration and pitched ...

After coming up empty in the Texas Legislature this year, the state's biggest political donor, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, put out a blistering statement blaming House members for stifling its agenda.

The North Texas district opened up last week when Republican Kelly Hancock resigned from the upper chamber to take over as the state’s acting comptroller.

AUSTIN — Every member of the Texas Senate condemned political violence in a joint statement, days after a gunman shot Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota. Former Minnesota House Speaker ...

A rare mid-decade redistricting push has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry a drive to harm Democrats could end up endangering G.O.P. incumbents in 2026.