U.S. Sen. Cornyn, a Republican, wants the FBI to use tools he says it has to track lawmakers who "cross state lines." The ...

The Aalborg Zoo in Denmark said it would take certain surplus pets such as chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs to be "gently ...

U.S. Rep. Greg Casar's job is threatened by Republicans' new redistricting plan. He says the map was drawn by Trump's ...

After U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reported progress in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump is open ...

The Army says that law enforcement was dispatched to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area at 10:56 a.m. local time and ...

The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the ...

White House envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a last-ditch effort to convince him to make ...

There's a fresh push to edit the genes of human embryos to prevent diseases and enhance characteristics that parents value.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he will seek a court ruling declaring that state House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state have “abandoned their offices." Gov. Greg ...

On Sunday, Texas Democrats fled the state to avoid giving Republicans a quorum for a special session. We speak with Texas Republican Tom Oliverson about what's next in the state's redistricting fight.

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, about hosting a group of Texas state lawmakers as they protest a partisan redistricting effort in their state.