
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed ...

Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ...

NRA official: 'Culture war' more than gun rights
The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning to its members they are engaged in a "culture war" that ...

Fresh off victory, NRA holds convention in Houston
Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is clear: The fight has just ...

2016: Rare same-state pairings in the early stages
The early stages of the 2016 presidential race feature an unusual cluster of high-powered potential candidates hailing from the same states, Wisconsin ...

Perry disgusted by cartoon depicting explosion
Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows ...

Obama consoles families, survivors of Texas blast
President Barack Obama consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners Thursday they are not alone ...

Firefighters gather for Texas plant blast memorial
Firefighters and first responders from all over Texas have gathered in Waco to honor those who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West.

Czechs to send funds to blast-hit Texas town
The Czech Republic plans to donate 4 million koruna (some $200,000) to help the Texas town of West recover from a devastating fertilizer plant ...

Texas town where plant blew starts long recovery
From money, food and clothing to new appliances and crews armed with chain saws, help is pouring into the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant ...

Texas town grieves for dead first-responders
Buck Uptmor didn't have to go to West Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. He wasn't a firefighter like his brother and cousin, who raced toward the ...

Crews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast
Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking ...

Key facts about the plant explosion in West, Texas
A fertilizer plant exploded in the small Central Texas farming community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, leaving as many as 15 people dead and ...

Dozens hurt in fatal Texas fertilizer plant blast
Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a warzone early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town ...

Perry remembered as titan of political spending
Once in a rare interview, the Texas tycoon who gave at least $75 million in political contributions over his lifetime argued that writing big checks ...
GOP mega-donor Bob Perry of Texas dead at 80
Republican mega-donor Bob Perry, a Houston real estate magnate who shunned the limelight while generously bankrolling GOP candidates and becoming a ...
Virginia, Utah mount joint raid on Calif. jobs
California sends tomorrow's technology, Hollywood blockbusters and terrific pinot noir to the world. Now, the governors of Utah and Virginia want the ...

DA, wife mourned; search for killers continues
A slain North Texas district attorney and his wife were mourned Thursday by a shaken community that recalled the couple's love, warmth and public ...

Texas sex offenders in sight of rare policy win
Four convicted sex offenders huddled in a busy hallway at the Texas Capitol, congratulating each other for going public and testifying against a bill ...

Budget cuts border security, immigrant detention
Marco Antonio Durazo had been awaiting deportation from an Arizona detention center for six months when an officer came to get him from his cell.

Obama health law anniversary finds 2 Americas
Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for ...

Van Cliburn remembered as gifted pianist
Legendary pianist Van Cliburn was remembered Sunday as a gifted musician who transcended the boundaries of politics and art by easing tensions during ...

States' choices set up national health experiment
President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better ...

A Texas-sized silence as immigration talks ramp up
With nearly 2 million illegal immigrants and a 1,200-mile border with Mexico, Texas has more at stake than most states in the renewed push to overhaul ...