This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Two members of Congress are pressing officials for answers after NBC News ...

Texas lawmaker files legislation that would pave the way for Texas senators to be recalled by the Texas Legislature.

Since I was studying political science at the University of Houston in the 1970s, Democrats have been predicting a blue wave would eventually sweep the Texas political landscape. Their hopes ...

This week, Sen. John Thune (R., S.D.) won the race for Senate Majority Leader—paving the way for Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) to become the new chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, which has ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the chair-in-waiting for the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, vowed on a podcast episode released ...

Cruz stated before the elections that putting so-called "guardrails" around the NIL space within college football will be a ...

If passed, Texas House Bill 1267 would allow lawmakers to recall the state's U.S. senators mid-term with a simple majority in ...

Republicans have a comfortable three-seat majority in the Senate, but there is no guarantee every Republican will be on board ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general was also under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over ...

Ted Cruz was in a familiar position: fighting for political survival in a state where other Republicans were routinely ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

Ted Cruz plans to vote for fellow right-wing firebrand Sen ... gave him more than $500,000 in what was ultimately one of the ...