AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party's hard right and anger over ...

With the race for speaker of the Texas House coming down to the wire, the Republican-on-Republican war deepens.

Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas ... bid for speaker carries the risk of a full loss of power, with the possibility of being relegated to the background under a Cook-led House.

The Texas attorney general said he is frustrated with the longstanding tradition that awards the minority party at least some ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post following a bruising ... Dade Phelan said he was ending his bid to serve a ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party’s hard right and anger over the ...