An ongoing American-Statesman review of Austin City Council spending shows members are donating taxpayer funds to political causes and spending big on staff development, international ...

Elections in multiple states on Tuesday are set to gauge how voters feel in the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency — and whether Democrats have improved their standing with the midterm ...

The President’s goals were clear on the first day of his term, when he issued an executive order overruling the Fourteenth Amendment’s birthright-citizenship clause.

Heading into the 2026 midterms, voters in Texas appear to be in a foul mood over the economy and the Republicans who are holding power in the state and nationally.

This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.

As Democrats work to pass California’s Proposition 50 on Tuesday, the national stakes are rising, with partisan battles over congressional redistricting erupting across the country.

Bennet favors redistricting if it helps Dems win back the House. But since that can’t happen now, he says 2026 midterms must be the focus.

"When I'm on my feed today, I'm scared to death," on Democratic senator told BI. "I have no idea what's real and what's not." ...

A proposed tax hike before the city on Tuesday has become a referendum on governance in the fast-changing Texas capital.

Newsom topped the bill featuring an array of high-profile Democrats boosting the initiatives. The opposition has condemned the initiative as bad governance and partisan politics.