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The kingdom said drones fired from Iraq damaged the East-West pipeline, which can carry up to 7 million barrels of oil a day.

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Construction contracts are being awarded at a historic scale through a streamlined process that could put Trump on track to realize his vision for a border wall.

The Texas senator’s defeat to Ken Paxton sparked talk he’d join the “YOLO Caucus” of Republicans defecting from Donald Trump. This week, he sided with Senate GOP leadership on every key vote.

With Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico already sparring, the Texas Senate race will offer this year’s most direct collision between the competing theories of populism that now dominate...

Senator John Cornyn is trying to fight off Texas’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, in a battle to see how far right the state can be pushed. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, may benefit.

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Public opinion polling and analysis from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Times Opinion convened a panel of state experts to weigh in on the Senate Republican primary.

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We’ve compiled every serious scandal the Texas Attorney General has faced during his political ascendancy.

In Texas, in particular, candidates have fastened on a growing Muslim population as they seek a new political scapegoat. The state's top elected officials have led the charge.