
Texas is where Democratic dreams die. Did Trump change that with his Senate pick?
The catalog of unrequited hopes and hearts is a long one. Captain Ahab went mad in his vengeful search for Moby Dick. Jay Gatsby’s ostentatious fortune failed to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. Charlie Brown never kicked the football. Then there’s Texas, the land of broken Democratic dreams. It’s been …

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The New York Timesflipped into Home PageAre Texans Ready for Talarico’s Kind of Christianity?
Jim Rigby, a pastor who rarely uses the word “God,” is a key to understanding the Senate candidate trying to pull off something unusual in Texas. On a recent Sunday morning at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, Jim Rigby asked his congregation to share what came to mind when he …
U.S. sought Russia's help to free journalist Austin Tice in Trump's first term, ex-envoy says
Washington — U.S. officials sought help from Russia during President Trump's first term to secure the release of journalist Austin Tice after …
Election denier Tina Peters released from prison
Election denier Tina Peters was released from a Colorado prison Monday, prison officials confirmed, weeks after the state’s Democratic governor granted a controversial commutation that cut her sentence in half. The Republican former Mesa County clerk was convicted in 2024 of state felonies for …
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AlterNetflipped into TOP STORIESGOP strategist tears apart Trump for '$100 million mistake'
After State Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Texas' Republican U.S. Senate primary, Mark McKinnon — a conversative …
The Texas attorney general just compared himself to Donald Trump in this one very specific way and it really wasn’t the flex he thought it was
Texas has long been one of America’s safest havens for gun owners and abortion haters. The conservative state hasn’t voted in a US senator since the …
LGBTQ Nationflipped into LGBTQ NationKen Paxton’s first campaign ad calls James Talarico “too low-T” while avoiding policy issues
Meanwhile, Fox News is suggesting Talarico wears “women’s underwear.” Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign released its …












