Category: Politics

Former Vice President Mike Pence declined on Sunday to publicly endorse Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, avoiding direct questions about the Texas attorney general’s legal controversies while arguing that the Republican Party has moved away from its traditional conservative roots. During an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Pence said the GOP has increasingly embraced […]

Dallas city officials estimate that maintaining a hiring freeze on hundreds of vacant positions could save approximately $32 million as leaders prepare the city’s budget for the 2027 fiscal year. According to a memo released Friday by Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland, Dallas had 705 vacant nonseasonal positions funded through the general fund as of […]

John Cornyn discovered this week that alignment with Donald Trump does not necessarily guarantee support from the Republican Party’s hard-line MAGA base. On Tuesday, Trump endorsed Ken Paxton in the closely watched Republican Senate runoff, choosing the Texas attorney general over Cornyn in a race that has highlighted divisions within the GOP. The endorsement represented […]