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Editorial Roundup: Texas

Mar. 11, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Dallas Morning News. March 9, 2024. Editorial: Renewable energy will transform Texas if lawmakers stay out of the way Texas’ carbon-free energy moments signal a bright future. Solar and wind power are often dismissed as niche sources of power that are...

Wyoming Sen. Barrasso will run for No. 2 spot in GOP leadership, narrowing race to replace McConnell

Mar. 05, 2024 16:04 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso announced Tuesday that he will run for the No. 2 spot in the Senate Republican conference after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell steps down from the top post at the end of the year, bowing out of the race for leader after two of his colleagues...

South Dakota Sen. John Thune jumps into race to succeed McConnell as Senate leader

Mar. 04, 2024 15:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate once Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November. Thune, currently the No. 2 Senate Republican, told local news outlets that he is interested in the...

Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate

Feb. 29, 2024 12:35 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November. Cornyn, who served as...

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump's demolition of deal as a 'gift'

Feb. 15, 2024 00:16 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Yet it quickly collapsed when Republicans — galvanized by Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee — rejected the compromise as insufficient. ...