Ted Cruz caught lying about his trip to Cancun
The Texas Republican admitted that he went to Mexico to escape his cold home after texts surfaced outing the true intent of his trip.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2021The Texas Republican admitted that he went to Mexico to escape his cold home after texts surfaced outing the true intent of his trip.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2021While Sen. Ted Cruz was traveling to Mexico, some in his state were freezing in the dark after winter storms paralyzed Texas.
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2021Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed he always intended to return Thursday from his spontaneous trip to Cancun, Mexico, but other sources suggest the vacation was ‘long-planned.’
By Donna Provencher - February 18, 2021Sen. Ted Cruz, usually prolific on Twitter, has remained silent for more than 13 hours as the Associated Press reports he took a vacation to Mexico during Texas’ winter storm crisis.
By Donna Provencher - February 18, 2021Millions of Texans have gone without power as freezing temperatures blanket the state.
By Oliver Willis - February 18, 2021Residents of Texas are demanding answers over how the state failed such a massive test of a major point of its pride: energy independence.
By Associated Press - February 17, 2021GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is searching for scapegoats as millions of his constituents suffer.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021Gov. Greg Abbott thanked President Joe Biden for declaring a federal emergency in Texas.
By Donna Provencher - February 16, 2021Millions of Texans are suffering without power as the state’s energy grid struggles to handle extreme cold.
By Emily Singer - February 16, 2021Access to abortion in Texas could become even harder for some.
By Lisa Needham - February 05, 2021Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to stop the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing the ban.
By Associated Press - January 26, 2021Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vows he’s going to fight ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ actions by the Biden administration.
By Donna Provencher - January 20, 2021What happened in Texas is a glimpse at the likely future of abortion access in America.
By Lisa Needham - January 18, 2021Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at the White House rally before the violent insurrection at the Capitol, saying ‘we will not quit fighting.’
By Associated Press - January 18, 2021City officials said they were not informed beforehand by Trump’s team of his imminent arrival.
By Donna Provencher - January 12, 2021Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) really does not want a Democratic Senate.
By Josh Israel - January 05, 2021Guests at a recent Republican function danced in a conga line without masks.
By Amy Lieu - December 23, 2020Rep. Dan Newhouse now says the amicus declaring Biden’s wins ‘unconstitutional’ was not intended to change the results.
By Josh Israel - December 21, 2020Their lawyers argue the families facing deportation were never given a fair chance to seek asylum under several policies enacted by Donald Trump’s administration.
By Associated Press - December 18, 2020The Trump administration has three more executions scheduled ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
By Associated Press - December 16, 2020Despite their oath to uphold the Constitution, these Republican lawmakers are hoping to disenfranchise tens of millions of citizens.
By Josh Israel - December 10, 2020Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro called Texas’ lawsuit seeking to invalidate its results ‘seditious,’ ‘inexcusable,’ and ‘indefensible.’
By Emily Singer - December 10, 2020The 17 states’ attorneys general filed a brief supporting Texas’ lawsuit seeking to nullify election results in four states Joe Biden won.
By Emily Singer - December 09, 2020The lawsuit filed by Ken Paxton is doomed to fail, elections experts say.
By Emily Singer - December 08, 2020Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted the delay of a report that he thinks could have helped Trump’s reelection chances.
By Amy Lieu - December 07, 2020And the 6-3 supermajority of anti-abortion justices on the Supreme Court could help them.
By Lisa Needham - November 30, 2020A top pediatrician calls the number of virus cases in children ‘staggering and tragic.’
By Donna Provencher - November 30, 2020City officials say the pandemic has already strained resources and that Trump’s outstanding debt is making things worse.
By Oliver Willis - November 25, 2020Florida’s Republican governor just hired an anti-science sports blogger as a COVID analyst and wonders why coronavirus cases are spiking.
By Donna Provencher - November 13, 2020The lawsuits are ‘designed to generate the appearance of a cloud over the election,’ a Biden legal team attorney said.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020