Grass-roots political activists claiming ties with the conservative Tea Party movement are challenging 11 of Texas’ 32 members of Congress this year in contests that will gauge the backlash against incumbents.

The clash of the titans in the Republican race for governor suddenly is under siege from a mouse that roars.

At the writing of this article, the sizzling hot Senate race in Massachusetts between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown is nearly over, with what promises to be a spine-tingling, jaw-dropping finish.

Harris County Democrats trying to keep a conservative activist off their primary election ballot are getting help from a surprise ally: Republican Precinct 4 Commissioner Jerry Eversole.

Texas Democrats cheered the news when Houston’s popular ex-mayor Bill White joined the race for governor, but in the first Rasmussen Reports … he trails his two chief Republican opponents by double-digit margins.

Governor Rick Perry is to be commended for refusing federal educational funds from the $4 billion Race to the Top (R2T) fund established by President Obama & Secretary of Education Duncan.

As if bailing out banks and the auto industry wasn’t enough, now Washington, D.C. wants more control over schools.

Texas will be “last in, first out” among states battling the recession, although a recovery that has already started will require patience, a leading economist says.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, national spiritual and political leaders joined a sign-waving crowd of what is being reported as “thousands” of pro-lifers in Houston today to rally against what they called …

In the largest anti-abortion protest held in Houston in years, several thousand people on Monday marched, prayed and kept silent.