Posted: 12:57 PM House and Senate negotiators are making some headway in hammering out an agreement on a state budget, a Texas lawmaker said Monday.

Updated: 2:36 PM The president fielded questions about the IRS targeting of conservative groups and about the handling of the deadly attack in Benghazi.

Posted: 12:49 PM A diplomat who wrote a critical report about security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya says he stands by the assessment and absolves Hillary Rodham Clinton of blame.

Posted: 12:41 PM Republican lawmakers say the revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups is chilling.

Posted: 12:40 PM A Texas congressman who’s the oldest member of the U.S. House says he’ll seek another term next year.

Posted: 12:38 PM One Texas school board election was decided by a single vote and it was the only vote.

Posted: 10:19 PM Proposed bond issues won approval Saturday in six Central Texas school districts.

Posted: 11:47 AM The president used his weekly radio and Internet address to call on Congress to help more homeowners while Republicans pressed a bill allowing workers to trade overtime for time off.

Posted: 11:45 AM A smoke scare Saturday led to the evacuation of the West Wing of the White House.

Posted: 11:39 AM Republican lawmakers in some states are reaching into local affairs of cities and counties.

Posted: 12:24 PM Hundreds of Texas House bills are dead, at least for now.

Posted: 12:17 PM Kentucky’s freshman GOP senator Rand Paul is boosting his profile with an eye on the White House in 2016.

Posted: 12:12 PM The Texas House has passed a bill that would allow some children to consent to immunizations without parents’ approval.

Updated: 1:00 PM The IRS is apologizing for targeting conservative groups for additional review during the 2012 election.

Updated: 6:47 PM The economy is “poised for progress,” President Barack Obama said Thursday during a visit to Texas.

Posted: 2:15 PM The Texas Senate Thursday sent a bill to the governor that would drastically reduce the hours of training required for concealed handgun licenses.

Posted: 12:27 PM A U.S. Senate committee Thursday defeated a border-security provision in an early test of a far reaching immigration bill.

Posted: 12:24 PM Republican congressional leaders say they won’t submit names for a health care advisory board.

Posted: 10:29 AM Lawmakers have until midnight to pass bills out of the Texas House.

Posted: 5:34 PM Blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, a historic first.

Posted: 5:16 PM The state Senate Wednesday approved a plan aimed at increasing the financial stability of the Texas Teacher Retirement System.

Posted: 1:08 PM Dozens of protesters rallied Wednesday in Austin to demand the state expand Medicaid, but hopes for the program are fading.

Posted: 11:59 AM Gov. Rick Perry says he’ll call Texas lawmakers back to Austin if they don’t send him a budget that includes $1.8 billion in tax cuts.

Posted: 11:57 AM A U.S. House panel has approved a measure that would limit reporting of veterans deemed mentally incompetent to the FBI’s background check system.

Posted: 11:55 AM South Carolina’s former governor whose second term was tainted by an affair has been elected to Congress.