Posted: 4:43 PM The president is stepping up efforts for his 2012 reelection bid.

Posted: 12:24 PM Senate Majority Harry Reid predicts the tea party movement will falter as the economy improves.

Posted: 10:02 AM Waco’s Pat Green, Clay Walker and the Eli Young Band are among the musicians who will perform during the Texas Inaugural celebration in Austin.

Posted: 3:48 PM Former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara have endorsed Gov. Rick Perry.

Posted: 4:35 PM The first lady will join her husband on the campaign trail in Ohio.

Updated: 7:39 AM More revelations emerged Monday about BP's cost and safety decisions on the days leading up to the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico but Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens says investigators should to leave BP alone for now while the oil company works to stop the spewing oil.

Updated: 2:10 PM Central Texans head to the poles Tuesday to decide who will attempt to unseat District 17 incumbent Rep. Chet Edwards in the November election.

Updated: 5:34 AM Nearly a week after holding a town hall meeting about healthcare reform, Rep. Chet Edwards will be in town again Thursday.

Updated: 6:59 PM Funeral services are Monday for longtime Central Texas Justice of the Peace John Cabaniss, who died Friday in a local hospital.

Updated: 6:47 AM State legislators filed a bill Thursday that could change how school districts statewide receive funding.

Posted: 10:24 AM Caroline Kennedy has pulled out of the running to be the next U.S. senator from New York.

Posted: 9:04 AM That photographers' dream shot of the current president, the next president and the still-living presidents posing for a picture in the Rose Garden? Forget it! An unrelenting rain has forced the class picture inside.

Updated: 7:14 PM A local city council is considering a special election to replace the city’s mayor, whom the council voted 6-1 in March to oust.