Posted: 12:15 PM The power tied to Gov. Rick Perry’s veto pen is growing as the end of the Legislature’s session nears.

Posted: 12:13 PM A senior White House adviser insisted Sunday that the president first learned that the IRS targeted tea party groups from news accounts.

Posted: 12:01 PM The CEO of The Associated Press says the government’s seizure of journalists’ phone records was unconstitutional.

Posted: 3:27 PM Texas House and Senate negotiators have struck a budget deal, an official said Friday.

Posted: 3:23 PM The GOP is hoping the scandal that’s engulfed the IRS could snag the president’s health care overhaul.

Posted: 1:57 PM A Texas Senate committee Friday sent a bill legalizing switchblades to the full chamber.

Posted: 1:53 PM A veteran Texas lawmaker is leading a revolt of sorts against the state Senate.

Updated: 1:00 PM House and Senate negotiators in Austin are close to agreement on a new state budget that would restore $4 billion in school funding.

Posted: 12:22 PM A Texas sheriff who took office in January quit after pleading guilty to a tampering charge.

Posted: 12:55 PM Texas House Democrats say Republicans are threatening to send the Legislature into a special session.

Posted: 12:52 PM A U.S. House committee Thursday approved a bill that would tie student loan interest rates to financial markets.

Posted: 6:17 PM The acting commissioner of the IRS has resigned after an investigation found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama said Wednesday evening.

Posted: 3:45 PM The FBI’s investigation of the IRS could include potential civil rights violations, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.

Posted: 12:19 PM U.S. House Speaker John Boehener wants to know who’s going to jail in the wake of the revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups in the 2010 and 2012 campaigns.

Posted: 6:11 PM U.S. Reps. John Carter, R-Round Rock and Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, have filed legislation that would provide an incentive for gun owners to secure firearms.

Posted: 2:39 PM Civilian employees of the Department of Defense will be furloughed for as much as 11 days beginning in July under a plan announced Tuesday by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.

Posted: 1:31 PM Two Republican governors are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate after the IRS admitted it targeted conservative political groups for particular scrutiny during the 2010 and 2012 campaigns.

Updated: 2:42 PM The chairman of the GOP says Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in light of the revelation the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors.

Posted: 4:03 PM The Texas House Monday approved a bill increasing the minimum age for using a tanning facility.

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.