Texas Senate Race Tightens

The two candidates in the Texas Senate race are neck-in-neck less than three months out from the midterm election, according to a new poll released on Thursday. An Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey found Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) polling at 47 percent and state Rep. James Tal

Republican senators are criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of an emergency request for $70 billion in defense spending to cover the costs of the Iran conflict and warning that the Pentagon will need to do a better job explaining its war plan to get the money. GOP senators emerged from a

The Iran war will be at the forefront Tuesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio becomes the first person to stand in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt as she begins her maternity leave. Iran and the U.S. exchange fire on Monday as the Trump administration began "Project Freedom,” an effort to g

Things aren't looking good for much of the late-night TV landscape, according to David Letterman, who says he'd be "surprised" if some programs last "more than a year or so." Letterman, who launched "The Late Show" in 1993 and served as its host until 2015, opened up about its forthcoming finale in

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is trailing his state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, ahead of their upcoming primary runoff for Cornyn’s seat. In the poll from the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, 48 percent of likely voters backed Paxton, while 45 percent backed Cornyn and 7