Government and Politics
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, but none in Alaska, as it trie…
by MATTHEW DALY and MATTHEW BROWN, The Associated Press September 30, 2023WASHINGTON -- Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown Saturday with just hours to spare as the House, in a stunning turnabout, approved a stopgap plan …
by Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson, NYTimes News Service September 30, 2023As the number of migrants coming to the U.S.'s southern border is climbing, the Biden administration aims to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Car…
by REBECCA SANTANA, The Associated Press September 29, 2023WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust f…
by Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves, Associated Press September 29, 2023WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gend…
by MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD, The Associated Press September 29, 2023AUSTIN -- The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a whistleblower lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton can move forward.
by Philip Jankowski, The Dallas Morning News September 29, 2023WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate t…
by MARK SHERMAN, The Associated Press September 29, 2023The lectern, which state officials have said was bought to be used by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republican officials, has been at the center of speculati…
by Neal Earley September 29, 2023WASHINGTON -- Federal spy agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive …
by ERIC TUCKER, The Associated Press September 28, 2023Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Yelp on Thursday, alleging the review platform's labeling of crisis pregnancy centers, facilities that aim to dissuade w…
by Eva Dou and Cat Zakrzewski, The Washington Post September 28, 2023SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Several of Donald Trump 's rivals stepped up their attacks against him in Wednesday's second Republican presidential debate, urgently tr…
by WILL WEISSERT, STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER, The Associated Press September 28, 2023The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first.
by Meg Kinnard, Associated Press September 26, 2023NEW BOSTON, Texas -- A discussion on whether to join an intergovernmental purchasing cooperative is just of nearly 30 action items the Bowie County Commissione…
by Gazette Staff September 24, 2023DOVER, Del. -- When U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., and congressional agriculture leaders met with President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in…
by Alex Thomas September 24, 2023HOUSTON -- The highest profile Republican candidate who had sued seeking to overturn election results in the nation's third-most populous county, a Democratic …
by JUAN A. LOZANO, The Associated Press September 23, 2023