Political donors are shattering attorney general fundraising records across the country as the candidates for top cop jobs draw increasing attention in their efforts to challenge federal policy and defend states’ jurisdiction. The Republican and Democratic Attorneys General Associations — the primary campaign arms for top state prosecutors — each broke their all-time annual fundraising records in 2025, raising […]

This week, the Senate unveiled revamped bipartisan housing legislation that it billed as a compromise between competing housing legislation in the House and the Senate. Here are the highlights of the measures included in the bill. The legislation is meant to boost the housing supply and ease the affordability crisis plaguing the nation. It would be the most significant […]

State Sen. James Talarico (D-TX) has won the Democratic primary against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in Texas’s Senate race. With 90% of the vote counted, Talarico got 53% of the vote, compared to Crockett’s 45.7%, as of 5 a.m. Wednesday. Talarico, a former public school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, led throughout election night. During a […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democratic Rep. James Talarico declared early Wednesday morning that “every vote must be counted” in Texas’s Democratic Senate primary after confusion over voting hours in Dallas County delayed results. Talarico, who was leading the race as of 1:26 a.m. with 53.2% of votes to primary opponent Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)’s 45.5%, […]