The annual event comes exactly one year after a morning practice turned violent when a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers, gravely wounding the Louisiana lawmaker and others.
Though the Dallas donor, Doug Deason, cited conflicts of interest in turning down’s the request to hire Marlyn Pruitt, he defended the administrator’s inquiry as “reasonable” and downplayed the former EPA staffer’s role in those talks.
O'Rourke visited Cooke County on Saturday, completing his 254-county goal. The Cruz campaign calls the Democrat's goal 'arbitrary.'
A major Trump donor from Dallas had EPA administrator Scott Pruitt's ear when Pruitt overhauled science advisory boards.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is among more than a dozen Republican senators who have urged McConnell to cancel the annual month-long recess so that the chamber can complete more legislative work.
Cruz issued a late night tweetstorm on the issue Monday after initially declining to weigh in.
D’Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in 2014, said Cruz approached Trump to consider a presidential pardon. Trump says "nobody" asked him to do it.
The survey of Texas voters shows Cruz with a 11-point lead over the El Paso Democrat, an increase from an April survey in which the pollster called the contest 'too close to call.'
“We’re in this mess” because of Republicans like Will Hurd, said Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, who won her primary runoff on Tuesday to challenge him this fall.
Reps. Jeb Hensarling and Joe Barton could see former staff members win the nomination, and a Democratic candidate with the same name as Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano, is running to replace the longtime Congressman.
