AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party's hard right and anger over ...

After a Republican Texas House member said a new GOP candidate for speaker is needed to break what he called a stalemate, neither lawmaker currently seeking to lead the lower chamber when the ...

Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday warned of primary challenges for Republican incumbents in the state Legislature amid an ongoing battle over the Texas House Speakership. “Texans ...

Seeking to step up grassroots pressure in the increasingly contentious race for Texas House speaker, the state Republican party is airing a campaign video slamming state Rep. Dustin Burrows for ...

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Texas House abandoned efforts Friday to keep his powerful post in the face of unrelenting pressure from the party’s hard right and anger over the ...