EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke said Tuesday that he hasn’t ruled out being a 2020 vice presidential candidate — even as he plans to decide in the next 10 days if he’ll seek ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Greg Abbott began a second term as Texas governor Tuesday by promising lower taxes and a school funding overhaul but without mentioning a national policy dispute that weighs heavily on his state: President Donald Trump’s demand for a border wall.

Texas ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate’s consideration of criminal justice legislation (all times local):

7 p.m.

A major criminal justice bill backed by President Donald Trump has cleared a key Senate hurdle, with supporters securing an 82-12 vote to advance the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from President Donald Trump and many of his Republican colleagues, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he will bring legislation to the floor to overhaul the nation’s federal sentencing laws.

McConnell’s decision comes after more than ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has canceled a Thursday vote on more than 20 federal judge nominations amid a standoff between Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and GOP leaders over legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller.

The Arizona senator, who is retiring from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh devolved into a partisan fistfight Thursday as Democrats and Republicans — and Kavanaugh himself — sparred over explosive allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted an acquaintance while both were teenagers.

Sen. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona’s new senator says he’d vote to repeal the nation’s health care law. That’s one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecessor, the late Sen. John McCain, helped derail the party’s drive with his fabled thumbs-down vote last year.

It ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump’s former personal attorney implicated the president of the United States in a felony, Sen. John Cornyn declared “People who do bad things, who break the law need to be held accountable.”

Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, quickly made ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump considering revoking the security clearances of former Obama administration officials (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

Members of Congress are pushing back against a floated White House idea of pulling the security clearances of top ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate battle was brewing Tuesday over Democrats’ requests for documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s career, with his time in President George W. Bush’s White House emerging as a potential focal point of that fight.

No. 2 Senate Republican leader John ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on immigration legislation (all times local):

4:30 p.m.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is asking Texas’ congressional delegation to find bipartisan solutions to immigrant children being separated from their parents after illegally crossing the U.S. ...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas (all times local):

11:05 p.m.

Investigators say a 17-year-old admitted to authorities that he went on a shooting rampage at a Southeast Texas high school that left 10 dead, most of them ...

DALLAS (AP) — More than 70,000 members of the National Rifle Association are expected in Dallas for the group’s annual meeting, which featured an appearance Friday by President Donald Trump who lauded NRA members for “fighting for our beloved Constitution.” The meeting is also drawing protests, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association joined the Trump administration and top congressional Republicans Thursday in a swift and surprising embrace of a restriction on Americans’ guns, though a narrow one: to regulate the “bump stock” devices the Las Vegas shooter apparently used to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior congressional Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning “bump stocks” like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to make semi-automatic rifles perform more like fully automatic weapons.

The comments from lawmakers including the ...