The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state over the GOP redistricting plan.

The government is without any legal authority to detain members when a quorum is not needed to conduct business,” reads ...

The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald ...

A Texas Democrat has stayed overnight at the state Capitol to protest how the Texas House's top Republican had dozens of her ...

Texas Republicans forced Democrats to sign a slip authorizing a police officer to surveil them until Wednesday, when the ...

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor attracted fellow Democrats to her side at the Capitol on Tuesday as her protest of congressional redistricting entered its second day.

Dozens of Democrats left the state earlier this month to block a redistricting plan that would add up to five GOP-held ...

The Texas House is adjourned until Wednesday morning. But one state representative is staying in the chamber, staging a protest that’s gaining attention. Before the House adjourned Monday, House ...

It’s just wrong to require grown people to get a permission slip to roam about freely, so I resisted,” Rep. Nicole Collier told MSNBC’s Ali Vitali.