U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, says he raked in over $6.7 million for his U.S. Senate bid in the first quarter of 2018. It's an eye-popping number that poses a new category of threat to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.

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"Texans aren't afraid," U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Monday morning in Beaumont. "Texans are strong. Texans are free...Texans are tough." The rally marked the beginning of a 12-city, three-day tour of Texas to kick off Cruz's re-election bid.

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Today U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz makes his re-election bid official at an event near his hometown of Houston.

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People often use a shorthand to describe Austin: It's weird; it’s a progressive city; it’s a blueberry in a sea of tomato soup. But a sort of alternate reality exists for many residents of color. There have been moments over the past month that have highlighted this racial divide.

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The announcement comes after weeks of speculation that another Texan — Energy Secretary Rick Perry — might land the post.

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School officials are accessing other grants, pulling from local taxpayer dollars and diverting funding from different parts of their budgets to meet state pre-K requirements. They’re making things work for now, but they anticipate problems.

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Come 2020, Census takers will see a question about their citizenship status on the survey.

In a release late Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department announced it would be reinstating the controversial inquiry to collect citizenship data and help enforce the Voting Rights Act.

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“This is a defining moment for our city, our state and our country,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told rally attendees at the city's Tranquility Park Saturday morning, just one of several rallies in Texas that drew tens of thousands of attendees.

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After the decision, leaders of the West Texas university affiliated with Churches of Christ said their “first instinct is not exclusion but to love.”

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Authorities have identified the man as Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt. They say he died Wednesday in one of his own bomb blasts as they were trying to arrest him.

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