LOADING ERROR LOADING AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display. A Gonzales loss, his supporters warn, would give Democrats an opening to flip a traditionally moderate district in November, while a change in Texas House leadership could …
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has won his primary runoff to survive a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state and anger from the right over last year’s impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan wins GOP primary runoff, fending off anger over impeachment A shakeup in the Texas …
AUSTIN, Texas — Federal investigators have secured a third guilty plea in connection with an investigation into U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on charges that he accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico. One of Cuellar’s top former aides, Colin Strother, and a Texas political and business consultant, Florencia Roden, struck …
Henry Cueller, a Democrat, accused of accepting bribes in exchange for advancing interests of Azerbaijan in Congress. A member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas, Henry Cuellar, and his wife have been indicted on allegations that the couple accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes in exchange for their efforts to influence legislation that advanced the …