Republican Jay Furman said he did not appear on some voters' ballots in Texas' 28th Congressional District election against Henry Cuellar.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump headed to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday to watch one of Elon Musk ’s companies test its Starship rocket, the latest sign of a deepening bond between the president-elect and the world’s richest man.

Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.

President-elect Donald Trump is to accompany Elon Musk to watch a SpaceX launch in person from Texas on Tuesday, according to reports.

The president-elect also announced new cabinet picks including Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald's CEO, Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary and Dr. Oz as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong for them after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what it means for their long-term plans to take power. The party was

After the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump, many are wondering if a recount will take place. Here's what state law says.

The right to abortion won big this election—and so did the man who ended Roe v. Wade. Nowhere was that contradiction more pronounced than in Amarillo, Texas.

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto the leadership role and a North Texas Republican tries to win it. Speaker Dade Phelan of Beaumont and Rep. David Cook of Mansfield are running for the post, as is Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, a Richardson Democrat.

Republicans grew their majority in the Texas House with help from Gov. Greg Abbott, forging a path for a possible school voucher program next year.

So far Trump has looked elsewhere for his earliest cabinet and high-level staff appointments, in some cases passing over Texans who were in the mix.