Term limits have always been an issue members walk on eggshells around in the halls of Congress; however, once your term has an expiration date, it might be easier to give one to others. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who chose not to run for reelection to Congress, lost the GOP primary for attorney general. His...

SAN ANTONIO—Despite a bomb threat, Turning Point USA is bringing together thousands of conservative women this weekend to hear from the movement’s leading female speakers at its 11th annual Women’s Leadership Summit—and the Daily Signal is on the ground reporting live. Running today through Sunday, the summit aims to equip women to “strengthen their minds,...

It may come as no surprise that the Texas Senate candidate infamous for declaring that “God is nonbinary” attends a left-leaning church, but the religious home of James Talarico is so absurdly “woke” that Americans might be forgiven for questioning whether it is a church at all. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, has...

Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst for The Daily Signal, said President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the Texas Senate race is a direct message to Republican incumbents that voters are no longer satisfied with party labels but instead desire results. Appearing on ABC News’ election coverage Tuesday, Cooke argued that Trump has become...

Texas Democrat Rep. Al Green, famed for filing numerous articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and disrupting his address to Congress, lost by a landslide to a young primary opponent on Tuesday. With over 95% of the vote counted by Wednesday morning, Democrat Rep. Christian Menefee led Green by nearly 40 points, the Associated...

Texas state Sen. Mayes Middleton has won the Republican runoff for Texas attorney general. The Associated Press called the race for Middleton at 9:57 p.m. EDT when he had a 55.8% to 44.2% lead over Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. The runoff election comes after neither candidate obtained at least 50% of the vote in their...

The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said Republican incumbents across the country should view primary elections as warnings that voters are no longer satisfied with candidates who campaign as conservatives but fail to deliver once in office. Appearing on Newsmax to discuss the midterm elections and the Texas Republican primary...

Republican voters in Texas will decide in a runoff election whether their nominee for attorney general in November will be Rep. Chip Roy or state Sen. Mayes Middleton. Roy, author of the SAVE America Act—legislation requiring voter identification that passed the House three times during the 119th Congress—won 32% of the vote in the March...

In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton is dominating the polls after a surprise endorsement from President Donald Trump, plus additional support from Make America Healthy Again voters. A SoCal Strategies poll conducted after this week’s endorsement from the president found Paxton dominating Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn by 22...

People who have been hoodwinked by transgender ideology and the medical establishment telling them to physically damage their own bodies in pursuit of a false identity may have a strong new remedy. The Department of Justice and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week a seismic shift in medicine. For the first time, a...

The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said Democrats face a deepening identity crisis and are failing to respond to voter concerns, warning it could cost them in the upcoming midterm elections. Appearing Thursday on Fox News’ “The Faulkner Focus,” Cooke argued that Democrats have yet to meaningfully reckon with their...

After calling for Zionists to be placed in a “prison” and a “castration processing center,” a Democrat front-runner for a Texas Congressional District is attempting to defend her incendiary comments days before a primary. The Instagram account of Maureen Galindo, a sex-therapist heading into the Democrat run-off primary in the redrawn 35th Congressional District, said...

President Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday on the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff, backing the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn. “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. He...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act on Monday that would bar radicalized leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted into the United States. “The United States should never roll out the red carpet for foreign clerics who preach anti-American hatred, celebrate terrorism, or serve as...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Citing concerns that access to financial services incentivizes illegal immigration and could aid terrorism, Rep. Keith Self, R‑Texas, introduced legislation Thursday that would bar illegal aliens from the U.S. banking system by requiring banks to collect customers’ citizenship or immigration status. “Access to America’s financial system is reserved for those who...

A district court judge ordered the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which bills itself as America’s largest Muslim civil rights group, to hand over donor information to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. CAIR “will produce documents sufficient to identify the identities of any foreign donor who has given donations… of $5,000 or more to” the CAIR Foundation...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Texas Hispanic voters overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump’s job performance and immigration agenda, according to a new poll from Republican Tejano PAC, a group that promotes conservative principles in public service. The survey, conducted by National Victory Strategies between April 21 and April 27, questioned 1,012 Texas voters. Thirty-six percent of...

As the Trump administration moves full speed ahead with artificial intelligence innovation, Texas state lawmakers are worried about unintended consequences for their constituents. The AI boom is fueling the growth of hundreds more data centers, and Texas offers ample space for their construction. While Republican state lawmakers want Texas to support innovation so the United...