Rick Perry

Texas Court Dismisses Charges Against Former Texas Governor

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has dropped the charges filed against former Texas Governor, Ric...

Feb 26, 2016 08:54 PM EST

Criminal Case Against Rick Perry, Dismissed by Texas Court

The abuse-of-power case against former Texas governor, Rick Perry, has been dismissed by the highest...

Feb 25, 2016 05:27 AM EST

Supreme court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by ...

Nov 14, 2015 07:31 AM EST

Republican Walker exits 2016 presidential race

Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race...

Sep 22, 2015 01:36 AM EDT

Appeals court strikes down 'discriminatory' Texas voter ID law

A U.S. appeals court struck down a Texas law on Wednesday requiring voters to show authorized identi...

Aug 05, 2015 09:15 PM EDT

Former Texas Gov. Perry to announce presidential aims on June 4

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry will announce whether he will mount a second bid for president in t...

May 15, 2015 07:40 PM EDT

At Christian University, Jeb Bush seeks support from evangelicals

Republican Jeb Bush sought to bolster his support among evangelical Christians on Saturday in remark...

May 09, 2015 06:51 PM EDT

Unusually large Republican 2016 field sparks 'staff primary'

With a dozen Republicans thinking seriously about running for president in 2016 and 10 more talking ...

Feb 09, 2015 04:00 AM EST

Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates gather in Iowa

For Republicans, the long road to the 2016 presidential election begins in earnest on Saturday in Io...

Jan 24, 2015 06:31 AM EST

Texas to draw down guard troops on border in early 2015: official

Texas plans to begin winding down its deployment of state National Guard troops to the border with M...

Nov 20, 2014 03:11 AM EST

Texas Governor Perry gets support in felony case from bipartisan lawyers

A bipartisan and high-profile group of lawyers on Monday filed a brief seeking to have abuse of powe...

Nov 10, 2014 09:01 PM EST

It’s a good time to run for office in Iowa: meet Queen Joni

Most Republicans running in tight U.S. Senate races in November's midterm elections can rely on camp...

Sep 21, 2014 04:51 AM EDT

Mexico President slams Texas governor over border crackdown

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border is "reprehens...

Sep 12, 2014 11:05 PM EDT

Texas Governor Perry's lawyers invoke Louis XIV to dismiss charges

Lawyers for Rick Perry invoked a former Roman emperor and 17th-century French King Louis XIV in a mo...

Sep 08, 2014 09:05 PM EDT

Texas voter ID trial opens in U.S. court

A U.S. court in Texas heard arguments on Tuesday in a case over a law requiring voters to present ph...

Sep 02, 2014 11:51 PM EDT